a2 THE ORCHID REVIEW. {JANUARY, 1905. 
Harefield Hall var., C. x Charlesianum Cypher’s var. (xX Leeanum 
magnificum x Sallieri Hyeanum) a beautiful yellow-tinted flower, with 
the upper half of the dorsal sepal white, and the lower half blotched with 
brown. Other noteworthy things were C. x Fascinator, C. x triumphans, 
C. X Tityns, C. X memoria Moensii, Dendrobium aqueum, &c. 
Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, showed Brassolelia x Rolfei 
4L. crispa X B. Digbyana), blush white with an elongated fringed lip. 
AT the last meeting of the year, held on December rgth, there was a very 
fine show of Orchids, Cypripedes largely predominating, and the awards 
comprised one Gold and seven other Medals, one First-class Certificate, six 
Awards of Merit, and one Cultural Commendation. 
F. Menteth Ogilvie, Esq., The Shrubbery, Oxford (gr. Mr. Balmforth), 
staged a remarkable group on the end staging of the Hall, with a frontage 
.of fifty feet, the excellence of the exhibit being recognised by the award of a 
‘Gold Medal. Cypripedium insigne was represented by nearly five hundred 
flowers, and numerous varieties, the centre being occupied by about one 
hundred flowers of C. i. Sanderze. There were also good examples of C. X 
Maudiz, C. X Venus, and other hybrids, some good Phalenopsis, Lycaste 
x hybrida, fine examples of Masdevallia tovarensis, and varieties of Lelia 
anceps, with well-flowered Oncidium varicosum at the back, &c., the whole 
being very tastefully arranged with foliage plants. 
Jeremiah Colman, Esq., Gatton Park (gr. Mr. Bound), staged a brilliant 
group, which gained a Silver-gilt Flora Medal. The group contained many 
remarkably well-grown Calanthes, over two hundred spikes being present, 
including C. X Veitchii and its variety alba, C. x bella, C. x Bryan, C. 
x Wm. Murray, &c., numerous forms of Lelia anceps from the darkest to 
the true L. a. alba, L. Gouldiana, L. autumnalis and L. a. alba, Masdevallia 
cucullata with nine flowers, Dendrobiums, some good Sophronitis grandi- 
flora, a good selection of Cypripediums, &c. 
G. F. Moore, Esq., Bourton-on-the-Water (gr. Mr. Page), also received 
a Silver-gilt Flora Medal for a fine group of well-grown Cypripedes, 
including some good C. x Leeanum and C. insigne, the handsome C. X 
Beeckmanii, C. x Nandii, some fine examples of C. x aureum virginale 
and other forms of the hybrid, C. x Niobe, C. x Mrs. Tautz, some good 
‘C. X nitens, C. x Chapmanii, the pretty C. x Blanche Moore, C. X 
Amy Moore, forms of C. X Minos, &c. 
The Hon. Walter Rothschild, Tring Park (gr. Mr. Dye), staged a group 
of interesting rarities, which gained a Silver Banksian Medal. It con- 
tained a well-bloomed plant of Pleurothallis Roezlii, P. Scapha, P- 
pernambucensis, Restrepia aspasicensia, the rare Angracum Leonis, 
Masdevallia tovarensis, M. macrura, M. Reichenbachiana, M. striatella, 
