﻿THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



[May, 1904. 



known in cultivation. He described the members of this section as 

 " obscure species, with nothing more than a creeping rhizome, bearing, 

 solitary coriaceous leaves" (Paxt. Fl. Gard., i., p. 136). D. teretifolium 

 also belongs to the same group, but is easily distinguished by its long, 

 pendulous, whip-like leaves, though the flowers of the two are very similar. 

 The specimen here figured flowered at Kew early in the present year, and 

 the photograph was taken by Mr. Rami. The plant, it will be noticed, is 

 grown in a small basket. — R. A. R. 



SOCIETIES. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 



A meeting of this Society was held at the Drill Hall, Buckingham Gate, 

 Westminster, on April 5th last, when some choice exhibits were staged,, 

 though the display of Orchids was smaller than at the two or three preced- 

 ing meetings. 



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

 Gold Medal with a magnificent group, chiefly Odontoglossums, including 

 Odontoglossum crispum F. K. Sander, a splendid form very heavily 

 blotched with claret-red, which has improved considerably since it was 

 exhibited at the Temple Show last year ; O. c. British Queen, O. c. 

 Prebendary Bevan, O. c. Maude Rochford, O. c. Abner Hassel, O. c. 

 Pitt's var., O. X bellatutum, O. X lochristiense, O. X Humeanum, O. 

 Pescatorei Pitt's variety, O. Hallii, O. triumphans, Maxillaria luteo-alba, 

 Cymbidium eburneum, and other plants. A First-class Certificate was 

 given to Odontoglossum cirrhosum Pitt's var., an exceptionally fine form. 



W. Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange, Stone, Staff., (gr. Mr. Stevens), 

 obtained a Silver Flora Medal for a fine group of Ondontoglossums, all well 

 grown and finely flowered, the more noteworthy being O. luteopurpureum 

 nobiiior, O. Pescatorei, O. X Andrianae and varieties of O. crispum. 



J. G- Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, South Woodford (gr. Mr. Davis),, 

 exhibited a specimen plant of Dendrobium Wardianum Fowleri, which 

 is remarkable for having some lip-like markings on the lateral sepals, a 

 peculiarity which proves constant, as the variety has now been cultivated 

 for several years. A Cultural Commendation was awarded. 



J. Bradshaw, Esq., Southgate (gr. Mr. Whitelegge), exhibited Odonto- 

 glossum X excellens Lowiae, Cattleya Triange perfecta, and Laelio-cattleya 

 X Digbyano-Schroederae alba, an Award of Merit being given to the 

 latter, a beautiful nearly white variety, with a sulphur-yellow disc on the 

 handsomely fringed lip. 



N. C. Cookson, Esq., Oakwood, Wylam (gr. Mr. Chapman), sent a 

 small spike of a finely blotched form of O. crispum. 



