88 THE ORCHID REVIEW. (May-June, r919. 
Oda. Royal Gem), O. Dulcies (Oda. Cooksonie x Odm. illustrissimum), 
bright carmine rose, Odontoglossum Radiant (Dora x Alexandre), O. 
Harold (Jasper x eximium), and other good things. 
Messrs. J. & A. McBean, Cooksbridge, received a Silver Banksian Medal 
for a good group, including examples of Leliocattleya Beatrice, Arcturus, 
Ballii, Moonbeam, and others, Lelia Lorna (Cowanii x purpurata), 
Odontioda Gladys superba and O. Schroederi, Odontoglossum crispum 
xanthotes, O. Ruby (Vuylstekez x spectabile), O. Lobbie, O. eximium, 
Cattleya Cowaniz alba, the rare Cymbidium Parishii var. Sandere, and 
various well-grown Cymbidiums behind. 
At the meeting held on April 2gth there was a fine display, and the 
awards consisted of six medals, four Awards of Merit, one Preliminary - 
Commendation, and one First-class Certificate, the latter for a remarkable 
Odontioda, which illustrates the progress that is being made in this popular 
garden. genus. 
Orchid Committee present: Sir Harry J. Veitch (in the chair), J- 
O’Brien (hon. sec.), W: H. White, W. Bolton, F. K. Sander, S. W. Flory, 
C. J. Lucas, W. J. Kaye, T. Armstrong, E. R. Ashton, R. G. Thwaites, 
F. J. Hanbury, R. A. Rolfe, Arthur Dye, H. J. Chapman, and R. 
Brooman White. 
FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATES. 
OponTiopa Lavy VEITCH (Oda. Cooksoniz Orchidhurst var. X Odm. 
Mars).—A brilliant acquisition, the young seedling bearing its first flower, 
which was of exceptional size, and the segments very broad and overlapping, 
the colour chestnut red, with a narrow light yellow margin, and the lip 
white in front, with a large dark red zone round the yellow crest. 
Exhibited by H. T. Pitt, Esq., the seedling having been raised by Messrs. 
Armstrong & Brown., 
' AWARDS OF MERIT. 
CATTLEYA Rajan (Enid X Empress Frederick.—A very large and 
richly-coloured flower, of labiata shape, and the colour deep rose, with a 
ruby-crimson lip, the latter having some orange veining on the disc. 
Exhibited by Messrs. Stuart Low & Co. 
ODONToGLossum AsHToNII (amabile x ? ).—A handsome hybrid, 
heavily blotched with purple on the lower two-thirds of the segments, and 
_ the ground-colour pure white. Exhibited by E. R. Ashton, Esq. 
ODONTOGLossuM RADIANT VaR. Marion (Dora & Alexandre.—A_ hand- 
some variety, the greater part of the flowers being violet-purple, with the 
ground-colour reduced to a whitish margin and a few irregular spaces, 
and the lip white with numerous purple spots. Exhibited by Messrs- 
Flory & Black. : . 
