26 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [JANUARY, 1922. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Nov. 29th, 1921. 
EMBERS of the Committee present : Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart. (in 
the chair), Sir Harry J. Veitch, Prince Tadashige Shimadzu, Messrs. 
J. O’Brien (hon. sec.), W. J. Kaye, Fred. J. Hanbury, C. H. Curtis, J. 
Wilson Potter, Richd. G. Thwaites, Pantia Ralli, E. R. Ashton, Gurney 
Wilson, T. Armstrong, J. E. Shill, H. G. Alexander, Fred. K. Sander, C. Be 
Lucas, R. Brooman-White and A. Dye. 
FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATE. 
Sophrolzliocattleya His Majesty (Slc. Marathon x C. Triane Back- 
houseana), from Messrs. Charlesworth & Co. —A fine result, all the sezments 
well proportioned and of crimson-pink tinge, the labellum dark crimson with 
slight gold veining. 
AWARDS OF MERIT. 
Odontoglossum Phillipsianum (eximium xanthotes x luteopurpureum 
Vuylstekeanum), from Pantia Ralli, Esq., Ashtead Park, Surrey.—The 
spike carried four flowers of eximium formation, the segments heavily 
blotched with salmon rose-colour. It is quite distinct from other plants of 
this name. 
Cypripedium Nydia (Niobe x nitens Leeanum) from Lieut.-Col. Sir 
George Holford, K.C.V.O., Westonbirt.—A great improvement on previous 
hybrids of the Niobe section. - The large dorsal sepal is flushed with rose 
and densely spotted with purple, the petals and lip are yellow with an over 
tint of brownish yellow. 
Cypripedium Asion (Queen Alexandra X aureum Oedippe), from Messrs. 
Charlesworth & Co.—A large flower having the dorsal sepal orbicular in 
shape, white with rose-colour at the base; the petals and lip reddish purple. 
Brassocattleya Admiral Jellicoe var. Rosita (Be. Digbyano-Mossiz X C. 
Lord Rothschild), from Messrs. Stuart Low & Co.—A flower of fine form- 
ation and remarkable for the unu 
throughout the whole flower. 
Odontioda Enchantress (Odm. harvengtense x Oda. Madeline), from 
Messrs. J. & A. MacBean. This plant carried a spike of 16 flowers, of 
excellent formation, densely spotted with red, the apex of lip rose-coloured. 
Messrs. Stuart Low & Co., were awarded a Silver Flora Medal for an: 
extensive exhibit containing fine examples of Vanda ccerulea, Lycaste 
Skinneri alba, Cattleya labiata R. I. Measures, 
very fine C, Peetersii, the bright Lelioca 
Jellicoe, Le. Pathfinder, with four | 
micrantha, with five arching spikes. 
Messrs. Sanders received a Silver Flora Medal for 
sually rich coloration, this being rose-mauve 
C. Cantuarie Low’s var., 
ttleya luminosa aurea, Bc. Admiral 
arge richly-coloured flowers, and Eria 
an excellent group in 
