APRIL, 1917.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 89 
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RoyaL HORTICULTURAL. 
HE usual fortnightly meeting was held at the London Scottish Drill 
Hall, Buckingham Gate, Westminster, on March 13th, and _ pro- 
duced a fair display of Orchids, the awards consisting of three medals, one 
First-class Certificate, one Award of Merit, and one Preliminary Com- 
mendation. 
Orchid Committee present: Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart. (in the 
Chair), J. O'Brien (hon. sec.), William Bolton, C. J. Lucas, R. Brooman 
White, Walter Cobb, W. H. White, T. Armstrong, J. Charlesworth, Sir 
Harry J. Veitch, F. J. Hanbury, H. G. Alexander, Stuart Low, and R. A. 
Rolfe. 
FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATE. 
L#LIOCATTLEYA GENERAL MAUDE (Le. rubens var. Lambeauiana x C. 
Hardyana).—A superb hybrid, combining some of the dwarf, compact 
habit of Lelia pumila with a very large and richly-coloured flower,. about 
seven inches in diameter, and the sepals, petals, and lip of remarkable 
breadth and substance. The colour is bright rosy mauve with slightly 
darker veining, and the lip darker in colour with yellow veining in. the 
throat. Exhibited by Messrs. Charlesworth & Co. 
AWARD OF MemrRIT. 
LA#LIOCATTLEYA SERBIA VAR. THE PRESIDENT (Lc. St. Gothard x C. 
Enid).—A very beautiful form, having broad, bright rose-coloured sepals 
and petals, and a ruby-crimson lip with some bright yellow in the throat. 
Exhibited by Messrs. Charlesworth & Co. 
PRELIMINARY COMMENDATION. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM EXULTANS var. Vulcan (excellens x: Ossulstonii).—A 
very promising seedling, the flower being of excellent shape, and having 
broad, chocolate-red sepals and petals, tipped and margined with light 
yellow, and the lip white, with red-brown blotches in front of the yellow 
crest. Exhibited by Messrs. Armstrong & Brown. 
GENERAL EXHIBITS. 
Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, Surrey (gr. Mr. J. Collier), 
was awarded a Silver Flora Medal for a group of well-grown Dendrobiums, 
raised in the collection. They included D. Helius (Wiganiz xX signatum), 
a pretty primrose yellow hybrid, tinged with pink on the petals; D. 
Gatton Jewel (Bartelsianum X melanodiscus), white with chrome yellow 
disc to the lip; D. Gatton Monarch (Lady Colman X nobile Harefield 
Hall), white with rosy lilac tips to the segment and a narrow disc to the 
lip; D. Lady Southgate (Lady Colman X chessingtonense), light primrose, 
