May, 1918.] THE ORCHID. REVIEW. 113 
ie SOCIETIES. i | 
RoyaL HORTICULTURAL. 
HE ordinary fortnightly meeting was held at the London Scottish Drill 
Hall, Buckingham Gate, Westminster, on April 9th, when there was a 
moderate display of Orchids, and the awards consisted of three medals, three 
Awards of Merit, and two Preliminary Commendations. 
Orchid Committee present: Sir Jeremiah Colman (in the chair), 
]. O’ Brien (hon. sec.), F. J. Hanbury, J. Wilson Potter, Pantia Ralli, E. R. 
Ashton, F. K. Sander, Arthur Dye, J. Charlesworth, S. W. Flory, C. J. 
Lucas, W. H. Hatcher, W. J, Kaye, Walter Cobb, R. A. Rolfe, and 
R. Brooman White. - saa 
ae . AWARDS OF MERIT. 
OponTIoDA Ernestir (Odm. Wilckeanum xX Oda. Charlesworthii).—A 
distinct hybrid, with flowers of good shape, and the ground colour buff 
yellow, with numerous dark red blotches on the sepals and petals, and 
larger ones on the lip in front of the spiny yellow crest. Exhibited by 
E, R. Ashton, Esq., Cambridge Park, Tunbridge Wells. 
OponToGLossuM cRIsPpUM.OaKwoop TriumPH.—A brilliant variety 
raised from O. crispum Phcebe and O. c. Leonard Perfect. The flowers are 
very large and round, thus recalling the latter in shape, and the blotches are 
rich ruby-red, and cover the inner two-thirds of the sepals and petals, 
leaving a broad white margin and apex, while the apex of the lip is white, 
with chestnut-red blotches in front of the yellow crest. Exhibited by 
Mrs. Norman Cookson, Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne (gr. Mr. H. J. Chapman). 
ODONTOGLOSSUM JASPER VAR. ROEHAMPTON (amabile x crispum).—-A 
handsome variety, with large and finely-shaped flowers, very heavily 
blotched with dark claret red on a light rosy-mauve ground ; the lip also 
bearing numerous blotches round the yellow crest. The raceme bore eleven 
flowers. Exhibited by Dr. Miguel Lacroze, Roehampton (Orchid-grower 
Miss Robertson). 
PRELIMINARY COMMENDATIONS. 
ODONTOGLossuM AMAZON (crispum X mirum).—A promising seedling, 
the flower being large and of excellent shape, with clusters of ruby-red 
blotches. Exhibited by Messrs. Armstrong & Brown. 
ODONTOGLossuM CRISPUM THE PRESIDENT.—A very fine unblotched 
seedling of exceptional shape, with a rosy suffusion in the sepals. 
Exhibited by Messrs. Charlesworth & Co. 
GENERAL EXHIBITS. 
Mrs. Ogilvie, the Shrubbery, Oxford (gr. Mr. W. Balmforth), staged a 
