(242 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [Aucust, 1907. 
side lobes of the crest, and the nearly entire column wings it has retained 
much of the O. nobile character. 
With regard to the question of the specific name Mr. Crawshay writes 
that he overlooked the description of O. X armainvillierense in O.R. 1902, 
p. 210 when writing the note alluded to at page 155. 
SOCIETIES. 
RoyaL HORTICULTURAL : HoLLanp HousE SHOW. 
Tue Summer Show was held in the Grounds of Holland House, Kensington, 
on July gth and x1oth, when there was a very fine display of Orchids, 
and the function was very successful, there being ample space both for 
the display of the exhibits and the convenience of visitors. The Awards 
consisted of three Gold and two other Medals, three Silver Cups, one Furst- 
class Certificate, and two Awards of Merit. 
Jeremiah Colman, Esq., Gatton Park, Reigate (gr. Mr. Bound), staged 
a large and brilliant group, to which a Gold Medal was awarded. In the 
centre were brilliant examples of Lelio-cattleya Canhamiana alba, with a 
number of good L.-c. Phoebe and Martinetii, while the background was 
made up of well-bloomed Oncidium macranthum, O. Papilio, O. varicosum, 
O. zebrinum, Cymbidium Lowianum, C. x eburneo-Lowianum concolor, 
Epidendrum xX Boundii, and other tall plants. Two mounds of British 
‘Orchids near the front were interesting, these containing many examples 
of Ophrys apifera, Orchis maculata, O. pyramidalis, Aceras anthropophora, 
Gymnadenia conopsea, and Listera ovata. Other interesting and handsome 
things were some good Masdevallia coccinea, M. Veitchiana, M. muscosa, 
Vanda Parishii, Spathoglottis aurea and x Colmaniana, Phalaenopsis 
Esmeralda, the brilliant Cochlioda Neetzliana, some good Cypripedium 
niveum, C. callosum Sandere, C. Lawrenceanum Hyeanum, Odonto- 
glossum X amabile, Pleurothallis macroblepharis, Ancistrochilus Thom- 
sonianus, Dendrobium Maccarthie, Epidendrum alatum and prismato- — 
carpum, Lelia tenebrosa and purpurata, Platyclinis filiformis, Bulbophyllum 
Lobbii, &c. An Award of Merit was given to Brassocattleya Mary (Bras- 
savola nodosa X Cattleya Lawrenceana), a very pretty hybrid most like 
the seed parent in shape, but the flower larger, and cream white, blotched 
and spotted with bright rose-purple. 
R. I. Measures, Esq., Cambridge Lodge, Camberwell (gr. Mr. Smith), 
staged an interesting group of about fifty Orchids (with a number of Sarra- 
cenias and other insectivorous plants), receiving a Silver Cup. It contained 
the striking Coelogyne pandurata, Cattleya Mendelii, Gaskelliana, Mossi 
Reineckeana, Lelia tenebrosa and purpurata, Miltonia vexillaria, Odonto- 
glossum Pescatorei and crispum, Physosiphon Loddigesii, Stelis Miersiana, 
Masdevallia coccinea and x Ajax, Pleurothallis macroblepharis, Brassa- 
