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THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



[March, 1904, 



showy group, including some good Dendrobium X Cybele, D. nobile 

 giganteum, a fine D. x Schneiderianum, D. X Dominianum, Laelio- 

 cattleya X Hippolyta, Phaio-calanthe X nivalis, and some hybrid 

 ( Ypripediums. 



Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Bush Hill Park, staged an excellent group,- 

 which gained a Silver Banksian Medal. It contained Phalamopsis- 

 Schilleriana, P. Stuartiana, P. Aphrodite, a fine specimen of Cattleya 

 Trianae with sixteen flowers, C. T. alba, Dendrobium crassinode, D, 

 Wardianum, Cymbidium elegans, Epidendrum elegans, Hsemaria discolor,- 

 Cypripedium X Thompsoni, C. X T. inversa, and others. 



Messrs. B. S. W illiams & Son, Holloway, showed a good group of 

 Cypripediums, eighteen varieties in all, the best being C. X Pitcherianum 

 Williams variety, together with Calanthe X bella, Lycaste lasioglossa, and 1 

 L. Skinneri alba. A Silver Banksian Medal was deservedly awarded. 



Messrs. James Veitch <S: Sons, Chelsea, showed a group of Cypripediums, 

 including the finely spotted C. X Euryades excellens, C. X aureum virginale 

 C. X Miss Louisa Fowler, several Zygocolax hybrids, and other plants. 



Mr. H. A. Tracy, Twickenham, sent a good form of Cattleya Trianse- 

 and two hybrids of Cypripedium Charlesworthii. 



Mr. Charles Vuylsteke, Loochristi, Ghent, showed a handsome Odonto- 

 glossom X Vuylstekei, two forms of O. X WUckeanum, and Latlio-cattleya 

 X bletchleyensis. 



M. C. Beranek, Rue de Babylone, Paris, sent two hybrid Cypripediums 

 said to have been derived from C. Godefroyae leucochilum and C. 

 Lawrenceanum and from the former and C. Spicerianum. 



The Report of the Scientific Committee for the same date contains- 

 the following:— 



Colour Photos, of Orchids :— Mr. Hickley, natural colour photo- 

 grapher, of Kelso, Bassett, Southampton, exhibited some very beautiful 

 transparent illustrations of Orchids in their natural colours. They were 

 effected by a special process of Mr. Hickley's, on plates sensitive to the 

 primary colours— red, green, and violet; but the special treatment by which 



to the cost of such for lantern-slides. These would be from 5s. 6d. to- 

 10s. 6d. A vote of thanks was given to Mr. Hickley for his interesting 

 exhibitions and description. 



At the meeting held on Feb. 23rd there was a particularly fine display 

 of Orchids, and no less than eight Medals were awarded, besides six other 

 awards. 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, Dorking (gr. Mr. White), staged* 



