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white, with a little yellow on the base of the lip. It is a great horticultural 
acquisition, and we believe that nothing like has appeared before. The 
photograph showed a spike of five flowers, but the two upper ones have 
been omitted to bring the figure within the limits of our space. 
SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 
A MEETING of this Society was held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, 
Vincent Square, Westminster, on November roth, when there was a very 
good display of Orchids, and the awards consisted of four Medals, one 
First-class Certificate, three Awards of Merit, and four Botanical 
Certificates. 
J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, South Woodford (gr. Mr. Davis), 
received a First-class Certificate for the beautiful Sophrocattleya Doris (S. 
grandiflora X C. Dowiana aurea), bearing several orange-scarlet flowers, 
with some deep yellow veining on the throat of the lip. 
Lt.-Col. G. L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O., Westonbirt, Tetbury (gr. Mr. 
Alexander), received an Award of Merit for Cypripedium x Dante 
magnificum (X Euryades xX Charlesworthii), a beautiful flower having a 
white dorsal sepal blotched with rosy purple, and the petals and lip 
greenish-yellow veined with brown. He also sent the brilliant Lzlio- 
cattleya Golden Beauty (L.-c. Ernestii x L.-c. Henry Greenwood), bearing 
a spike of ten deep yellow flowers with the front of the lip ruby crimson, 
and Brassocattleya Mrs. J. Leemann, Westonbirt var., a beautiful primrose 
yellow flower, tinged and veined with lilac. 
Norman C. Cookson, Esq., Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne (gr. Mr. 
Chapman), received an Award of Merit for Cattleya xX Fabia Cooksone 
(C. Dowiana aurea X C. labiata Cooksone), a very handsome form, with a 
brilliant rosy-crimson lip. 
Leopold de Rothschild, Esq., Gunnersbury House, Acton (gr. Mr. 
Hudson), received an Award of Merit for Cattleya x Clarkiz intensa 
(bicolor x labiata), bearing a fine spike of rosy purple flowers, with the 
front of the lip very deep crimson purple. 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O., Burford, Dorking (gr. Mr. 
White), sent three very distinct and interesting hybrids from Lzelio-cattleya 
Adolphus xX Cattleya Harrisoniana, one having rather small yellow 
flowers, a second cream white sepals and petals, closely dotted with purple, 
and the lip margined with purple, while the third was larger, and had well 
blotched sepals and petals, and a purple lip. He also received Botanical 
Certificates for the following :—Bulbophyllum cupreum, bearing a dense 
raceme of orange-yellow flowers ; B. lilacinum, similar in habit, but having 
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