176 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [JUNE, 1910 
SOCIETIES. 
RoyaL HORTICULTURAL. 
A MEETING of this Society was held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Vincent 
Square, Westminster, on May 3rd, when there was a good display of 
Orchids, and the awards -consisted of two medals, three First-class Certi- 
ficates, two Awards of Merit, one Botanical Certificate, and one Cultural 
Commendation. 
Lt.-Col. G. L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O., Westonbirt (gr. Mr. Alexander), 
received a First-class Certificate for Cattleya ~ Dusseldorfii Undine, Wes- 
tonbirt var., a very beautiful form, the plant bearing two spikes and eight 
_ very large white flowers, with a pale yellow disc and a few dark dots at the 
base. An Award of Merit was given to Odontoglossum crispum Magnum 
Bonum, a very fine round white form, with clusters of red-brown spots on 
the sepals and lip. He also sent O. X Asphodel, a pretty pale yellow 
Odontoglossum with red-brown blotches, and a noble specimen of Cattleya 
Mendelii, Westonbirt var., bearing six spikes and an aggregate of seventeen 
very fine blush-pink flowers, with the lip rosy carmine in front. 
W. B. Burkinshaw, Esq., West Hill, Hessle, Hull (gr. Mr. Barker), 
received a First-class Certificate for Miltonia x Bleuana, Hessle var. 
(vexillaria Queen Alexandra x Roezlii), a very fine form, having delicate 
pinkish white flowers, with a rose-purple base to the petals, and a bright 
reddish purple blotch at the base of the lip. 
De Barri Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks (gr. Mr. Stables), 
received a First-class Certificate for Odontioda Charlesworthii var. Theodora 
(C. Neetzliana x O. Harryanum), a remarkably fine form, bearing a strong 
spike of handsome deep crimson flowers with a yellow crest to the lip. He 
also sent Odontoglossum X Zena (Harryanum xX sceptrum), O. x Hellas 
(Hallii x Crawshayanum), O. xX Elektra, and other interesting hybrids. 
Mrs. Bischoffsheim, The Warren House, Stanmore (gr. Mr. Taylor), 
received a Botanical Certificate for Disa venusta, a very interesting South 
African species, having bluish flowers veined with red on the dorsal sepal, 
and the lip fringed and papillose. 
J. B. Joel, Esq., Northaw House, Childwickbury, St. Albans (gr. Mr. 
May), exhibited a magnificent specimen of Cypripedium Rothschildianum, 
Northaw var., bearing six spikes and an aggregate of 32 flowers and buds, 
gaining a Cultural Commendation. 
. S. Goodson, Esq., Fairlawn, Putney (gr. Mr. Day), sent a choice 
group, including the beautiful Brassocattleya Veitchii var. Queen Alexandra, 
Odontoglossum x Mrs. F. Peeters, Cattleya Mossiz var. Queen Isabella, 
with lavender-tinted flowers, C. Mendelii var. H. A. Tracy, C. M. Good- 
son’s var., C. Schroederz alba, and Brassocatlelia Veitchii. 
