AUGUST, 1923.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 25K 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
June 26th, 1923. 
BD EMBERS of the Orchid Committee present :—Sir William Lawrence,- 
Bart. (in the Chair), Messrs. Jas. O’Brien (hon. sec.), Fred. K. 
Sander, J. E. Shill, Pantia Ralli, T. Armstrong, A. McBean, H. T. Pitt, 
Gurney Wilson, C. H. Curtis, A. Dye, and the Hon. H. D. McLaren. 
FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATES. 
Lezliocattleya Mrs. Willoughby Pemberton, The Dell variety (Lo 
Baroness Emma X Lec. eximia); from Baron Bruno Schréder, The Dell 
Park, Englefield Green (gr. Mr. J. E. Shill). A remarkably fine hybrid: 
with a spike of three flowers, each measuring eight and a half inches across. 
The sepals and petals light rosy mauve, the well-developed labellum ruby- 
purple and with a bright golden zone near the throat portion. 
Odontoglossum Orosius magnificum (Solon X Maillardianum); frony 
Messrs. J. & A. McBean. A handsome plant bearing a spike of 14 large 
flowers of reddish chocolate colour, and having a pretty sheen on the front 
of the segments. The elongated labellum white at the apex, ruby-purple 
on the basal half, and with a spiny crest of yellowish colour. 
AWARDS OF MERIT. 
Odontoglossum Ernest Bristow (Lambardeanum X Uro-Skinneri) ; from: 
Messrs. Armstrong & Brown. A very effective hybrid, in which the’ 
characters of the latter parent predominate. The spike bore eight flowers 
of medium size, the sepals and petals claret colour, the broad labellum rose- 
tinted, densely spotted with rose-purple, and having a pretty line of rose 
markings round the edge. 
Cattleya Hentschelii, Rosslyn variety (Warscewiczii xX Dupreana) ; 
from H. T. Pitt, Esq., Stamford Hill (gr. Mr. Thurgood). A handsome’ 
flower of large size, and with the segments of a richer tint than usually seen: 
in Cattleya hybrids. The sepals and petals mauyve-purple, the wide 
labellum ruby-purple and the disc yellow. 
CULTURAL COMMENDATION. 
To Mr. J. E. Shill, gr. to Baron Bruno Schroder, for a fine example of 
Leliocattleya Mrs. Willoughby Pemberton. To Mr. Thurgood, gr. to 
H. T. Pitt, Esq., for Miltonia Phalznopsis, an excellent example with 23 
fully developed flowers, the grass-like foliage amongst the flowers adding. 
much to the general effect. 
OTHER EXHIBITS. 
H. T. Pitt, Esq., was awarded a Silver Flora Medal for a group of more 
than ordinary interest, for it contained several species and hybrids that are 
not generally cultivated. Along the back were fine plants of Thunias- 
Bensone, Marshalliana and Veitchiana, and in front three specimens of 
