338 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [NOVEMBER, 1908. 
SOCIETIES. 
RoyaL HorTICULTURAL. 
A MEETING of this Society was held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, 
Vincent Square, Westminster, on October 13th, when there was a very 
fine display of Orchids, and the awards consisted of eleven medals, two 
First-class Certificates, three Awards of Merit, two Botanical Certificates, 
and two Cultural Commendations. 
H. S. Goodson, Esq., Fairlawn, Putney (gr. Mr. Day), staged a fine 
group, to which a Silver Flora Medal was given. It contained a 
number of good Odontoglossums, including a beautifully grown and flowered 
specimen of O. X Rolfez, and a fine blotched form of O. crispum, flowering 
forthe first time, a good example of Brassocattleya Digbyano-Warneri, 
three strong plants of Cypripedium insigne Harefield Hall var., some good 
forms of Cattleya x Iris, and various other interesting things. A First- 
Class Certificate was given to Lzlio-cattleya St. Gothard (L.-c. Gottoiana 
x C. Hardyana), a remarkably fine hybrid, having broad, purple-rose sepals 
and petals, and a very large ruby purple lip. 
H. Little, Esq., Baronshalt, Twickenham (gr. Mr. Howard), also received 
a Silver Flora Medal for a fine group of Cattleya Bowringiana hybrids, 
including a magnificent example of C. X Mantinii with five spikes of over 
thirty blooms, C. X Wendlandiana, C. xX Mrs. J. W. Whiteley, C. X 
Portia, Lzliocattleya Tenos and others. 
H. J. Bromilow, Esq., Rann Lea, Rainhill, Lancs. (gr. Mr. Morgan), 
received a First-class Certificate for Cypripedium Charlesworthii Bromilow- 
ianum, a very beautiful albino, having the dorsal sepal pure white with a 
small green marking at the base, the petals and lip pale green, without 
any trace of the usual brown markings, and the staminode porcelain white. 
Lt.-Col. G. L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O., Westonbirt, Tetbury (gr. Mr. 
Alexander), sent Sophrocatlelia Dane aurea, a very pretty variety having 
yellowish sepals and petals tinged with rose, and a purple apex to the bright 
yellow lip, Brassocattleya heatonensis delicata, a very light-coloured variety, 
and Leelio-cattleya Cornelia Westonbirt var. (L. pumila x C. labiata), 
a large and beautiful form, having rose-coloured sepals and petals, and 
the lip rich amethyst with a paler margin, the latter gaining an Award of 
Merit. 
C. J. Lucas, Esq., Warnham Court, Horsham (gr. Mr. Duncan), sent 
Lelio-cattleya Dorothy Strachan (L. Dayana x C. Eldorado), a dwarf and 
pretty hybrid, having pale lilac flowers, with some purple markings on the 
margin of the petals, and the lip purple. 
Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, staged a very fine group, which 
received a Silver Flora Medal. At the back were some noble examples of 
