176 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [JuNE, r909. 
Messrs. Wm. Bull & Sons, Chelsea, sent a plant of Odontioda 
Vuylstekez with a spike of five flowers, which were not fully expanded. 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Haywards Heath, staged a small group of 
choice Orchids, including a very fine blotched seedling form of Odonto- | 
glossum crispum, the beautiful O. x armainvillierense xanthotes, Brasso- 
cattleya Veitchii, Leeliocattleya Ballii, L.-c. Elinor, Trichopilia suavis, 
Masdevallia bella, Bifrenaria Hadwenii, Cypripedium’ x Edithe, C. Argus, 
the pure white Aérides virens Sandere, Cattleya x Frederickize, &c. 
Mr. A. W. Jensen, Lindfield, Haywards Heath, showed a splendidly 
grown specimen of Cattleya Mendelii bearing 96 flowers. 
At the meeting held on May 18th the Orchid exhibits were few in 
number, and the awards were limited to one First-class Certificate and one 
medal. 
De Barri Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks (gr. Mr. Stables), 
received a First-class Certificate for Odontioda Vuylstekeze Crawshayanum 
(C. Noetzliana X O. Pescatorei), a very handsome form, having the flowers 
of a nearly uniform scarlet red, with the crest yellow. The absence of 
blotching rendered it very distinct from the original form. He also sent 
the charming Odontoglossum x Nerissa (nevium X crispum), and O. x 
Valkyrie (Wilckeanum x nevadense), having dark brown sepals and petals, 
and a large, fringed, white lip, blotched with brown on the lower half. 
H. Little, Esq., Baronshalt, Twickenham (gr. Mr. Howard), received a 
Silver Flora Medal for a fine group of 38 well-bloomed plants of Lelia 
purpurata, showing much variation, and the more distinct including the 
varieties bella, picta, rosea, and Russelliana. 
J. Foster Alcock, Esq., Exhims, Northchurch, showed a hybrid 
Cymbidium, said to have been raised from C. elegans and C. Tracyanum, 
and bearing two cream-coloured flowers on an erect spike. 
H. S. Goodson, Esq., Fairlawn, Putney (gr. Mr. Day), sent Odonto- 
glossum x illustre (Vuylstekei x ardentissimum), having claret purple 
flowers margined with white, and a fine example of Cattleya x Dusseldorfii 
var. Undine, bearing eight of its chaste white flowers. 
Lt.-Col. G. L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O., Westonbirt (gr. Mr. Alexander), 
sent Lzliocattleya Zoroaster var. Rex (L. X Latosa x Lc Canhamiang 
alba), a fine hybrid having cream yellow flowers, with a violet-purple lip 
margined with cream colour, a spike of Cymbidium Parishii Sander, 
bearing five of its handsome white flowers, blotched with purple on the lip, 
and a remarkable panicle of Odontoglossum. Pescatorei bearing 125 flowers. 
Baron Sir H. Schréder, The Dell, Egham (gr. Mr. Ballantine), sent a 
plant of Cattleya iricolor (Rchb. f), a very rare s 
| pecies, whose history is 
given at page 63 of our first volume. 
