THE ORCHID REVIEW. 247 
‘SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 
A MEETING was held at the Drill Hall, Buckingham Gate, Westminster, 
on June 4th, when some very fine groups of Orchids were staged, but, con- 
trary to the usual practice, they were arranged on various tables throughout 
the Hall. No less than nine Medals were given, together with three 
Awards of Merit, and one Cultural Commendation. There were present of 
the Orchid Committee :—H. J. Veitch, Esq., in the chair, and Messrs. H. 
Ballantine, H. J. Chapman, W. Cobb, De B. Crawshay, J. Douglas, E. 
Hill, H. Little, H. T. Pitt, H. M. Pollett, J. W. Potter, F. A. Rehder, T. 
Rochford, H. A. Tracy, W. H. Young, and J. O’Brien (Hon. Sec.). 
Sir Frederick Wigan, Bart., Clare Lawn, East Sheen (gr. Mr. Young), 
was awarded a Silver-gilt Flora Medal for a fine group, containing Lzelio- 
cattleya x Canhamiana, L.-c X Wiganie aurea, Cattleya Warneri, C. 
Mendelii, C. Mossi, C. M. Reineckiana, Lelia majalis, L. Digbyana, L. 
purpurata, L. tenebrosa, Aérides Fieldingii, Scuticaria Hadwenii, Miltonia 
vexillaria, M. v. alba, M. v. Constance Wigan, M. v. Empress Victoria 
Augusta, Odontoglossum crispum, Sobralia macrantha alba, Epidendrum 
Meduse, E. atropurpureum, Cypripedium caudatum, Phalznopsis speciosa, 
and some Thunias. 
H. T. Pitt, Esq., Rosslyn, Stamford Hill (gr. Mr. Thurgood), staged a 
fine group of plants, and was awarded a Silver-gilt Flora Medal. The group 
contained some fine Odontoglossum crispums, among others the magnificent 
O. c. Pittianum, one of the finest blotched crispums in existence, also Ov X 
Andersonianum, O. citrosmum, Lelia tenebrosa, L. purpurata, L. x Latona, 
L. Digbyana, Miltonia vexillaria, Cattleya Schilleriana, and Cypripedium 
Stonei. An Award of Merit was given to Odontoglossum crispum puncta- 
tum Rosslyn variety, the flower being slightly tinged with rose and prettily 
dotted. 
J. Colman, Esq., Gatton Park (gr. Mr. Bound), received a Silver Flora 
Medal for a nice group, containing Odontoglossum crispum and its varieties, 
O.x Andersonianum, O. cirrhosum, O. X mulus, Lzlia purpurata, Cattleya 
Mossiz, C. Mendelii, Miltonia vexillaria, Oncidium concolor, Vanda tricolor 
planilabris, and some scarlet Masdevallias. 
H. F. Simonds, Esq., Beckenham (gr. Mr. Day), was awarded a Silver 
Flora Medal for a good group, containing some fine Lelia purpurata, 
Miltonia vexillaria, Cattleya Mendelii, C. Mossia, Odontoglossum crispum, 
O. Pescatorei, O. nebulosum, and a lot of Oncidium concolor. 
A. H. Smee, Esq., The Grange, Carshalton (gr. Mr. Humphreys), 
staged a nice group, consisting chiefly of fine varieties of Cattleya Mendelii 
and C. Mossiz, together with Lelia purpurata, L. x cinnabrosa, Cattleya 
