THE ORCHID REVIEW. 349 
ORCHIDS AT THE “ROYALE HORTICULTURAL 
SOCIETY... 
A FEW choice Orchids were exhibited on the occasion of the Royal Horti- 
cultural Society’s Conference on Trees and Hardy Shrubs, held at Chiswick 
on September 24th, when the various Committees met as usual, though the 
work of the Orchid Committee was not heavy. 
Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, received 
a First-class Certificate for a very charming novelty in the person of Sophro- 
cattleya x eximia, a hybrid derived from Cattleya Bowringiana 2 and 
Sophronitis grandiflora ¢, Three beautiful forms of Lelio-cattleya x Nysa 
were also exhibited, each of which received an Award of Merit. These were 
L.-c. X Nysa superba, a very fine form; L.-c. x Nysa picta, a lighter form 
with the tips of the petals and side lobes of the lip blotched with purple ; 
and L.-c. x Nysa purpurea, in which the yellow of the type was absent, 
and the whole flower suffused with warm purple, the lip being very broad 
and handsome. The firm also exhibited Cypripedium x Astrea (C. Spiceri- 
anum ¢ xX philippinense 2). 
Messrs. F. Sander and Co., St. Albans, exhibited several good things, and 
among them a handsome Cypripedium raised from C. bellatulum $ and CG 
x superciliare J, to which a First-class Certificate was awarded under the 
name of C. x Arnoldiz. The flowers are creamy white thickly spotted with 
purple. A Botanical Certificate was given to Dendrobium cruentum, a 
rather rare species, having greenish white flowers marked with bright red 
on the lip. The group also contained the natural hybrid Lalio-cattleya x 
albanensis and its variety rosea, a magnificent Cattleya dolosa, Lelia x 
Oweniana, Cycnoches chlorochilon, Cypripedium x Batalinii (C. purpura- 
tum @ x C, Argus $), and Aérides Lawrencee. 
T. Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield, Manchester (gr. Mr. Johnson), 
sent some handsome Cattleyas, the distinct C. bicolor coerulea, in which the 
front lobe of the lip is of a decided lilac-blue, receiving a F irst-class Certi- 
ficate. The others were a fine form of C. Dowiana aurea, two good forms 
of C. granulosa, and C. Leopoldi. 
M. Wells, Esq., Broomfield House, Sale (gr. Mr. Hind), received an 
Award of Merit for the fine hybrid Lzlio-cattleya x Wellsie (C. labiata 2 
x Lelia purpurata $), bearing a spike of four flowers. The sepals and 
petals were light pinkish blush, and the lip dark purple crimson passing 
into rosy crimson at the edges. It flowers later than L.-c. X Canhamiana 
and its allies, a character which may be traced to its Cattleya parentage, 
and adds to its value. 
C. Ingram, Esq., Elstead House, Godalming (gr. Mr. Bond), exhibited a 
fine spike of Lzlio-cattleya x elegans, with white tube to the lip, and very 
