January, 1913.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. iP 
ROYAL INTERNATIONAL HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION. 
THE Directors of the Royal International Horticultural Exhibition, 1gr2,. 
met at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Westminster, on the 26th November, 
to consider a resolution for disposing of the property of the Company, after 
payment of all debts and liabilities. 
The Balance-sheet showed a net profit of £2,870 3s. 7d. Allowing for 
payments which have still to be made, the balance may be taken as 
approximately £2,500. It was decided to disburse the profits in the 
following manner :— 
To the Irish Gardeners’ Association and 
Benevolent Society... Hie PIO CO. 9 
Towards the reprinting and ara up to date 
of Dr. A. G. Pritzel’s Botanical Index ibe “he50. O..0 
(To this latter purpose the R.H.S. have already promised to give £1,000). 
The remainder of the profits—about £2,150-—will be divided between 
the Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent Institution and the Royal Gardeners’ 
Orphan Fund, in the proportion of two-thirds to the former Institution and 
one-third to the latter. 
A second resolution was passed, namely, that the Company be 
voluntarily wound up, and that Mr. G. J. Ingram be appointed liquidator. 
These resolutions will be confirmed at a later meeting. 
R. Hooper PEARSON, 
Hon. Press Secretary. 
GONGORA LEUCOCHILA. 
Tuts white-lipped Gongora is an extremely interesting species. A plant 
was sent to the Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A., from 
Guatemala, in 1909. Previous to its flowering it was taken for G. bufonia, 
which it strongly resembles in growth, but when the plant bloomed a 
few weeks ago it was identified with the plant described and figured as: 
Gongora leucochila, Lem. (Fiore des Serres, vol. i. t. 37). The pseudobulbs 
are ovate and strongly corrugated, and the leaves are elliptic-lanceolate, 
with five prominent ribs. The lateral sepals are half yellowish-white, the 
other half being lilac-purple with dark brown spots; the dorsal sepal and 
petals are wholly lilac-purple with dark brown coloured spots. The rachis 
and pedicels are also of a dark purplish lilac. The labellum is pure white, 
as the specific name indicates ; it bears four horn-like appendages, the two 
basal ones short and flat, the others very long and acuminate. The 
labellum is curious in shape, and has been compared to “‘ the mutilated 
body of a chicken just prepared for the spit.” If the labellum be laid out 
