152 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [May, 1906. 
Odontoglossums, gaining Awards of Merit for O. X ardentissimum var. 
Princess Ena and O. crispum Starlight Gratrix’s var. 
E. Mitchell, Esq., received an Award of Merit for Dendrobium x 
Cybele Mitchell’s var. 
E. Ashworth, Esq., Harefield Hall, Wilmslow (gr. Mr. Holbrook), 
exhibited Lelia xX purpurato-Digbyana Harefield Hall var. 
Messrs. James Cypher & Son, Cheltenham, sent a very fine group, to 
which a Silver Medal was given, together with an Award of Merit for 
Cattleya Trianz var. Juno. 
Messrs. J. W. Moore, Ltd., Bradford, were awarded a Bronze Medal for 
an interesting group, containing some good Odontoglossums, and a First- 
class Certificate for Cypripedium x Bridgesii magnificum, a very fine form. 
Messrs. A. J. Keeling & Sons, Bradford, were accorded a Vote of 
Thanks for a small group of miscellaneous Orchids. 
Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Enfield, sent Odontoglossum crispum 
Jeanette and O. c. xanthotes Low’s var. 
DENDROBIUM LASIOGLOSSUM. 
AT the R.H.S. meeting held on April 3rd last, an Orchid was exhibited 
from the collection of Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., under the name of 
Dendrobium shillongense. On April 17th it appeared again, and was 
awarded a Botanical Certificate. The Gardeners’ Chronicle for April 21st ° 
(p. 254) speaks of the name as “verified at Kew,” but this has arisen from 
some mistake, for the plant was immediately recognised as the long-lost 
Dendrobium lasioglossum, Rchb. f. (Gard. Chron., 1868, p. 682). The 
species was originally discovered in the forests of Burma by Col. Benson, 
who sent plants to Messrs. Veitch and to the Royal Gardens, Kew. It 
flowered in these establishments, and in the collection of Wentworth Buller, 
Esq., shortly afterwards, and was figured in the Botanical Magazine (t. 5825). 
It is an ally of D. Ruckeri, Lindl., then thought to have come from the 
Philippines, but now known to be a native of the Himalayas. The flowers 
are borne in fascicles of two or three, white, streaked with light purple 
on the side lobes of the lip, while the crest is yellow and very hairy, in» 
allusion to which the Specific name was given. Mr. Day made a painting 
on March 26th, 1869 (Orch. Draw., xv. t. 11), recording that he purchased 
the plant at a sale of Moulmein Orchids, at Stevens’ Rooms, on March 25th, 
1869. Sct that period very little has been heard about it, and its re- 
appearance is certainly interesting. Among cultivated species it is most 
comparable with D. luteolum, Batem., which also comes from Burma, 
and belongs to the same group. R.A. R 
