5° THE ORCHID REVIEW. [FEBRUARY, 1906. 
SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 
THE opening meeting of the year was held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, 
Vincent Square, Westminster, on January gth, and brought together a very 
fine display of Orchids. The awards consisted of seven Medals, one First- 
class Certificate, five Awards of Merit, one Botanical Certificate, and one 
Cultural Commendation. The new scheme under which Diplomas are to 
be awarded for particular plants also came into operation for the first time, — 
and details of the competition are given below. 
F. Menteth Ogilvie, Esq., The Shrubbery, Oxford (gr. Mr. Balmforth), 
staged an excellent group, to which a Silver Flora Medal was awarded. The 
more noteworthy Se were two batches of the brilliant orange Leelio- 
cattleya x Charl difl varieties of Lzlia anceps, 
and Cypripedium insigne, : x Maudie, and an excellent nae of 
Lycaste X Balliz, to which a Cultural Commendation was given. f 
C. J. Lucas, Esq., Warnham Court, Horsham (gr. Mr. Duncan), also 
staged a very effective group, to which a Silver Banksian Medal was given. — 
It contained some good Odontoglossums, Calanthes and Cypripediums, in- 
cluding C. X Chameleon, in which the petals were striped with yellow and 
brown. The centre was occupied by a large pan of the pretty little 
Oncidium cheirophorum, bearing numbers of its graceful yellow flowers. 
Major C. L. Holford, C.I.E., Westonbirt (gr. Mr. Alexander), received — 
a Fist-class Certificate for Cypripedium x Alcibiades magnificum (X 
Leeanum giganteum X Mons. de Curte), a noble form, having the dorsal 
sepal white, with a green base and numerous rows of purple dots, and the 
petals and lip yellow tinged and marked with brown. 
Francis Wellesley, Esq., Westfield, Woking (gr. Mr. Hopkins), sent 
Cattleya Triane Wellesleye, a pretty white form with six blooms, 
Cypripedium X Tracyanum, the beautiful C. x Ville de Paris with four 
blooms, C. x memoria Jerninghamiz, Se Awards of Merit were given — 
to C. X Bella Westfield var (x ill x philippi ), richer in 
colour than the original form (of which a cut spike’ was also shown), and b ’ 
Lzlio-cattleya x Helena Westfield var. (L. cinnabarina X C. Schill ] 
a handsome form, having rich, orange-coloured flowers, ae with ae q 
on the lip. ; 
Sir H. Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford (gr. Mr. White), sent Mormodes 
badium luteum, a species of Schlimmia, and Catasetum xX  splendens 
punctatissimum, the latter receiving an Award of Merit. It had the sepals 
a petals densely spotted with purple on a whitish ground, | and the lip 
yellow. : 
H. S. Goodson, Esq., Fairlawn, Putney (gr. Mr. Day), sent Lalio- 
