THE ORCHID REVIEW. 29 
In one of the houses of M. A. A. Peeters, of Brussels, about twenty-five 
metres long, may be seen at the present time over 3,500 flowers of the 
beautiful Cattleya labiata, one of them nearly as dark as C. Mossiz Peetersii. 
Other good things in flower are: the rare Odontoglossum crispum Peetersii, 
O. sceptrum superbum, Cypripedium x Senator Montefiore, C. x Niobe, 
C. x vexillarium superbum, C. x Arthurianum, and others. 
ORCHIDS AT THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 
SOCIETY. 
By JOHN WEATHERS. 
THE display of Orchids at the Drill Hall, James Street, Victoria Street, 
Westminster, on November 28th, 1893, was less extensive than usual, but 
nevertheless highly interesting. 
W. R. Lee, Esq., F.R.H.S., Beech Lawn, Audenshaw, Manchester, 
exhibited, besides Cypripedium x Leeanum superbum, the pretty C. x 
Mary Lee (C. x Leeanum 2? x C. x Arthurianum 9), which received an 
Award of Merit. 
Mrs. Haselfoot, Moor Hill, West End, Southampton (gr. Mr. N. Bland- 
ford), contributed some fine spikes of Cattleya labiata. 
Messrs. H. Low and Co., Clapton, exhibited Cypripedium x Pluto 
(C. x Boxalli? x C. x calophyllum 2) and Selenipedium x Ainsworthii. 
C. J. Lucas, Esq., F.R.H.S., Warnham Court, Horsham (gr. Mr. 
Duncan), exhibited the rare and interesting Dendrobium D’Albertisii. 
Walter Cobb, Esq., F.R.H.S., Broadwater Down, Tunbridge Wells (gr. 
Mr. Howes), showed Cypripedium x Cobbianum (C. Lawrenceanum 2 x 
C. X Sallieri f). 
An Award of Merit was given to Cypripedium insigne illustre, shown by 
k. I. Measures, Esq., Cambridge Lodge, Camberwell (gr. Mr. H. Chapman). 
This is a distinct yellowish variety, with deep brown spots on sepals and petals. 
Messrs. F. Sander and Co., St. Albans, exhibited several hybrid Cypri- 
pediums, among them being C. x Pryorianum (C. x Lathamianum 2 x 
C. x Harrisianum $), and C. x Lynchianum (C. Spicerianum 2? x C, x 
selligerum majus f), The pretty Calanthe x Victoria-Regina received an 
Award of Merit. Its flowers are light blush-pink. 
Thos. Statter, Esq., F.R.H.S., Stand Hall, Whitefield, Manchester (gr. 
Mr. Johnson), obtained a First-class Certificate for Lelia anceps Amesiana, 
having white segments tipped with crimson, and a deep purple-crimson lip. 
Cypripedium Fairieano-Lawrenceanum (C. Lawrenceanum ? x C. Fairie- 
anum 2) received an Award of Merit, and is much the way of a large C. x 
vexillarium. A plant named C. x Engelhardtz seemed to be a pale C. x 
Leeanum. 
