Marcu, 1908] THE ORCHID REVIEW. - 
SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 
A MEETING of this Society was held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, 
Vincent Square, Westminster, on January 28th last, when there was a very 
good display of Orchids, and the awards consisted of nine Medals and 
three Awards of Merit. 
F. Menteth Ogilvie, Esq., The Shrubbery, Oxford (gr. Mr. Balmforth), 
staged a choice group of finely-grown Cypripediums, including four fine 
forms of C. X Euryades, one of which bore as many as thirteen flowers, 
three good C. insigne Sanderianum, the best with seven flowers, a fine C. 
x Mons. de Curte, and others. Such culture shows the plants at their 
best, and the group was deservedly awarded a Silver Flora Medal. 
Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, Reigate (gr. Mr. Bound), 
received an Award of Merit for Cymbidium xX gattonense (Lowianum X 
Tracyanum), a remarkably fine hybrid, most resembling the latter parent 
in size and colour. The sepals and petals are yellowish-green, closely 
lined with purple, and the lip cream white spotted with red, with the disc 
very hairy, as in the seed parent. 
Norman C. Cookson, Esq., Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne (gr. Mr. Chap- 
man), received an Award cf Merit for Cypripedium Fairrieanum, Cookson’s 
variety, a remarkable form, having the dorsal sepal suffused with blackish 
purple, except at the base, and the colour equally dark on the back. 
Francis Wellesley, Esq., Westfield, Woking (gr. Mr. Hopkins), received 
an Award of Merit for Cypripedium x F. Sander, a handsome hybrid of 
doubtful origin. The flower is of fine shape, with the broad dorsal sepal 
green at the base, heavily blotched with chocolate brown, and white near 
the apex with some purple spots, and the petals and lip honey yellow, 
tinged and veined with brown. He also sent a fine C. X triumphans, and 
C. X Rajah (Io grande X Swinburnei magnificum), a large and richly- 
coloured hybrid, having heavily blotched petals. 
Major G. L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O. (gr. Mr. Alexander), sent Lzlio- 
cattleya Goldfinch (L.-c. warnhamensis X C. Dowiana aurea), bearing 
deep yellow flowers showing much of the Dowiana veining in the lip, 
Cattleya x Cyril (Harrisoniana x Percivaliana), a well-shaped purple 
flower with a rich yellow disc to the lip, Cypripedium X Bianca (Prospero 
x insigne Sander), most like a light coloured C. x Leeanum, ana ©. x 
Merlin (insigne x illustre), a handsome thing, having a large white dorsal 
sepal, with a few dark purple spots at the yellow base, and the lip and 
petals yellow, suffused with red brown. 
Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells, staged a bright and 
