170 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [JuNz, 1908. 
SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 
A MEETING of this Society was held at the Royal Horticultural 
Hall, Vincent Square, Westminster, on April 28th, when there 
was a good display of Orchids, and the awards consisted of five medals, one 
First-class Certificate, four Awards of Merit, one Botanical Certificate, and 
one Cultural Commendation. 
J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, S. Woodford (gr. Mr. Davis), 
staged a remarkable group of Oncidium Marshallianum, the plants being 
grown on rafts and of great size, one bearing four enormous panicles of 
flowers. A Silver Flora Medal was awarded, and a Cultural Commendation 
to the gardener for such very exceptional culture. O. M. Davisii was the 
darkest of the lot, and the red-brown blotches on the petals were shown up 
very effectively by the bright yellow lip. A hybrid Cypripedium callosum 
Sandere x C. bellatulum album was also shown, which had a yellowish 
ground colour, dotted with purplish-rose, the albino characters of the 
parents being lost. 
H. Little, Esq., Baronshalt, East Twickenham (gr. Mr. Howard), 
received a Silver Flora Medal for a bright and pretty group, some good 
plants of Lelio-cattleya Hyeana being specially noteworthy, and the 
variety splendens having nine tine flowers. 
De Barri Crawshay, Esq. Rosefield, Sevenoaks (gr. Mr. Stables), 
received a First-class Certificate for the beautiful Odontoglossum crispum 
Queen of the Earth, the greater part of the sepals and petals being covered 
with large blotches of reddish claret colour, of a much darker tint than when 
recorded and figured two years ago (O.R., xiv. p. 137). 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, Dorking (gr. Mr. White), received 
an Award of Merit for Odontoglossum platychilum superbum, bearing seven, 
generally twin-flowered spikes of rose-pink flowers, with darker spots on the 
lip, a similar award for Cirrhopetalum Wendlandianum, nearly allied to 
C. Collettii, but with narrower sepals, and a Botanical Certificate for 
C. Roxburghii, a dwarf species bearing six umbels of small cream-white 
flowers tinged with rose. The group also included a small West African 
Megaclinum, bearing four spikes of flowers. 
Mrs. Bevington, Sevenoaks (gr. Mr. Huxley), received an Award of 
Merit for a good plant of Aérides Vandarum. 
F. M. Ogilvie, Esq., The Shrubbery, Oxford (gr. Mr. Balmforth), sent 
Cypripedium Lawrenceanum Marjorie, near the variety Hyeanum, but with 
a tinge of purple on the sides of the dorsal sepal. 
Mr. C. Ravens, Odense, Denmark, sent Cattleya Schrcederze Mathii and 
C. S. Ravensii. 
