146 THE ORCHID REVIEW, [SEPT.-OcrT., 1920. 
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RoyaL HorTIcuLTuRAL. 
The usual fortnightly meeting was held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, 
Vincent Square, Westminster, on June 29th, when there was a rather small 
display of particularly choice Orchids. 
Orchid Committee present: Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart. (in the Chair), 
J. O’Brien (hon. sec.), Sir Harry J. Veitch, W. Bolton, R. G. Thwaites, 
Pantia Ralli, W. J. Kaye, F. K. Sander, C. H. Curtis, A. McBean, T. 
Armstrong and J. E. Shill. 
FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATES. 
L&LIOCATTLEYA SAN JuAN DELL var. (Lc. Aphrodite x C. Mendelii).— 
A superb hybrid, with light rosy mauve sepals and petals, and a broad ruby 
purple lip, with yellow lines in the throat. Exhibited by Baron Bruno 
Schréder, The Dell, Englefield Green (gr. Mr. J. E. Shill). 
MiLtonia Harwoopil VAR. ExcEtsior (C. Noetzliana X M. vexillaria 
var. Queen Alexandra).—A particularly fine variety, having large, deep rose- 
coloured flowers, most resembling the Miltonia parent in shape, and the 
lip broad, with some red lines on the disc in front of the yellow crest. 
Exhibited by Messrs. Charlesworth & Co. 
ODONTOGLOssUM VICTORY VAR. SUPREME (crispum X Dreadnought).— 
An exceptionally large and beautiful variety, the flowers being over four 
_ Inches across, and the lower two-thirds of the segments bright Indian red, 
with the margins and front of the lip white. Exhibited by Messrs. 
Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells. 
AWARD OF MERIT. 
OponTiopa BLuE Birp (Oda. Coronation x Odm. Armstrongia).—A 
handsome hybrid, having ruby-red sepals and petals, with a few transverse 
whitish lines and a few darker markings, and the front of the lip blush 
white. Exhibited by Messrs. Armstrong & Brown. 
CULTURAL COMMENDATION. 
MiLTonia Harwoopi var. Excersior.—To Messrs. Charlesworth & 
Co. for the finely-grown plant mentioned above. 
SILVER Fiora MEDAL. 
_ To Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Haywards Heath, for a very fine group, 
largely consisting of Odontoglossums, Odontiodas and Miltonias, with 
Leliocattleya General Maude var. rubens (Le. rubens Lambeauiana X C. 
Hardyana), an exceptionally fine form, and some beautiful examples of 
Cattleya Mendelii and C. Warscewiczii, the latter including the pink 
variety Mrs. E. Ashworth. 
