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plant was very small, and had only two blooms. When strongly grown, it 
should be an exceedingly fine thing (Award of Merit). The same exhibitor 
also showed a very,fine O. x Wilckeanum tigrinum with the ground-work 
of the sepals and petals nearly white (First-class Certificate), a very fine O. 
X Ruckerianum tigrinum (First-class Certificate), a good form of O. luteo- 
purpureum splendens (Award of Merit), O. x Wilckeanum Golden Queen 
(Award of Merit), O. x Andersonianum picturatum (Award of Merit), O. x 
cirrho-Hallii (Award of Merit), O. sceptrum superbum, Mesospinidium 
vulcanicum grandiflorum, and cut blooms of Lzlio-cattleya xX Gottoiana. 
Mr. A. J. Keeling, Bingley, showed a good form of Dendrobium nobile. 
ORCHIDS AT THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
There was a very good display of Orchids at the Drill Hall on February 
28th, notwithstanding the presence of both frost and fog. The members of 
the Orchid Committee present were :—H. J. Veitch, Esq. (in the chair), J. 
O’Brien (hon. sec.), H. Ballantine, H. J. Chapman, N. C. Cookson, De B. 
Crawshay, J. Douglas, T. B. Haywood, E. Hill, H. Little, Major Mason, 
A. Outram, H. T. Pitt, W. Thompson, F. J. Thorne and H. Williams. 
M. Jules Hye-Leysen, Coupure, Ghent (gr. Mr. Coen), sent a three- 
flowered inflorescence of Odontoglossum crispum Franz Masereel, to which 
a Silver Banksian Medal was awarded, also Cypripedium x Surprise, 4 
handsome yellow hybrid. 
Baron Sir H. Schréder, The Dell, Staines (gr. Mr. Ballantine), showed 
Odontoglossum x Wilckeanum dellense, a handsome yellow form with 
very few spots (Award of Merit), O. x Cookeanum, a natural hybrid 
between O. gloriosum and O. triumphans (Award of Merit), and an 
unspotted form of O. x excellens. 
W. Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange, Stone (gr. Mr. Stevens), staged a 
small group of choice Odontoglossums, to which a Silver Banksian Medal 
was awarded. It included the fine O. X Coradinei expansum, a large form 
spotted with brown on a cream-white ground (Award of Merit), O. X 
excellens spectabile, with two fine spikes (Cultural Commendation), O. X 
Wilckeanum concinnum, and two handsome spotted forms of O. crispum. 
De Barri Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks (gr. Mr. Cooke), 
exhibited Odontoglossum x 
Andersonianum Bogaerdianum, O- * 
Ruckerianum Crawshayanum, an 
da good form of O. Rossii. 
4: ¥- Bennett-Poe, Esq., Holmewood, Cheshunt (gr. Mr. Downes), 
showed some good plants of Cypripedium villosum, C. X Lathamianum, 
and others. 
