FEBRUARY, 1913.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 59 
SOCIETIES. 
RoyaL HorTICULTURAL. 
A MEETING of the Committees was held on December 17th to adjudicate 
upon plants submitted for Certificate, when many fine Orchids put in an 
appearance, and the awards consisted of two First-class Certificates, eight 
Awards of Merit, one Lindley Medal, and one Cultural Commendation. 
Orchid Committee present: J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. (in the Chair): 
J. O’Brien (hon. sec.), de B. Crawshay, Gurney Wilson, Stuart Low, W. 
Bolton, F. J. Hanbury, H. G. Alexander, A. Dye, A. McBean, T. Armstrong, 
J. E. Shill, C. H. Curtis, J. Charlesworth, W. H. White, and Sir Harry J. 
Veitch. 
CYPRIPEDIUM DEMETER (G. F. Moore X Earl of Tankerville).—A very 
fine hybrid, having the dorsal sepal white above the green base, with some 
very large claret-purple blotches, and outside these a zone of smaller rose- 
purple spots, while the broad petals and lip are light yellow, much suffused 
with purple-brown. Exhibited by Lt.-Col. Sir George L. Holford, K.C.V:O., 
Westonbirt (gr. Mr. Alexander). 
SOPHROCATLALIA THISBE (C. Iris x S.-l. heatonensis).—A brilliantly- 
coloured hybrid, most like the Cattleya parent in shape, and the colour very 
dark crimson, with a rather lighter throat. Exhibited by F. M. Ogilvie, 
Esq., The Shrubbery, Oxford (gr. Mr. Balmforth). 
AWARDS OF MERIT. 
CaTTLEya Tityus (Enid X Octave Doin).—A finely shaped flower, hav- 
ing rosy sepals and petals, and a very broad, crisped-undulate, rosy crimson 
lip, with a light yellow disc. Exhibited by H. S. Goodson, Esq., Fairlawn, 
Putney (gr. Mr. Day). 
CYPRIPEDIUM IprNa (insigne Harefield Hall var. xX Countess of 
Carnarvon).-- A fine hybrid, most like the former parent, but the scape 
dwarfer, and the dorsal sepal very short and broad, white, with a green 
base and lines of purple dots. Exhibited by Messrs. James Veitch & Sons. 
CYPRIPEDIUM SIR WILLIAM CHANCE (Thompsonianum X memoria 
Jerninghamiz).—A very handsome hybrid, having a slightly concave, white 
dorsai sepal, with a broad, somewhat branched band of claret-purple from 
the base, and the petals and lip honey yellow, suffused with purple-brown, 
the petals also bearing a dark central line. Exhibited by Francis Wellesley. 
Esq., Westfield, Woking (gr. Mr. Hopkins). 
ODONTOGLOSSUM EXIMIUM var. J. Lakin (armainvillierense X crispum). 
—A very handsome form, copiously blotched with reddish violet on a white 
ground, and tinged with purple on the back of the segments. Exhibited 
by Mr. E. H. Davidson, Orchid Dene, Twyford. ; : 
ODONTOGLOSSUM JASPER FOWLER'S VAR. (crispum Victoria-Regina x 
