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baskets or on blocks under cultivation, but does fairly well put into the 
branches of a large tree. Schomburgkia Lyonsii transplanted from 
Jamaica is but an indifferent subject with us, while the mainland Schom- 
burgkias Humboldtii and tibicinis grow luxuriantly placed upon any tree 
stem in the establishment. The latter imported from British Honduras. 
forms fine plants in a few months when wild in a big tree. 
Some Orchids thrive best left to themselves, while others do not appear. 
to thrive unless they get as much attention as an infant, and are looked 
after regularly at stated hours of the day. Why this is so is not a 
question which can be quickly answered, but the probability is, that it is 
entirely dependent upon the suitability of the surrounding con- 
ditions, some of which may be absolutely essential to enable the plant to. 
thrive. To discover these conditions is the work of time, but careful 
observation of cultivation carried on under difficult circumstances in the 
tropics, as well as in the emperate zone, generally shows the way to the 
cultivator to’ overcome the difficulty.—J. H. Hart in Trinidad Bulletin, 
TQOT, p. 351. 
SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 
A MEETING of the above Society was held at the Drill Hall, Buckingham 
Gate, Westminster, on November 12th, when there was a fair display of 
Orchids, several of which received awards. The following members of the 
Orchid Committee were present :—H. J. Veitch, Esq., in the Chair ; and 
Messrs. H. Ballantine, W. A. Bilney, R. Brooman-White, H. J. Chapman, 
W. Cobb, de B. Crawshay, J. G. Fowler, E. Hill, H. Little, H. M. Pollett, 
J. W. Potter, F. A. Rehder, F. Sander, H. A.. Tracy, W. H. Young, J- 
O’Brien (Hon. Sec.), and M. Peeters, of Brussels. 
J. Colman, Esq., Gatton Park, Reigate (gr. Mr. Bound), staged a fine 
group, and was awarded a Silver Flora Medal. It consisted largely of fine 
varieties of Cattleya labiata, some of them being very richly coloured ;. 
besides which there were good examples of C. Dowiana, Epidendrum 
vitellinum, Odontoglossum xX Humeanum, a pretty white variety of Lelia. 
pumila, having the lip flushed with pink and a small purple mark on either 
side near the apex; also cut spikes of Lelio-cattleya x Schilleriana,. 
Cymbidium Tracyanum, Lelia anceps, &c. 
G. Taylor, Esq., Margery Hill, Reigate (gr. Mr. Seaman), received @ 
Silver Banksian Medal for three fine examples of Dendrobium nobile, which 
had been grown in the open air during summer, as described in a note on 
another page ; also spikes of Cymbidium giganteum and Cattleya labiata. 
W. P. Burkinshaw, Esq., The West Hill, Hessle, near Hull (gr. Mr- 
