JAN.-FEB., 1920.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 21 
AWARD OF MERIT. 
CyPRIPEDIUM DixMuDE (Leeanum xX Thalia).—A very fine hybrid of 
excellent shape, the ample dorsal being white, with rows of clear purple 
spots, and a small green base, the petals and lip mahogany red with yellow 
margin. Exhibited by Baron Bruno Schréder. 
GENERAL EXxuIsIiTs. . 
Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park (gr. Mr. J. Collier), sent 
examples of the blue-tinted Cattleya Ariel coerulea, C. Alcimeda ccerulea, 
and C. Portia coerulea, the latter with a six-flowered inflorescence. 
R. G. Thwaites, Esq., Chessington, Streatham (gr. Mr. Gover), sent 
Cattleya Snowflake, Odontioda Livinia (Odm. amabile x Oda. Thwaitesii), 
a promising thing, having a large chocolate-purple flower, with rose-purple 
markings on the lip, and O. Saturn (Odm. Argon (Edwardii xX amabile) x 
Oda. Sanderze), with chocolate-purple flowers and a yellow crest to the lip. 
Messrs. Stuart Low & Co., Jarvisbrook, received a Silver Flora Medal 
for a fine group, including good examples of Brassocattleya Maronize and 
Leemaniz, Odontoglossum eximium xanthotes, the violet-blue Dendrobium 
Victoria Regina, the rare Lelia Perrinii nivea, Leliocattleya Pathfinder 
(C. Hardyana X Lc. eximia), with three fine flowers, Lc. luminosa aurea, 
a fine Sophrocattleya Blackii' with four flowers, Cattleya Snowdon (Suzanne 
Hye X labiata alba), Maxillaria rufescens, and others. 
Messrs. J. & A. McBean, Cooksbridge, received a Silver Flora Medal 
for a good group, including eight plants of the variable and beautiful 
Leliocattleya Linda (Lc. Arachne & C. Dowiana aurea), Odontocidium 
Nanette (Oncidium incurvum x Odm. Harryanum), Oncidioda Cora (C. 
Neetzliana X Oncidium Schlimii), Odontoglossum triumphosum, Oncidium 
incurvum album, Cymbidiums and Cypripediums, the latter including a 
good yellow insigne derived from the varieties Sandere and Laura Kimball. 
Messrs. Flory & Black, Slough, showed a fine Brassocattleya Nestor, Be.. 
Gen. Diaz, Bc. Juliet var. Witchery (Bc. Leemaniz x C. chocoensis alba), 
white with a light yellow disc to the lip, and Sophrocatlelia Eros (Lc. 
elegans X S. grandiflora), with bright scarlet flowers. 
The last meeting of the year, held on December 2nd, brought together 
a good display of Orchids, and the awards consisted of six Medals (one of 
them to a fine group of paintings), one First-class Certificate, and two 
Awards of Merit. 
Orchid Committee present: Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart. (in the Chair), 
J. O’Brien (hon. sec.), W. Bolton, R. Brooman White, C. JiLuenas, H. G. 
Alexander, F. K. Sander, J.-E. Shill, W. H. Hatcher, S. W. Flory, 
C. H. Curtis, J. Cypher, A. McBean, Pantia Ralli, W. J. Kaye, Stuart 
H. Low, R. A. Rolfe, F. J. Hanbury, and Sir Harry J. Veitch. 
