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. petals measure t} inches broad. It will be interesting to note the character 
ofthe flowers when the plants bloom again. These flowers are not without 
interest in connection with the question, ‘‘ What constitutes Odontoglossum 
crispum?” because it has been argued that as soon as spots and marks. 
appear in the flower there is evidence of hybridity. This, however, we 
strongly doubt, and should regard the present example as O. crispum pure 
and simple. It must be remembered that spots also appear in forms of 
O. Pescatorei, when there is no reason to suspect the influence of foreign 
- blood, a remark which we believe applies to the present one. 
SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 
A MEETING of this Society was held at the Drill Hall, Buckingham Gate,. 
Westminster, on August 4th, when the Orchid exhibits were not at all: 
numerous, though two groups gained Silver Banksian medals, the other 
awards being a Botanical Certificate and two Awards of Merit. A new 
Sophro-cattleya also made its appearance. 
W. P. Burkinshaw, Esq., Hessle, Hull (gr. Mr. Barker) sent the hand-. 
some Leelio-cattleya X Ivernia (L. tenebrosa X L.-c. X callistoglossa), and 
Cattleya Warscewiczii White Queen, the latter a beautiful form, having 
white sepals and petals, and the lip mauve-purple in front, margined with 
lilac, with the usual whitish yellow blotches in the throat. It gained am 
Award of Merit. 
The Hon. Walter Rothschild, Tring Park (gr. Mr. Hill), gained a 
Botanical Certificate for Angreecum Rothschildianum, a remarkable species: 
from Uganda, allied to A. Galeandre, Kchb. f. The plant bore oblong 
leaves with an oblique apex, and a pendulous raceme of few flowers, each. 
about 14 inches across, and delicately fragrant. The sepals and petals were 
oblong, and white, with a light green median band, and the broad lip emerald 
green, shading into a broad white margin, and with a blackish-purple 
blotch in front of the column. The spur was broadly funnel-shaped, with. 
_ a narrowed sharply curved and compressed apex. 
J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, S. Woodford (gr. Mr. Davis), 
staged an interesting little group, containing Cattleya x Elvina (Triane: 
X Schilleriana), C. superba with two spikes, the handsome Lzelio-cattleya . 
x Digbyano-purpurata King Edward VII., Cypripedium X W iertzianum,. 
C. callosum Sandere, C.’x W.R.Lee, and two plants of C. x miniatum 
(Spicerianum x Fairrieanum),. 
Mrs. Haywood, Reigate, sent Cattleya Gaskelliana delicata. 
MY. Pitt, Esq. Rosslyn, Stamford Hill (gr. Mr. Thurgood), sent 
Sophrocattleya x Chamberlainiana, Masdevallia x Gairiana, Cattleya X 
