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January, 1909.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 19 
SOCIETIES. 
RoyvaL HORTICULTURAL. 
A MEETING of this Society was held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, 
Vincent Square, Westminster, on December 8th last, when there was a very 
fine display of Orchids, and the awards consisted of eight medals, one 
First-class Certificate, three Awards of Merit, and two Cultural 
Commendations. 
H. J. Bromilow, Esq., Rainhill, Lancs. (gr. Mr. Morgan), staged a select 
group of well-grown Cypripediums, which received a Silver Flora Medal. 
It included the handsome C. X Germaine Opoix, var. Queen Alexandra, C. 
x Actzus var. Marjorie, C. X Lord Ossulston, the fine C. x Thalia Mrs. 
Francis Wellesley, C. x Minos Youngii, C. xX fulshawense, C. X Priam, 
C. x Leeanum Corona, and others. 
His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock (gr. 
Mr. Hunter), received a Cultural Commendation for a fine plant of Vanda 
coerulea, bearing four fineinflorescences. He also sent Cattleya Trianz and 
a good light form of C. x Fabia. 
Baron Sir H. Schréder, The Dell, Egham (gr. Mr. Ballantine), received 
a Cultural Commendation for-a fine specimen of Cypripedium insigne 
Sanderianum with ten flowers. He also sent two fine spikes of Cymbidium 
Tracyanum. 
J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, South Woodford (gr. Mr. Davis) 
sent Cypripedium X Actzus Fowler’s var., a fine form with most of the 
dorsal sepal white. 
J. H. Hill, Esq., Burgess Hill, Sussex, sent a small group of Odonto- 
glossum crispum, O. X Phoebe, a good white Lycaste Skinneri, and several 
Cypripediums. 
Lt.-Col. G. L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O., Westonbirt (gr. Mr. Alexander), 
sent a pretty Lzeelio-cattleya, derived from L.-c. Massangeana and C. 
Dowiana aurea, having canary yellow sepals and petals, and the lip rose- 
coloured, with some yellow veining; also Cypripedium insigne, Holford’s 
var., a very fine seedling form raised from C.i. purpureum crosséd with 
C. i. Harefield Hall var., and much resembling the latter, except in its 
dwarfer scape, round flowers and very broad lip. The dorsal sepal is white 
on the upper half, and yellow below, with enormous purple blotches. 
R. G. Thwaites, Esq., Streatham (gr. Mr. Black), sent Cattleya x 
Maggie Raphael var. Streatham (C. Triane alba x Dowiana aurea), a very 
pretty variety having white sepals and petals, and a rose-coloured lip veined 
with yellow. 
G. P. Walker, Esq., Heatherwood, Putney (gr. Mr. McGregor), 
sent Odontoglossum X laudatum var. Walkerianum (xX Wilckeanum xX 
