138 THE ORCHID REVIEW. (May, 1908. 
beautiful little specimen was afterwards figured from the collection of M. G. 
Mantin (Orchidophile, 1889, p. 347), showing the base of the plant wreathed 
with flowers, a character very well shown in some dried specimens 
preserved at Kew, which were collected by C. Curtis, who is believed to 
have been the original discoverer of the species. These specimens are not 
localised, nor is the altitude at which the species grows indicated, though a 
clue is afforded by the fact that Messrs. Hugh Low & Co. afterwards 
imported what is believed to be a natural hybrid between A. hyaloides and 
A. citratum, namely A. X primulinum, Rolfe (Gard. Chron. 1890, 1. p. 388). 
That plant is said to be exactly intermediate in habit, and the flowers show 
unmistakably the characters of both parents. A hyaloides succeeds well in 
a Warm House, suspended in a basket or shallow pan, in the usual compost, 
care being taken with the watering during winter, and in shading during 
bright weather. R.A 
SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 
A MEETING of this Society was held at the Royal Horticultural 
Hall, Vincent Square, Westminster, on March 31st, when there 
was a good display of Orchids, though the groups staged were much 
fewer than usual, and only two medals were awarded. There was, how- 
ever, a number of choice exhibits, and the other awards consisted of 
four First-class Certificates, four Awards of Merit, and two Cultural 
Commendations. 
Major G. L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O., Westonbirt (gr. Mr. Alexander), 
sent a remarkably fine specimen of Ada aurantiaca, bearing fifty-one spikes 
of its brilliantly-coloured flowers, to which a Cultural Commendation was 
given, and Cypripedium X Helen II., Westonbirt var. (insigne Harefield 
Hall var. x bellatulum), a remarkably fine form, which gained a First-class 
Certificate. 
Norman C. Cookson, Esq., Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne (gt. Mr. 
Chapman), sent Phaiocalanthe delicata, bearing two spikes of cream- 
coloured flowers tinged with rose, and the handsome Phaius xX Clive 
(x Norman X simulans), the latter gaining a First-class Certificate. 
M. Jules Hye de Crom, Ghent (gr. M. Coen), received a First-class 
Certificate for Cattleya x Suzanne Hye de Crom, var. Jungfrau, a larget 
variety of the beautiful albino that received a similar award at the previous 
meeting. He also sent a prettily-spotted form of Odontoglossum crispum, 
derived from O. c. illustris x O. c. augustum. 
H. S. Goodson, Esq., Fairlawn, West Hill, Putney (gr. Mr. Day), 
received a Silver Banksian Medal for a fine group, containing several plants 
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