. THE ORCHID REVIEW. 317 
the winter, taking care not to over-water it, but in summer grow it sus- 
pended with the hot Dendrobiums. This treatment, so far as my experience 
goes, best suits Oncidium Jonesianum, another difficult species. 
_ Another would like to know “ what the hygrometer should register.” 
During the growing months saturation point should be aimed at, but of 
course it is almost impossible to maintain it during mid-day, with ventilation, 
though that does not matter. In fact it is always best to have a few degrees 
of dryness for an hour or two at mid-day. As the winter advances and the 
new growth becomes more and more matured the hygrometer should register 
about 5° for a greater length of time, as will be the case if instructions in 
damping-down are followed. For such as Dendrobiums when resting the 
saturation point should never be reached, the hygrometer then varying from 
5° to To°. 
I am pleased to see notes compared on the subject of potting materials 
in the OrcHID REVIEW, as it is very interesting and instructive. I took 
the opportunity of advancing my own views early in the year, which will be 
found in the Calendar for February. New beginners should order the best 
Orchid peat and see that they get it, and no more than is required for the 
current season. The idea is to have it fresh. 
ORCHIDS AT THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 
SOCIETY. 
At the meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society held at the Drill Hall, 
James Street, Westminster, on August 28th, the show of Orchids was not 
very extensive, as is usual at this season of the year, though several fine 
things were staged, and two sterling novelties appeared for the first 
time. 
The President, Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, Dorking (gr. Mr. 
W. H. White), received an Award of Merit for the pretty hybrid Cypri- 
pedium x The Pard, supposed to be a hybrid from C. niveum and C. super- 
biens, though the point is not quite certain. The flower is white, the dorsal 
sepal with dotted purple lines and a green base, the petals densely spotted 
with purple, and the front part of the lip rosy purple. The rare and pretty 
Chondrorhyncha Chestertoni received a Botanical Certificate. It has yellow 
flowers with beautifully fringed petals and lip. Maxillaria fucata and M. 
Hubschii were also shown. 
G. D. Owen, Esq., Selwood, Rotherham (gr. Mr. Watt), received Awards 
of Merit for two handsome Orchids, Cattleya x Hardyana, Selwood variety, 
a richly coloured form, and Leelio-cattleya x Oweniz, a supposed natural 
hybrid with dark rose-coloured flowers and the tube of the lip white. Laelia 
