THE ORCHID REVIEW. 315 
SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 
A MEETING of the above Society was held at the Drill Hall, Buckingham 
Gate, Westminster, on September roth, when the Orchid exhibits were not 
very numerous, no groups being staged. The members of the Orchid 
Committee present were :—H. J. Veitch, Esq., in the chair, and Messrs. T. 
W. Bond, H. J. Chapman, W. Cobb, De B. Crawshay, J. G. Fowler, E. 
Hill, H. M. Pollett, J. W. Potter, W. H. Young, W. H. White, and J. 
O’Brien (Hon. Sec.). 
J. T. Bennet-Poé, Esq., Holmewood, Cheshunt (gr. Mr. Downes), 
showed a fine example of a plant called Epidendrum purum, for which a 
Botanical Certificate was awarded. It is, however, E. lanipes, Lindl.; and 
its history is given on another page. 
De B. Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks (gr. Mr. Stables), showed 
cut spikes of Miltonia Regnellii citrina, and a plant called M. x Crawshay- 
ana, labelled as a supposed natural hybrid between the last named and 
M. Clowesii. From an account on another page it will be seen that it is a 
form of M. X Binoti, a natural hybrid between M. Regnellii and M. 
candida. 
A. S. Smith, Esq., Silvermere, Cobham, showed Leelio-cattleya xX 
Zephyra (L. xanthina X C. Mendelii). 
J. G. Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, South Woodford (gr. Mr. Davis), 
showed Lzlio-cattleya x Nysa, and a few good forms of L.-c X elegans. 
W. Cobb, Esq., Dulcote, Tunbridge- Wells (gr. Mr. Howes), showed 
flowers of two hybrid Cypripediums. 
Mr. T. Rochford, Turnford Hall Nurseries, Broxbourne, exhibited Catt- 
leya x Hardyana Rochfordiana, which received a First-class Certificate. 
This is a very handsome form, having creamy-white sepals slightly flushed 
with rose, very large white petals faintly freckled with rose near the tips, 
and a broad, undulate, purplish-crimson lip, veined throughout with bright 
yellow. 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Heaton, Bradford, showed two fine 
hybrids, both of which received Awards of Merit. Sophrolelia x Grat- 
rixiz (L. tenebrosa Charlesworthii x S. grandiflora) is intermediate both 
in shape and colour between its two parents. The flower is brilliant 
purplish-red in colour, the sepals and petals being tinged with orange, and 
the lip lined and suffused with dark claret. The plant is a small one, 
flowering for the first time, and should develop into a sterling thing. Catt- 
leya X Germania (granulosa Schofieldiana X Hardyana) has an exception- 
ally fine flower, fairly intermediate in character. The broad sepals and 
petals are cream white in colour, tinged with rich mauve, and the lip is 
