306 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [OcTOBER, 1909, 
SOCIETIES. 
RoyYAL HORTICULTURAL. 
A MEETING of the Royal Horticultural Society was held at the Royal 
Horticultural Hall, Vincent Square, Westminster, on August 31st, when 
there was a very good display of Orchids, including a handsome new 
Odontioda to which a Certificate of Appreciation was given. The other 
awards were five medals, two Awards of Merit, two Botanical Certificates, 
and one Cultural Commendation. There was also a magnificent collection 
of about 150 photographs of Chinese plants and scenery, taken by Mr. E.H. 
Wilson, in his recent collecting trip on behalf of Harvard University, 
U.S.A., but the only Orchid included was one showing a fine clump of the 
handsome Cypripedium tibeticum growing in its native habitat. 
Lt.-Col. 'G..L.. Holford, C.IE., €.V.0:,. Westombirt, Tetbury (gr 
Mr. Alexander), staged a choice group of hybrids, raised in the collection, to 
which a Silver Flora Medal was awarded. A Cultural Commendation was 
also given to Mr. Alexander in recognition of the excellent culture shown. 
The group contained a beautiful form of Brassocattleya Mariz (C. Warneri 
x B. Digbyana), good examples of Sophrocatlelia Medeia, Cattleya X 
fulvescens with seven flowers, a fine plant of C. x Euphrasia Westonbirt 
var., with two spikes of seven flowers each, C. X Iris, a very richly- 
coloured form of Leliocattleya Fournier, L.-c. Lustre Westonbirt var., 
the beautiful L.-c. Golden Oriole, with rich‘golden sepals and petals, and 
the remarkably distinct Westonbirt var., in which these organs are deep 
purple, and the throat of the lip veined with yellow. An Award of Merit 
was given to the latter. 
H. S. Goodson, Esq., Fairlawn, Putney (gr. Mr. Day), also received a 
Silver Flora Medal for a fine group, including the handsome Lzliocattleya 
St. Gothard, L-c. bletchleyensis var. Othello, the dark L.-c. Chloe 
Goodson’s var., L.-c. elegans, and a pretty hybrid between Cattleya 
velutina and Lelia crispa, some interesting Brassocattleyas, Cattleya X 
Iris, C. X Crashleyi, a pretty form of C. x Hopkinsii, two very distinct 3 
forms of C. x Adula, namely Goodson’s var., having yellow sepals and 
petals, and Bronze Wing, with these organs salmon-rose, Miltonia candida 
grandiflora, Odontoglossum crispum Herbertii, Cypripedium x Juno, C. X 
H. S. Goodson, and other interesting things. 
M. H. Graire, Amiens, France (gr. Mr. Devoss), sent Odontioda — 
Graireana, a remarkable hybrid derived from Odontoglossum Rossii and — 
Cochlioda Neetzliana, to which a Certificate of Appreciation was awarded. ’ 
It was most like the Odontoglossum in habit, and bore a raceme of = ' 
er -coloured flowers. It is described on p. 315. 
. Thwaites, Esq., Chessington, Streatham (gr. Mr. Black), sent 
