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RoyaL HorTICULTURAL. 
HE usual fortnightly meeting was held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, 
Vincent Square, Westminster, on November 4th, 1919, when there 
was a good display of Orchids, and the awardsconsisted of four Medals and 
four Awards of Merit. 
Orchid Committee present: Sir Jeremiah Colman,Bart. (in the Chair), 
J. O’Brien (hon. sec.), E. R. Ashton, W. J. Kaye, J. Charlesworth, A. 
McBean, Pantia Ralli,S. W. Flory, R. Brooman White, C. J. Lucas, J. 
Wilson Potter, Arthur Dye, F. J. Hanbury, and R. A.Rolfe. 
AWARDS OF MERIT. 
CATTLEYA ENID ALBA FAatRY QUEEN (Mossize Reineckeana X Wars- 
cewiczii Frau Melanie Beyrodt).—A charming variety, with broad, pure 
white sepalsand petals, and the front of the lip veined with bright purple, 
the disc bearing some yellow lines. Exhibited by J. Joicey, Esq., The 
Hill, Witley (gr. Mr. J. Mackay). 
CaTTLEYA Lapy Leon (Portia X Mrs. Pitt)—A bright and attractive 
hybrid, bearing a spike of four magenta-rose flowers with a chrome yellow 
disc to the lip. Exhibited by Sir Herbert Leon, Bart., Bletchley Park, ~ 
Bucks (gr. Mr. W. W. Field). ; 
L2LIOCATTLEYA HONORIA ORCHIDHURST VAR. (C. Mantinii nobilor xX 
Le. Geo. Woodhams).—A large and brilliantly-coloured variety, having 
bright mauve-purple sepals and petals, a rich purple-crimson lip, with 
bright yellow veining on the disc, and an ivory white column. Exhibited 
by Messrs. Armstrong & Brown. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM JoIceYI.—A large and beautiful white form, 
with very broad, fringed petals, and the lip with a large chestnut-red 
blotch in front of the yellow crest, and some purple lines on each side. 
Exhibited by J. Joicey, Esq. 
GENERAL EXHIBITS. 
Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park (gr. Mr. Collier), sent examples 
of blue-tinted Cattleyas, including C. Portia coerulea, C. Ariel coerulea, and 
C. Bowringiana lilacina, with examples of the yellow Spathoglottis 
Fortunei and zebrina. 
T. D. Wren, Esq., The Poplars, Northampton (gr. Mr. Walker), sent 
two well-bloomed plants of Cypripedium Ellerdale Wren’s var. (bingleyense 
X insigne Harefield Hall var.), a well-coloured form. 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Haywards Heath, received a Silver-gilt 
Flora Medal for an excellent group, in which we noticed some fine, blotched 
