122 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
ORCHIDS AT THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
THERE was an exceptionally fine display of Orchids at the Drill Hall, James- 
street, Westminster, on March 1oth, when the Royal Horticultural Society 
held its third meeting for the present season, exhibitors to the number of 
thirty putting in an appearance. 
The President, Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, Dorking (gr. Mr. 
White), staged a particularly fine group, to which a Silver Flora Medal was 
given. It included several beautiful Dendrobiums, as D. x Thalia (D. xX 
Ainsworthii X D. nobile nobilius), D. x Luna, D. x The Pearl, D. x Euterpe, 
D. X melanodiscus, D. X Ainsworthii, D. cruentum, D. nobile, and D. X 
Kingiano-speciosum (D. speciosum ? xX D. Kingianum 3) with several 
racemes, C. X barbato-bellum (C. barbatum Warneri ? x C. bellatulum ¢)C. 
X calloso-bellum, and a very remarkable variety of C. x conco-Lawre 
called Janus, in which one petal and half the dorsal sepal were yellow, 
while the rest of the flower was purple; C. Rothschildianum, Lalio- 
cattleya x Thetis (L.-c. x exoniensis x L. pumila), two plants of the 
handsome Cattleya Triane Leeana, Calanthe x Stevensii, a well-flowered 
plant of C idium 1 Epidendrum x Endresio-Wallisii, 
&c. The following received Special Awards:—Cymbidium x Lowio- 
eburneum, said to be the reverse cross of C. x eburneo-Lowianum, First- 
class Certificate ; Dendrobium X Clio (D. x splendidissimum grandiflorum 
x D. Wardianum), Award of Merit; and Brasso-cattleya x Lindleyana 
(Rolfe), a splendid plant with eighteen flowers, Cultural Commendation. 
T. Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield, Manchester (gr. Mr. Johnson): 
showed a fine group of remarkably well-grown Dendrobi ra which @ 
Silver Flora Medal was given. It contained the beautiful D. nobile 
Amesiz, D. n. nobilius, D. n. Statterianum, and other forms of that spect 
the beautiful D. x Rolfee, D. x splendidissimum grandiflorum, and othet 
hybrids. 
W. Vanner, Esq., Camden Wood, Chislehurst (gr. Mr Robbins), 
received a Silver Banksian Medal for a neat group of good things, including 
the handsome Phaius x Cooksoni, P. x Marthe, Odontoglossum % 
Wilckeanum, Calanthe Regnieri, good forms of Cattleya Triane, Coelogyne 
cristata Lemoniana, Cypripedium xX Calypso, C. x Creon superbum, 
Lelia harpophylla, Dendrobi luteolum, Sophronitis grandiflora, 
Cymbidium x eburneo-Lowianum, and others. Odontoglossum crispum 
Arthurianum, a very richly blotched form, received a First-class Certificate, 
and the pretty little Dendrobium velutinum, a Botanical Certificate. 
: Baron Sir H. Schréder, The Dell, Egham (gr. Mr. Ballantine), sent 
spikes of several magnificent Orchids, and received a Silver Banksia 
Medal. It included the magnificent and unique Odontoglossum Pescatore! 
