JULY, 1923.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 220 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
. June 12th, 1923. 
EMBERS of the Orchid Committee present: Sir Jeremiah Colman, 
Bart. (in the chair), Messrs. Jas. O’Brien (hon. sec.), the Hon. Henry 
J. McLaren, C. J. Lucas, Fred K. Sander, H. T. Pitt, E. R. Ashton, Pantia 
Ralli, Fred. J. Hanbury, Gurney Wilson, C. H. Curtis, and J. E. Shill. 
First-class CERTIFICATE. 
Odontoglossum Goldcrest, from Messrs. Armstrong & Brown. A very 
beautiful hybrid bearing an arching spike of 13 flowers, all the segments 
prettily spotted with bright lemon-yellow, and the elongated labellum having 
a spiny crest at its base. No parentage was recorded on the official entry 
paper. 
AWARDS OF MERIT. 
Miltonia William Pitt (Isabel Sander X Blueana var. Reine Elisabeth); 
from H. T. Pitt, Esq., Stamford Hill. Although this seedling was far from 
being in a matured state, the single flower showed such promising qualities 
that the Committee also gave it a Certificate of Appreciation. The petals 
are flushed with intense purplish-crimson, except for the white tips, the 
wide labellum has the central area purplish and a brownish mask at the 
ase. 
Odontioda Corona var. Rajah (M. Warscewiczii X O. Harryanum) from 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co. An attractive primary hybrid with a many- 
flowered spike of medium sized blooms, the sepals and petals chocolate-red 
tipped with gold, the broad labellum having a purplish base and a white 
apical area. 
GROUPS. 
Messrs. Hassall & Co, were awarded a Silver Flora Medal for a fine 
exhibit of their large flowering Brassolzliocattleya Jupiter, the varieties 
showing a wide variation in the degree of colouring. Cattleya Dupreana 
carried a spike of four richly coloured flowers, and there were nice forms of 
Leliocattleya Aphrodite and Lc. Canhamiana. Along the front were well- 
flowered plants of Cypripedium Curtisii Sandere, Cyp. Alma Gevaert, and 
Cyp. Emerald (Curtisii Sander X Maudie). Among the Odontoglossums 
were Agapetum with a spike of eleven flowers, yellow with chocolate 
blotching ; Od. Victory, with large reddish blotches; and Od. crispum 
Louise, a fine variety of the imported class. Phalznopsis amabilis was in 
excellent condition, and Odontiodas added touches of bright red colour. 
Messrs Stuart Low & Co., received a Silver Flora Medal for a very well 
arranged exhibit in which were fine plants of Oncidium superbiens and the 
interesting Selenipedium grande. Cypripediums were seen to advantage in 
Lawrenceanum, niveum and Godefroy, and Odontoglossums in Halli and 
