18 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [JANUARY, TQIO. 
SOCIE Pies: 
RoyaL HORTICULTURAL. 
A MEETING was held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Vincent Square, 
Westminster, on November 23rd last, when there was a very fine display 
of Orchids, and the awards consisted of five medals, four First-class 
Certificates, three Awards of Merit, and one Botanical Certificate. 
LteCol. G, Le Mollord.@. 1.b., C.V.0., Westonbirt, Tetbury (er. 
Mr. Alexander), received a First-class Certificate for Leliocattleya Bar- 
barossa, Westonbirt var. (C. Trianz Imperator x L.-c. callistoglossa), a 
very fine hybrid, having light magenta-rose sepals and petals, and a rich 
ruby-red lip, shaded with mauve, with some deep yellow in the throat. An 
Award of Merit was given to Cattleya x Dirce superba (Vulcan xX 
Warscewiczii), a rich purple flower with some paler lines in the throat of the 
lip. He also sent a fine example of L.-c. Golden Beauty (Ernesti x Henry 
Greenwood) bearing a fine spike of 12 orange-yellow flowers, with a ruby- 
crimson lip, and L.-c. Pauline (L.-c. Ophir x C. labiata alba), having cream- 
yellow flowers, and a rosy mauve lip with yellow lines at the base. 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O., Burford (gr. Mr. White), received 
a First-class Certificate for the remarkable Cirrhopetalum logissimum, whose 
history was given at page 373 of our last volume. 
Francis Wellesley, Esq., Westfield, Woking (gr. Mr. Hopkins), received 
an Award of Merit for Leziiocattleya King Manoel ( parentage unrecorded), 
having reddish orange sepals and petals, and a rosy crimson Jip with a yellow 
throat. 
Gurney Wilson, Esq., Glenthorne, Haywards Heath, received a Botanical 
Certificate for Bulbophyllum hirtum, a curious North Indian species bearing 
arching racemes of greenish hairy flowers. 
Mrs. Norman Cookson, Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne (gr. Mr. Chapman), 
sent the beautiful white Calanthe x Cooksonz (vestita luteo-oculata xX 
Harrisii), and Cypripedium Sanacderze Cooksoni, a superb yellow flower with 
white apex to the dorsal sepal. 
J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, South Woodford (gr. Mr. Davis), 
sent a fine specimen of Cypripedium x Ville de Paris, bearing five flowers. 
H. S. Goodson, Esq., Fairlawn, Putney (gr. Mr. Day), sent Cattleya 
X Hardypitt (Hardyana x Mrs. Pitt), a pretty little rose flower with a 
darker lip, and Odontoglossum crispum Cooksoni. 
G. P. Walker, Esq., Putney Heath (gr. Mr. McGregor), sent Brasso- 
catlelia Surprise (C. bicolor x B.-l. Veitchii), having greenish sepals and 
petals, and a slightly fringed white lip with some purple markings. 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Haywards. Heath, received a Silver Flora 
Medal for a choice group, including the handsome Cattleya x Venus var. 
