82 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [MARCH, 1909. 
SOCIETIES. 
RoyAL HORTICULTURAL. 
A MEETING of this Society was held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Vincent 
Square, Westminster, on February gth last, when there was a magnificent 
display of Orchids, and the awards consisted of one Gold and seven other 
Medals, one First-class Certificate, and two Awards of-Merit. The award 
made to Cypripedium X Earl of Tankerville at the last meeting (p. 51) was 
reconsidered, and raised to a First-class Certificate. 
Norman C. Cookson, Esq., Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne (gr. Mr. 
Chapman), staged a fine group of Odontoglossums and other Orchids, to 
which a Silver-gilt Flora Medal was given. It contained a fine series of 
blotched forms of O. crispum, including the handsome O. c. Mossiz, and 
another very distinct form with deep reddish purple blotches, some good 
O. X ardentissimum, Cypripedium X Chapmanii Oakwood var., Brasso- 
catlelia Cooksoni (Brassolelia Gratrixie x Cattleya Dowiana), having a 
handsome yellow flower tinged with copper-red, and other good things. A 
First-class Certificate was given to O. X ardentissimum Phcebe, a very 
handsome form, having rich claret-coloured sepals and petals, with white 
margin and apex, and a well marked lip. 
Lt.-Col. G. L. Holford, C.I.E.,C.V.O., Westonbirt (gr. Mr. Alexander), 
sent a few choice things, including a beautiful example of Cymbidium X 
Holfordianum with two spikes, Lzliocattleya Goldfinch var. Argus, having 
deep yellow flowers with an Indian-red lip, Cypripedium xX Helen II., 
Holford’s var., and a magnificent specimen of Odontoglossum X crispo- 
Harryanum, bearing four branched spikes and an aggregate of 125 flowers, 
the largest bearing as many as sixty-one. It was a magnificent example of 
good culture, anda Lindley Medal was awarded to Mr. Alexander. An — 
Award of Merit was given to Leliocattleya Goldfinch superba (L.-c. 
warnhamiensis x C. Dowiana aurea), a beautiful free-flowering hybrid, 
having deep yellow sepais and petals and a deep crimson-purple lip, with 
some orange lines at the base. eG, 
J. Foster Alcock, Esq. Exhims, Northchurch, sent Cypripedium X 
Helen II., Exhims var., C. x Leonia, Gratrix’s var.,and C. X Leander, 
Exhims var. (villosum x Leeanum), the latter receiving an Award of Merit. 
It hada large circular white dorsal sepal, blotched with rose-purple, and 
broad yellow petals, while the lip was tinged with purple-brown. 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O., Burford (gr. Mr. White), 
showed a branched inflorescence of Epidendrum erubescéns, a rare Mexican 
species with pink flowers, which had been in bloom for some time. 
Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, Reigate (gr. Mr. Collier), 
staged a very interesting group, including two varieties of Pleione 
