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though it may be added that the delicate fringes of the petals have not 
come out as clearly as could be wished. Those of the lip are much 
“stronger, and have come out better. The flowers are light yellow in colour, 
with some brown blotches on the base of the lip, and they measure nearly 
3 inches across their broadest diameter. It succeeds in the Warm house, 
with its “allies, the Pescatoreas, Warscewiczellas, and Bolleas, and we 
recently saw a plant in the Phalznopsis house at Clare Lawn bearing three 
- good flowers. 
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SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 
A MEETING of the above Society was held at the Drill Hall, Buckingham 
Gate, Westminster, on September 1st, when there was a small but very 
interesting display of Orchids. 
J. Wilson Potter, Esq., Elmwood, Croydon (gr. Mr. Young), was 
awarded a First-class Certificate for Cattleya x Pittiana, J. Wilson 
Potter’s variety (granulosa Schofieldiana x Dowiana aurea), a very large 
and handsome form, having the sepals and petals bronzy yellow, tinged 
with rose, and the lip strongly three-lobed, with the front lobe ruby-red, 
shading off to blush-white at the fimbriate margin, and the disc orange. 
J. Colman, Esq., Gatton Park, Reigate (gr. Mr. Bound), exhibited a 
plant of Odontoglossum bictoniense with three spikes, a fine example of 
Lelio-cattleya x Henry Greenwood Gatton Park variety, of very large size, 
and L.-c. X bletchleyensis gloriosa, having the sepals and petals bronzy 
yellow, changing to pale rose towards the margin, and the lip dark purple. 
J. G. Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, S. Woodford, Essex (gr. Mr. Davis), 
showed a fine example of the remarkable Catasetum Russellianum, with a 
large spike of whitish green flowers, lined with darker green. 
W. Cobb, Esq., Tunbridge Wells (gr. Mr. Howes), showed a clear pale 
yellow form of Coryanthes speciosa, under the name of C. Cobbii, having 
the sepals and petals yellowish white, and the lip tinged with orange. 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Heaton, Bradford, staged a fine group, 
for which a Silver Flora Medal was awarded. Included were Cattleya 
Xx Niobe, C. x Lord Rothschild, C. x suavior superba, C. * 
Germania, C. x Mrs. Pitt, having the sepals and petals rose, and the 
disc of the lip orange ; Lzlio-cattleya x elegans, L.-c. x Gottoiana, L.-c- 
Xx Donna Roma, L.-c. x Issy, Sophrolelia x Gratrixiz magnifica (L. 
tenebrosa X S. grandiflora), having a large flower of a rich purple-rose 
meuihante veined with claret-red ; Rodriguezia Claesiana, &c. 
Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, received a Silver Banksian Medal 
for a good group, including Odontoglossum x lepidum, O. Krameri, 
