MARCH, 1903.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 81 
SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 
A MEETING of this Society was held at the Drill Hall, Buckingham Gate, 
Westminster, on February roth, when an extremely fine display of Orchids 
was seen. : 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, Dorking (gr. Mr. White), received 
a Silver Flora Medal for a splendid group, consisting largely of Den- 
drobiums, the more noteworthy being D. X Wiganiw, D. x Cybele, D. x 
Curtisii, D. X Juno, D. X xanthocentrum pallens, D. x Hebe, and others, 
covered with flowers, together with Sophrolelia x Psyche, Lelia x 
Mrs. Gratrix, Lelio-cattleya x Adolphus, and Sophronitis Rossiteriana. 
A First-class Certificate was given to Dendrobium x Wiganie xantho- 
chilum, with bright yellow flowers and a maroon disc to the lip, and 
Cultural Commendations to well-flowered specimens of Epidendrum poly- 
-bulbon and its variety luteo-album; while a Botanical Certificate was 
granted to Bulbophyllum suavissimum, having eighteen spikes of small 
fragrant yellow flowers. 
Captain G. L. Holford, Westonbirt, Tetbury (gr. Mr. Alexander), 
staged a fine group, for which a Silver Flora Medal was awarded. It 
contained good examples of Odontoglossum X Adriane, O. X Wilckeanum, 
O. xX loochristiense Lady Victoria Grenfell, Lelio-cattleya Xx Doris, 
L.-c. X Afterglow, with bright yellow flowers, Selenipedium x Sedeni 
candidulum, and a fine example of Miltonia X Bleuana grandiflora. An 
Award of Merit was given to Odontoglossum x loochristiense Lord Howick, 
a prettily spotted form, and a Cultural Commendation to Lycaste X Mary 
Gratrix, having seven fine flowers. 
J. Colman, Esq., Gatton Park, Reigate (gr. Mr. Bound), received a 
Silver Flora Medal for a fine display of Orchids, consisting chiefly of 
Dendrobiums and white varieties of Lelia anceps. L.a. waddoniensis, and 
Dendrobium X Ainsworthii Colmanii were noteworthy, the latter being 
well suffused with purple and the lip very dark. Masdevallia tovarensis, 
M. X Courtauldiana, and some good Cypripediums were also included. 
H. T. Pitt, Esq., Rosslyn, Stamford Hill (gr. Mr. Thurgood), exhibited 
a fine group of Odontoglossums and other plants, which gained a Silver 
Flora Medal. It contained seven fine plants of Oncidium splendidum, 
Cypripedium xX Ajax, Cattleya Triane, Epidendrum X Endresio-Wallisii, 
Dendrobium pallens, D. atroviolaceum, the rare Bulbophyllum rufinum, 
Coelogynes, Vandas, Lycastes, and Phalznopsis. 
N. C. Cookson, Esq., Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne (gr. Mr. Chapman), 
showed Phaio-calanthe x Ruby, and a hybrid Calanthe, flowering within 
eleven months from sowing; also the remarkably fine and handsomely 
