374 THE ORCHID REVIEW.  (Decemper, 1922. 
R.H.S. AUTUMN ORCHID SHOW. 
HE Annual Autumn Orchid Exhibition arranged by the Royal 
Horticultural Society and held at Vincent Square, Westminster, on 
October 31st, was visited by a large number of Fellows and their friends. 
The event was in every way a success, and it is expected that next year 
it will be extended to two days. 
Members of the Orchid Committee present : Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart. 
(in the chair), Messrs. Jas. O’Brien (hon. sec.), Gurney Wilson, T. Arm- 
strong, J. E. Shill, Stuart H. Low, F. J. Hanbury, E. R. Ashton, 
Pantia Ralli, A. McBean, W. H. White, C. J. Lucas, F. K. Sander, 
H. G. Alexander, C. H. Curtis, S. W. Flory, A. Dye, J. Cypher, 
W. H: Hatcher, H. T. Pitt, and R. G. Thwaites. 
FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATES. 
Odontoglossum crispum Beauty Spot, from Pantia Ralli. Esq., Ashstead 
Park, Surrey (gr. Mr. S. Farnes). A home-raised variety of massive build, 
the segments being pure white, the sepals and lip each having a large bold 
spot of reddish-purple colour. The spike carried six flowers. 
Vanda luzonica dulcis, from Messrs. Sanders, St. Albans. A beautiful 
variety of this rare species imported from the island of Luzon. The 
arching spike carried several large white flowers, with marginal bands 0: 
rose-violet colour on all the segments. 
Leliocattleya Dodona (Lc. Haroldiana x Lc. Nelthorpe Beauclerk), 
from Messrs. Cowan, Southgate. This plant carried two large flowers of 
orange-yellow ground colour, and having a brilliant over-tint of blood-red 
colour; the broad labellum rich crimson-purple. 
AWARDS OF MERIT. 
Odontoglossum Princess Yolande (eximium x l’Empereur), from 
R. Gerrish, Esq., Milford Manor, Salisbury (gr. Mr. W. Sorrell). A? 
elegant result in which the spike carried six flowers handsomely blotched 
with reddish-claret colour. 
Leliocattleya Venada, Rosslyn var. (Lc. Baron Schréder X C- Aurea); 
from H. T. Pitt, Esq., Rosslyn, Stamford Hill (gr. Mr. Thurgood). A 
pleasing result, the flower being well-formed, the segments of delicate rose 
and reddish tints, the lip orange-yellow. 
_Odontoglossum crispum Silver Moon, from Pantia Ralli, Esq- as 
spike carried five flowers of excellent formation, silvery-white, the lip 
having a few small spots. 
PRELIMINARY COMMENDATIONS. 
Odontoglossum Re-echo, from Pantia Ralli, Esq. A young seedling 
with a single flower in which all the segments are effectively marked 
with brownish-red. 
