OcToBER, 1923.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 317 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
September 3rd, 1923. 
EMBERS of the Orchid Committee present :—Sir Jeremiah Colman, 
Bart. (in the chair), Messrs. Jas. O’Brien (hon. sec.), Pantia Ralli, 
Stuart Low, Frederick J. Hanbury, H. T. Pitt, C. H. Curtis, E. R. Ashton, 
T. Armstrong and Gurney Wilson. 
AWARDS OF MERIT. 
Brassolzliocattleya Tucuman, Claygate Lodge var. (Blc. Cooksonii x C. 
Rhoda), from J. J. Bolton, Esq., Claygate, Surrey (gr. Mr. S. Lyne). A 
beautiful hybrid with large flowers of an orange colour tinged with bronze, 
the broad labellum mottled with crimson and having a golden disc. 
Leliocattleya Mrs. Medo, Low’s var. (C. Venus X Lc. luminosa), from 
Messrs. Stuart Low & Co. This attractive hybrid carried a spike of three 
finely-developed flowers, of yellowish colour and having a bronze-green 
overtint, the lip well displayed and purple-crimson. 
CULTURAL COMMENDATION. 
To Messrs. Armstrong & Brown for a superb specimen of Cattleya Iris, 
the last made bulb bearing a pair of leaves, each 11 inches long and over 
2% inches broad. The spike bore ten richly-coloured flowers. 
Messrs. Stuart Low & Co. were awarded a Silver Banksian Medal for 
an exhibit containing many hybrids of Sophronitis grandiflora. Among them 
were Sl. Orpetii, a nice example with six rose-purple flowers, Sc. Sylvia (C. 
Hardyana x Sc. Doris), apricot-yellow with crimson lip, Sc. Faboris (C. 
Fabia x Sc. Doris), with four flowers of bronze-red tint, Sc. Blanche, red- 
scarlet, and Slc. Argonaut (Lc. Tunis x SI. Orpetii), rich purple. Other 
noteworthy plants were Cattleya interexta alba, with a spike of three large 
flowers, C. Iris var. Buttercup, with six yellowish blooms, and Cypripedium 
Maudiz. Angrzcum articulatum was in fine form, and also Cirrhopetalum: 
ornatissimtm. 
J. J. Bolton, Esq., Claygate Lodge, Surrey, exhibited three specimen 
plants of Cattleya Hardyana alba, one bearing a spike of four flowers, the 
sepals and petals pure white and the labellum bright purple. In addition 
to the plant of Blc. Tucuman that received an award, there was a pleasing 
example with three finely-coloured flowers. Dendrobium formosum carried! 
a dozen blooms and made an attractive object. 
Messrs. Armstrong & Brown also exhibited Lzliocattleya Golden Wren 
(C. iridescens x Lc. Thyone), with four flowers of bronze-gold colour, and 
another variety with golden-yellow sepals and petals and a crimson lip.. 
Cirrhopetalum pulchrum, C. Fascinator and Bulbophyllum barbigerum: 
were all in excellent condition, as also were Ceelogyne speciosa alba and) 
the pretty Trias disciflora. 
