222 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
ORCHIDS AT THE ROYAL HORTICULTUR 
SOCIETY. . 
By JOHN WEATHERS. 
THE display of Orchids at the Drill Hall, James Street, Victoria St 
Westminster, on June 6th, was not on such an extensive scale as u 
This, however, is only what might have been expected after such a ma 
ficent show less than a fortnight previously at the Inner Temple Garden 
when Orchid growers put forth their strength to do honour to the occasio 
and who will say that they did not succeed ? 
It is such a general occurrence for a Certificate of some sort to be reco 
mended by the Committee that it is a matter of surprise to find 
not a single one was granted on June 6th—an event hitherto unknown, 
believe, since the formation of the Orchid Committee as a distinct body: 
March, 1889. A few Medals however were carried off. 
A. H. Smee, Esq., F.R.H.S., The Grange, Wallington (gr. Mr. C. W. 
Cummins), taking a Silver Banksian Medal for a collection of fine varie 
of Cattleya Mossiz flowers, in addition to which he exhibited a green 
unspotted form of Lycaste Deppei. 
Messrs. Lewis and Co., Chase Side, Southgate, N., obtained a sim 
medal for a group of Cattleyas, Lelias, Thunia Marshalliana, Oncidiums, 
&e. 
A Silver Flora Medal was the award to Messrs. Low and Co., of Clap 
for a charming group, in which Cypripedium bellatulum, C. Volonteanu 
C. superbiens, Disa grandiflora, &c., were predominant. . 
The prize of a Silver-gilt Flora Medal for the best new seedling Or 
not exhibited prior to 1893, was won by Messrs. F. Sander and Co., 
Albans, who entered the purple-flowered hybrid Lelio-cattleya x Maynardl 
(L. pumila Dayana ? x C. dolosa 3), which received an Award of Merit of 
February 14th last. 
Among the miscellaneous exhibits was a pretty hybrid Masdevallia 
Veitchiano-Estradze with orange coloured flowers, from Captain Hine 
Richmond, Yorks. 
Thos. Statter, Esq., P.R.H.S., Stand Hall, Whitefield, near Manches 
(gr. Mr. R. Johnson), sent two fine varieties (delicata and Stand Hall 
Cattleya Warscewiczii, also Lelia purpurata gigantea, L. tenebrosa, Cy 
pedium superbiens, &c. , 
H. Rowland, Esq., York Street, Manchester, sent a splendid spike of 
deeply coloured Cattleya Warscewiczii with seven large flowers, bi 
unfortunately arrived too late for the Committee. ; _ 
Besides Lelio-cattleya x Maynardii, Messrs. Sander and Co. exhibit 
Lelia x Oweniana, Cypripedium x macrochilum, Zygopetalum (Ba 
mannia) Burtii, Dendrobium hercoglossum, &c. 
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