338 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [NOVEMBER, IgI0. 
interesting note: ““I send you a flower of Cypripedium Charlesworthii 
which has been grown on the method recommended by Dr. Miles Johnston 
in a recent number of the Orchid Review (p. 227). My gardener had the 
pleasure of a chat with him about a year ago, and he subsequently sent me 
a written account of his method of cultivation. This was some 
time before his interesting article in the Review. We at once 
adopted his method, and now that my plants are flowering I am struck 
with the success we have achieved. We looked upon this Cypripedium 
as a difficult one to grow before adopting Dr. Johnston’s method, but now 
the plants are beautiful to look at, and the roots are filling the pots most 
vigorously. I send you a specimen flower, which, to my mind speaks 
volumes for the success of Dr. Johnston’s method of treatment.” 
SOCIETIES. 
OYAL HORTICULTURAL. 
A MEETING of this Society was held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, 
Vincent Square, Westminster, on October 15th last, when there was a very 
fine display of Orchids, and the awards consisted of seven medals, one 
First-class Certificate, and four Awards of Merit. 
R. G. Thwaites, Esq., Chessington, Streatham (gr. Mr. Black), staged 
a choice group, to which a Silver Flora Medal was awarded. It contained 
a fine series of Cattleya x Fabia, some good examples of C. x Iris and 
C. x Adula, three plants of Brassocattleya Leemannie, Lelia pumila 
alba, a selection of Odontioda Bradshawiz, O. Charlesworthii, and others. 
Lt.-Col. Sir George L. Holford, Westonbirt (gr. Mr. Alexander), 
received Awards of Merit for Lzliocattleya Golden Oriole var. superba 
(L.-c. Charlesworthii x C. Dowiana aurea), a very pretty variety, with 
canary yellow sepals and petals, and a rosy crimson lip, with an orange- 
coloured disc and some yellow veining in the throat, and for L.-c. Ortrude 
magnifica (L. anceps x C. Dowiana aurea), a very fine form, having 
cream white sepals and petals tinged and veined with rose-purple, and a 
crisped claret-coloured lip, with traces of yellow veining in the throat. 
He also sent L.-c. Arethusa (C. Harrisoniana x L.-c. - exoniensis), bearing a 
splendid spike of ten flowers. 
J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebelinds S. Woodford (gr. Mr. Davis), 
received an Award of Merit for Catasetum fimbriatum aureum, a distinct 
form, having pale green sepals and petals spotted with rose, and the lip 
green with a very large deep yellow centre. 
Mrs. Norman C. Cookson, Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne (gr. Mr. 
Chapman), sent Odontoglossum x Clive, a handsome hybrid with reddish 
claret flowers, and Cypripedium x Sibyl punctatum (Francesie X 
Fairrieanum), a prettily spotted flower. 
Miss Violet Fellowes, Shotesham Park, near Norwich (gr. Mr. Smith), 
