FEBRUARY, 1922.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 6r 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
January 17th, 1922. 
aie of the Committee present :—Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart 
(in the chair), Messrs. Jas. O'Brien (hon. sec.) H. T. Pitt, C. J. 
Lucas, F. K. Sanders, Pantia Ralli, F. J. Hanbury, A. J. Kaye, A. McBean, 
R. Brooman-White, S. W. Flory, Gurney Wilson, J. E. Shill, and A. Dye. 
AWARDS OF MERIT. 
Baassocattleya Rutherfordii The Dell var. (Bc. Digbyano-Mossie x C. 
Gaskelliana), from Baron Bruno Schréder. An excellent example of an 
albino hybrid of B. Digbyana, the large flower having thick segments of 
cream-white tint, and an expansive labellum. 
Lycaste Lucianii (lasioglossa X Skinneri), from W. R. Fasey, Esq. A- 
fine specimen carrying 10 flowers and 5 buds. The sepals rose-coloured, 
the petals white, and the lip freckled with rose. 
Cypripedium Nellie Pitt (Pyramus xX Idina), from H. T. Pitt, Esq. A. 
bold hybrid in which the broad dorsal has the upper area white, and with 
bright purple spotting over the median part. The wide petals dull yellow 
‘tinged with brown. 
Odontioda Thalia, from Messrs. Charlesworth & Co. A pleasing result 
in which the flowers are almost entirely suffused with rose-crimson colour.. 
CULTURAL COMMENDATION. 
Vanda Watsonii, from Messrs. Sanders. An excellent example of this: 
showy Vanda, the four spikes carrying numerous pure-white flowers. 
PRELIMINARY COMMENDATION. 
Odontoglossum crispum Viceroy, from Messrs. Charlesworth & Co. A 
remarkably fine white form derived from the crossing of two fine varieties. 
GROUPS. 
Messrs. Stuart Low & Co. were awarded a Silver Flora Medal for an 
interesting exhibit containing good examples of Lelia anceps, Vanda 
Amesiana, some fine forms of Phalenopsis amabilis, Cattleya Percivaliana, 
C. Maggie Raphel alba, the richly coloured Odontoglossum cordatum Low’s- 
var., O. Uro Skinneri album and Oncidium pulvinatum, with a branched 
spike of numerous blooms. 
Messrs. Sanders obtained a Silver Flora Medal for a group in which 
were the stately Angraecum superbum, with a spike of six blooms, Vanda 
Watsonii, well-flowered, the pretty Coelia bella, Epidendrum luteo-album,. 
Cymbidium Warbler and C. Seamen, both fine varieties, as well as 
numerous Cypripediums and a fine Odontioda Jupiter. - 
Messrs. Flory & Black received a Silver Banksian Medal for an exhibit 
containing the new Sophrocattleya Phyllis (C. Tityus x S. grandiflora), 
Le. Merlin, a promising hybrid, Bc. Lotus, showing the influence of C. Rex, 
