174 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [JUNE, 1909. 
SOCIETIES. 
RoyAL HORTICULTURAL. 
A MEETING of this Society was held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, 
Vincent Square, Westminster, on May 4th last, when there was a good 
display of Orchids, though the usual falling off in the number of exhibits just 
previous to the Temple Show was noticeable. The awards consisted of four 
Medals, one First-class Certificate, two Botanical Certificates, and one 
Cultural Commendation. 
Lt.-Col. G. L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O., Westonbirt, Tetbury (gr. Mr. 
Alexander), gained a First-class Certificate for Leeliocattleya Dr. R. 
Schiffman Westonbirt var. (C. Mendelii x L.-c. callistoglossa), a large and 
very beautiful hybrid of perfect shape, having silver-white sepals and petals, 
slightly veined with mauve, and a broad open lip, crimson purple in front, 
with a yellow disc and some purple veining in the throat. He also sent the 
beautiful Odontoglossum xX Phoebe Westonbirt var. in excellent condition, 
O. crispum Muriel, a handsome lilac flower spotted with purple, and having 
well-fringed petals, and a fine form of O. triumphans. 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O., Burford (gr. Mr. White), received 
a Botanical Certificate for Brassavola Martiana, having erect racemes of 
white flowers with a fringed lip, and for Epidendrum densiflorum, with a 
dense inflorescence of green flowers. He also sent Oncidium stramineum, 
a very rare species with fleshy leaves and straw-coloured flowers. 
Norman C. Cookson, Esq., Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne (gr. Mr. 
Chapman), received a Cultural Commendation for a_ splendidly-grown 
example of Odontoglossum X Andersonianum Crawshayanum. 
Miss Edith M. Argles, The Vineyard, Peterborough, sent a well-flowered 
plant of Dendrobium densiflorum bearing ten spikes. It was brought from 
Darjeeling eight years ago, and was now flowering for the first time. 
De Barri Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks (gr. Mr. Stables), sent 
the handsome Odontoglossum X Theodora, which is described at page 149, 
and Odontioda Charlesworthii Theodora, a brilliantly coloured form, having 
a tinge of reddish orange on the lip. 
J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, South Woodford (gr. Mr. Davis), 
showed the handsome Brassocattleya The Baron (C. X Lord Rothschild x 
B. Digbyana), a handsome hybrid raised by Messrs. Sander, which received 
a First-class Certificate in April, 1906 (O.R., xiv. p. 147). The Certificate 
was confirmed on consideration of the flower being obtained for painting, it 
not being available on the former occasion. 
H. S. Goodson, Esq., Fairlawn, Putney (gr. Mr. Day), sent Leelio- 
cattleya Feronia (C. X Enid X L.-c. Haroldiana), having cream-coloured 
sepals and petals tinged with rose, and a rich purple-crimson lip, 
