318 THE ORCHID REVIEW. (OcToBER, 1923. 
September 18th, 1923. 
Members of the Orchid Committee present :—Sir Jeremiah Colman, 
‘Bart. (in the chair), Messrs. Jas. O’Brien (hon. sec.), Fred. K. Sander, 
-Gurney Wilson, J. E. Shill, H. G. Alexander, C. J. Lucas, E. R. Ashton, 
“H. T. Pitt, R. Brooman-White, Pantia Ralli, A. Dye and J. Wilson 
Potter. 
Awarkps OF MERIT. 
Cypripedium Godefroye, Gatton Park variety, from Sir Jeremiah 
‘Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, Surrey. A large flower of cream-yellow 
-colour effectively marked with maroon-purple. 
Leliocattleya Aureole var. Renown (C. Iris xX Lc. luminosa aurea), from 
-Pantia Ralli, Esq., Ashtead Park, Surrey. A very beautiful combination of 
the colourings of both parents, the flower being of a golden-orange tint 
with the lip reddish-crimson. : 
Vuylstekeara Medea (Oda. Zenobia X M. Charlesworthii), from Messrs. 
-Charlesworth & Co. A novelty in which the two flowers of medium size 
were of bright crimson-red colour, the lip rose coloured at the apex and 
, prettily spotted. 
GROUPS. 
Messrs. Sanders were awarded a Silver Flora Medal for an attractive 
_group containing at the back several finely flowered examples of Oncidium 
Marshallianum, cultivated on teak-wood rafts. Among the Cypripediums 
were elegant forms of Maudiz, Fairrieanum, Germaine Opoix, and several 
.of Godefroy. Cattleya Meteor (Dowiana X Comet) bore richly-coloured 
flowers and C. Thebes var. Britannia had: a distinct bronze tint on the 
sepals and petals and a crimson lip. In the centre was Miltonia spectabilis 
var. conspicua, with a rose-purple centre to the lip, and a well-flowered 
plant of M. Phalenopsis. Ccelogyne Massangeana carried pendulous 
-spikes of many flowers, and several excellent varieties of Cattleya 
Hardyana received much appreciation. 
H. T. Pitt, Esq., Stamford Hill, was awarded a Silver Banksian 
Medal for a pleasing exhibit. It comprised finely-flowered examples 
-of Cypripedium Triumphans, .the pretty Maudie and the white 
Boltonii. Miltonias were represented by St. André and Cogniauxie 
-(Regnelii X spectabilis), and Brassocattleyas by Corallina, very pretty. 
-Cirrhopetalum picturatum and Slc. Isabella, Pitt's variety were in ex- 
cellent condition. Cyp. Thaville (Thalia x Earl of Tankerville) proved 
very attractive. 
Messrs. Stuart Low and Co. received a Silver Banksian Medal for an 
- exhibit containing-several well-flowered plants of Odontoglossum grande, the 
-elegant Dendrobium superbiens the pretty Sigmatostalix radicans, and 
