208 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [JULy, 1908. 
Royal Horticultural Society in September, 1892 (misprinted 1822), under 
the name of Cattleya speciosissima Sanderiana, when exhibited by W. R. 
Lee, Esq. It also received a First-class Certificate from both the R.H.S. 
and the Manchester Orchid Society in September, 1899, when exhibited by 
W. Duckworth, Esq., under its accepted name of C. Lueddemanniana alba. 
It agrees with the type except in colour, and is a chaste and very beautiful 
form. 
SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 
A MEETING of this Society was held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, 
Vincent Square, Westminster, on June gth, last, when there was a very 
fine display of choice Orchids, and the awards consisted of seven medals, 
three First-class Certificates, two Awards of Merit, and one Cultural 
Commendation. 
De Barri Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks (gr. Mr. Stables), 
staged a small group of choice Odontoglossums, to which a Silver Banksian 
Medal was awarded. It contained a good form of O. X Lambeauianum, 
O. x Urania (crispum x cristatellum), O. x Persephone (Pescatorei X 
Adriane), and two good forms of O. X crispodinei, one having a white 
ground, the other light yellow, and both bearing a few large roundish 
blotches, together with several good O. X Queen Alexandra, the variety 
Crawshayanum receiving a First-class Certificate. It is a very fine form 
with broad segments, and a yellow ground colour, which is nearly 
obliterated by the heavy purple-brown blotches, while the lip is white in 
front, and prettily spotted with rose-purple from the base to beyond 
the middle. 
Baron Sir H. Schréder, The Dell, Egham (gr. Mr. Ballantine), sent two 
very beautiful Orchids, each of which gained a First-class Certificate. 
Odontoglossum X Phcebe (cirrhosum X crispum) is a particularly fine 
form, with broad segments, regularly blotched with deep purplish red, and 
a broad longitudinal band of similar colour on the petals, while the lip 
bears a large blotch in front of the yellow crest. Miltonia x St. André 
(Roezlii xX Bleuana var. splendens) is a delicately tinted flower of fine 
shape, and the ground colour is white, with a large violet-purple blotch on 
the lower half of the petals, while the lip bears a number of brownish red_ 
radiating lines, the three central ones being tinged with purple. 
W. Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange, Stone (gr. Mr. Stevens), received 
an Award of Merit for Miltonia x Bleuana Stevensii (Roezlii alba X 
vexillaria Leopoldi), a charming white form, with red-brown lines at the 
base of the lip. Half-a-dozen well-bloomed plants were shown. 
J. B. Joel, Esq., Childwickbury, St. Albans, received a Cultural 
