306 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [OcToBER, 1908, 
limestone islands north of Penang, by C. Curtis, who sent plants. to Kew, 
where they flowered in the autumn of 1891. A dried specimen collected by 
him shows a spike of fourteen flowers. Curtis describes it as one of the 
most beautiful Orchids of the district, and varies considerably in the colour 
of both flowers and leaves. The former, which last in perfection for six to 
seven weeks, vary from deep salmon to ivory white, and the latter from light 
green to dark brown, and dark brown spotted all over with white. It is of 
easy culture, requiring the same treatment as Calanthes of the vestita group, 
with which it is found associated. 
SOCIETIES. 
RoyaL HorTICULTURAL. 
A MEETING of this Society was held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, 
Vincent Square, Westminster, on September Ist, when there was a very 
fine display of Orchids, and the awards consisted of four medals, one 
First-class Certificate, four Awards of Merit, and three Botanical 
Certificates. 
H. S. Goodson, Esq., Fairlawn, Putney (gr. Mr. Day), staged a choice 
‘group, to which a Silver Flora Medal was given. It contained a fine 
specimen of Miltonia candida grandiflora, bearing five spikes, M. spectabilis 
Moreliana, M. X Bleuana splendens, some. good Cattleyas, including the 
handsome C. X calummata, C. x Pittiana, C. x fulvescens superba, and 
a pretty hybrid between C. Schrcoederze and C. Schilleriana, some good 
Odontoglossum Harryanum and_ other Odontoglossums, Brassocattleya 
_ Madame Hye, Leliocattleya Vesta (C. velutina x L. crispa), and L.-c. 
Elva var. St. Vincent (L.-c. Ingramii x C. Warscewiczii), a very 
beautiful form which received an Award of Merit. It had deep rose- 
coloured sepals and petals, and the lip ruby purple in front, becoming 
paler behind, and having a pair of large yellow blotches in the throat. 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O., Burford, Dorking (gr. Mr. 
White), received an Award of Merit for a good plant of Catasetum 
Russellianum, bearing a fine spike of its pretty pale green and white 
' flowers, and Botanical Certificates for C. Imschootianum, bearing an erect 
spike of greenish yellow flowers, for the lavender-coloured Calanthe Ceciliz, 
and for Cymbidium lancifolium. 
Lt.-Col. G. L. Holford, GLE CN O: Westonbirt, Tetbury (gr. Mr- 
Alexander), sent Brassocattleya Siren superba (C. Skinneri x B. Digbyana), 
a pretty rose-purple hybrid with a pale throat to the lip, Lzliocattleya 
epicasta, Westonbirt var., and L.-c. Golden Oriole, var. tigrinum, the 
latter a bright yellow form, veined with red-purple on the sepals and 
petals, and the front of the lip of the latter colour. An Award of Merit 
was given to Sophro-Leelio-Cattleya Dane superba (C. Harrisoniana X 
