37° THE ORCHID REVIEW. [ DECEMBER, 1913 
SOCIETIES. 
RoyaL HorTICULTURAL. 
A MEETING was held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Vincent Square, 
Westminster, on November 4th, when there was a good show of Orchids, 
though nothing comparable with the magnificent display seen at the 
special meeting held a year ago. Whether the arrangements were altered 
because of the autumn show held at Ghent in the previous week we cannot 
say, but the notices in the arrangements that Orchid judging would 
commence at ten o’clock, and that the Orchid Committee would meet at 
11.30, were not carried out, and the meeting resolved itself into the ordinary 
fortnightly one. The awards consisted of six medals, six Awards of Merit, 
and three Cultural Commendations. 
Orchid Committee present: J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. (in the Chair), 
Messrs. J. O’Brien (hon. sec.), W. Bolton, Gurney Wilson, S. W. Flory, 
W.H. White, Arthur Dye, H. G. Alexander, J. E. Shill, G. Hunter, W. H.- 
Hatcher, J. Cypher, J. Charlesworth, C. H.. Curtis, A. McBean, T. 
Armstrong, F. J. Hanbury, R. G. Thwaites; R. A. Rolfe, de Barri Crawshay, 
Sir Harry J. Veitch, and Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart. 
Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, Reigate (gr. Mr. Collier), 
staged a charming group, consisting of about twenty plants of the very 
distinct Cattleya Portia ccerulea—the best bearing an eight-flowered spike 
-—together with the two parents, C. Bowringiana violacea and C. labiata 
coerulea, all of which have flowers of a peculiar light slaty blue shade. 
There was also a plant of C. Portia Lady Colman, a fine purple form with 
an exceptionally large flower (Silver Banksian Medal). 
Lt.-Col. Sir George Holford, K.C.V.O., Westonbirt (gr. Mr. Alexander), 
sent the handsome Odontioda Latona Westonbirt var., bearing ten fine 
flowers, and Cattleya Esther (Gaskelliana x Cleopatras a bright rose- 
coloured hybrid with the front of the lip crimson. 
W. Waters Butler, Esq., Southfield, Edgbaston (gr. Mr. Jones), sent 
three good Cattleya labiata, the variety Minnie being very richly-coloured. 
E. H. Davidson, Esq., Orchidhurst, Twyford, sent Odontioda Gladys 
(Odontoglossum Rossii rubescens x Odontioda Bradshawiz), a pretty 
hybrid, having the sepals and petals spotted with Indian red, and the lip 
rose with a yellow crest. 
F. Ducane Godman, Esq., South Lodge, Horsham, sent a spies form of 
Cattleya Mantinii, with lavender-tinted flower. 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O., Burford (gr. Mr. W. H. White), 
sent the pretty white Vanda Kimballiana alba, Cypripedium Vogelsang var- 
punctatum, a well-spotted form, Cattleya Clarkie, and two fine forms of C- 
Fabia, one bearing two five-flowered spikes. 
