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they require it, be repotted ; I am not an 

 advocate of top-dressing. 



Potting materials. A stock of all those 

 things which are required to make the various 

 composts should be obtained, so that when 

 the busy season arrives there is no delay ; the 

 various materials, through being either too 

 wet or too dry, are often in an unfit condition 

 for use. A little forethought will save much 

 valuable time. 



General treatment. The best possible 

 advice I can give for the present month is to 

 look well after the temperatures and atmo- 

 Sipheric condition generally, aJvoid extremes 

 of heat and cold, wet and drought, make no 

 attempt to force growth, maintain the plants 

 in a healthy condition, admit all the light 

 possible, and give air and moisture in avxord- 

 ance with the amount of fire heat necessary 

 to maintain the requisite temperatures 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



December 5th. 

 Members of the Orchid Committee present : 

 J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. (in the chair). Sir 

 Jeremiah Colman, Bart., and Messrs. James 

 O'Brien (hon. sec), Harry J. Veitch, F. J. 

 Hanbury, R. G. Thwaites, W. Waters Butler, 

 T. Armstrong, C. H. Curtis, W. Cobb, J. 

 Charlesworth, J. Cypher, J. E. Shill, W. H. 

 Hatcher, H. G. Alexander, W. P. Bound, A. 

 Dye, W. H. White, J. Wilson Potter, W. 

 Bolton, Gurney Wilson, J. S. Moss, and R. 

 Brooman- White. 



J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, South 

 Woodford, was awarded a Silver Flora Medal 

 for an excellent group of Cypripediums, the 

 finest example being C. Leeanum " J. Gurney 

 Fowler." The beautiful Odontoglossum 

 Smithii was also shown in fine form. 



Francis Wellesley, Esq , Westfield, Woking, 

 exhibited Laelio-Cattleya Epicasta " The 

 Premier," a good form with a violet-purple 

 lip. Cattleya St. George, an affective hybrid, 

 suggesting the parents aurea and Hardyana, 

 was also shown. 



Lieut.-Col. Sir George Holford, K.C.V.O. 

 (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander), staged Cypri- 

 pedium Nydia (Niobe " Westonbirt var." x 

 Charlesianum), with a rose-purple dorsal of 

 excellent shape. 



Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart, V.M.H. Gat- 

 ton Park, Reigate, exhibited the beautiful 

 Coelogyne Mooreana, Malura citrina, and a 

 good variety of Cypripedium insigne. 



F. Bostock, Esq., Springfield, Northampton, 

 showed Cypripedium Actseus " Mrs. F. Bos- 

 tock," a good variety with a broad, white 



dorsal having a green base spotted with 

 purple ; also C. Actaeus spnngfieldensis, a 

 strong grower with four flowers having a 

 green dorsal sepal with a white margin. 



Mrs. Norman Cookson, Oakwood, Wylam 

 exhibited Cypripedium Leeanum Gratrixia;, 

 Calanthe Chapmanii rosea, and Odontoglos- 

 sum crispum Chapmanias, a richly blotched 

 variety. 



E. H. Davidson, Esq., Twyford, exhibited 

 Cattleya armainvillieriensis alba, a very pleas- 

 ing hybrid between Mendelii and gigas. 



C. J. Phillips, Esq., The Glebe, Sevenoaks, 

 sent a good variety of Cymbidium elegans. 



R. Brooman-White, Esq., Arddarroch (gr. 

 Mr. J. Smith), exhibited some magnificent cut 

 spikes of Odontoglossum crispum. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 

 Heath, were awarded a Silver Flora Medal 

 for a group containing the magnificent 

 Sophro-Cattleya Lotte Miiller, Odontoglos- 

 sum Goodsonii, which was awarded a F.C.C., 

 August 17th, 1909, the pretty Sophro-Laelio- 

 Cattleya Pandora, and many other seasonable 

 Orchids. 



Messrs. Armstrong and Brown, Orchidhurst, 

 Tunbridge Wells, received a Silver Flora 

 Medal for a well-arranged group in which 

 some excellent Cypripediums were staged, 

 several being new. Odontioda beechensis, 

 several new Cattleya hybrids, and other 

 notable Orchids were also shown. 



Messrs. Jas. Veitch and .Son, Chelsea, 

 received a Silver Flora Medal for a large 

 group, in the centre of which was the 

 extremely fine Odontoglossum Aurora (Rossii 



