FEBRUARY, 1g09.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. t 
Bulbophyllum mandibulare, the richly coloured Lycaste x Balliz 
superba, &c. 
Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells, staged a pretty little 
group of Cypripediums, including C. X% aureum Surprise, C. x Maudie, 
C. X Helen II., var. Armstrongie, the charming C. x Venus, Orchidhurst 
var., and two good seedlings of C. x insigne. 
Mr. A. W. Jensen, Lindfield, sent a small group of Odontoglossum 
crispum, including a very good blotched form. 
Messrs. J. and A. A. McBean, Cooksbridge, sent a small group, 
several forms of Cattleya Triane and Lelia anceps, including a fine L.a. 
Schroeder, a good white form of Odontoglossum crispum, Cypripedium x 
Thompsoni superbum, C. X aureum excelsum, C. X memoria Jerninghamiz 
and other Cypripediums. 
M. Mertens, Ghent, sent asmall group of seven hybrid Odontoglossums, 
including good forms of O. X Phoebe and O. x crispo-Harryanum. 
At the meeting held on January 26th the exhibits were rather less 
numerous, but included a number of interesting things, and the awards 
consisted of four medals, two First-class Certificates, and three Awards 
of Merit. 
J. Foster Alcock, Esq., Exhims, Northchurch, received an Award of 
Merit for Cypripedium x Euryades, New Hall Hey var. (Leeanum xX 
Boxallii),a fine hybrid, having the dorsal sepal white, tinged with rose and 
well blotched with dark purple. He also sent Cypripedium x Beryl, a 
pretty hybrid derived from C. X Mrs. Wm. Mostyn and C. x Beeckmanii. 
Lt.-Col. G. L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O., Westonbirt, Tetbury (gr. Mr. 
Alexander), received an Award of Merit for Cypripedium x Earl of Tanker- 
ville (exul x nitens Sander’s var.), a very fine hybrid, having the large 
circular dorsal sepal white, with large purple blotches, and the lip and 
petals yellow tinged and veined with brown. He also sent C. X Alabaster 
(Alcibiades X Godseffianum), Sophrocatlelia Danz, Holford’s var., a pretty 
rose-coloured hybrid with the base of the lip yellow, and a fine bright form 
of Leeliocattleya Golden Oriole. 
W. Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange, Stone (gr. Mr. Stevens), received 
an Award of Merit for Cypripedium X Our Queen (Leeanum xX Stevensili), 
a fine hybrid, most resembling the former, but with a more shining surface, 
_and the dorsal sepal white, densely spotted with purple, and the petals 
broad, undulate and yeliowish green, tinged with purple and the lip green. 
Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, Reigate (gr. Mr. Collier), 
Sent a pretty little group, including the bright yellow Spathoglottis x 
Colmanii aurea, the rare Dendrobium tetragonum, D. Kingianum album, 
Ceslogyne x Colmanii, Phaiocalanthe Colmanii and others. 
