﻿THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



SOCIETIES. 



The first meeting of the year of the above Society was held at the Drill 

 Hall, Buckingham Gate, Westminster, on January 5th, when there was a 

 very good display of Orchids for the season, the majority, however, being 

 Cypripedes, which are invaluable as winter-flowering plants. 



F. W. Moore, Esq., Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin, 

 showed Bulbophyllum micropetalum, Epidendrum Cooperianum, Maxil- 

 laria cucullata and M. macrura, each of which received a Botanical 

 Certificate, these being the only certificates awarded at the meeting. 



Mrs. Haywood, Woodhatch, Reigate (gr. Mr. Salter) sent Cypripedium 

 X Hitchinsia maculatum and C. X Mrs. Haywood (X T. B. Haywood X 

 Charlesworthii), a very distinct hybrid of dark colour, in which the 

 influence of C. Drurii was very apparent. 



C. J. Lucas, Esq., Warnham Court, Horsham (gr. Mr. Duncan), 

 exhibited a good series of cut spikes of Calanthe X Regina, C. X Bryan, 

 C. X Wra. Murray, C. X Veitchii, C. X Sandhurstiana, and some 

 Cypripediums, arranged with maidenhair fern. 



H. T. Pitt, Esq., Rosslyn, Stamford Hill (gr. Mr. Thurgood) showed 

 Cypripedium X gigas Rosslyn variety, C. insigne Monkholme van, and 

 C. i. Rosslyn variety. 



F. Wellesley, Esq., Westfield, Woking (gr. Mr. Hopkins), exhibited 

 Cypripedium X Hera Charlesworthii, C. X Celeus superbum, the 

 handsome C. X rubescens Ranjitsinhji, and Laelia autumnalis Westfield 

 variety, having a large dark rose flower with a white base to the lip. 



H. Whateley, Esq., Spring Gardens, Kenilworth, showed Cypripedium 

 X Varney and C. X Am}- Robsart. 



Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Heaton, Bradford, received a Silver Flora 

 Medal for a fine group, containing Cypripedium X Enid (Spicerianum X 

 bellatulum), C. insigne Dorothy, C. X aureum, C. X Hera Lucienianum. 

 C. X Dora Crawshaw (bellatulum X Charlesworthii moosaicum), Odonto- 

 glossum X Hallio-crispum, O, X loochristiense, O. crispum, La;lio- 

 cattleya X Andromeda (L. flava X C. aurea), L.-c. X Violetta, several 

 good L.-c. X Charlesworthii, and others. 



Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, gained a Silver Flora Medal for an 

 excellent group, containing Cypripedium X Masterso-villosum, C. X 

 robustum, C. X Annie Measures, C. X aureum, three good plants of 

 C. insigne McNabianum, a fine dark form, Cymbidium Tracyanum, 

 Mazillaria elegantula, a good specimen of Gomesa planifolia, and Angrse- 

 cum sesquipedale. 



Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, were also awarded a Silver Flora 



