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| only poorly so, but in the majority of cases the exhibits were very fine; and 
_ the Odontoglossums exceptionally so. Altogether the show was a great 
success. 
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ORCHIDS AT THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 
SOCIETY. 
By JOHN WEATHERS. 
THERE was a fine display of Orchids at the Drill Hall, James Street, Vic- 
toria Street, Westminster, on March 28th, when a great many plants were 
submitted to the Orchid Committee. 
From the collection of the President, Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Bur- 
ford, Dorking (gr. Mr. W. H. White), came the small yellow-flowered 
Angrecum odoratissimum, which received a Botanical Certificate, and the 
brilliant Cochlioda Noezliana, which received an Award of Merit. Besides 
these were Dendrobium x Venus (D. nobile 2 x D. Falconeri 2), D. x 
micans (D. Wardianum 2 x D. lituiflorum 2); the white D. superbum 
Burkei, the deep purple D. s. anosmum, and D. cretaceum. 
Norman C, Cookson, Esq., F.R.H.S., Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne (gr. Mr. 
Murray), exhibited Dendrobium x Sibyl (D. bigibbum 2 x Linawianum 4) 
Which had large deep purple sepals and petals, white at the base, the parple- 
tipped lip having a white zone round a yellow throat, on each side of which 
= an orange eye. The plant, which seemed to bear little trace of D. 
bigibbum, received an Award of Merit. D. x Bryan (D. luteolum 2 x°D. 
Wardianum $) is a fine hybrid, worthy of the First-class Certificate awarded 
a There were ten. large creamy flowers, the lips of which were striped 
with brown at the sides. 
Earl Cowper, Panshanger, Herts (gr. Mr: I. Fitt), sent blooms of Vanda 
Suavis, FOU. 
os Silver Banksian medal was awarded Philip Crowley, Esq., F.L.S., 
Waddon House, Croydon (gr. Mr. King), for a group of well-grown Ada 
aurantiaca, Cypripedium villosum, Cattleya Lawrenceana, Sophronitis 
Standiflora, &c, : 
: H, J. Elwes, Esq., F.R.H.S., Colesborne, Andoversford, sent an interest- 
ng basket of hardy Orchids, among which were the dark velvety Ophrys 
‘peculum, the creamy Orchis tridentata, Brownleea cceurlea, and the purple 
Calypso borealis, which latter received a Botanical Certificate. 
A plant of Dendrobium Devonianum full of bloom came from Thomas 
Gabriel, Esq., F.R.H.S., Elmstead, Leigham Court Road, Streatham (gr. 
Mr, H. Guyatt): ae goed 
a “J. Ingram, Esq.; F:R.H.S; Elmstead House, Godalming (gr. Mr. 
ond), exhibited Cypripedium x compactum (C. Sedeni candidulum ¢ x C- 
