340 THE ORCHID REVIEW [ NovEMBER, 1915. 
AWARD OF MERIT. 
CATTLEYA AJAX VAR. PRIMROSE DAME (Armstrongiz X Dowiana aurea), 
—A very beautiful form, having clear primrose yellow sepals and petals, and 
the very undulate lip deeper yellow, especially on the disc, with some dark 
red lines at the base. The purple of C. Loddigesii is quite eliminated, 
Exhibited by Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells. its 
SEEDLING COMMENDATION. 
ODONTOGLOssuM VicTory (O. crispum The Baroness xX _ seedling 
unrecorded).—A small seedling, bearing its first flower, which is excellent 
in shape, having well rounded segments, broadly margined with white, with 
the central area or a shade of reddish brown, and the crest of the lip yellow. 
Exhibited by Messrs. Armstrong & Brown. 
| CULTURAL COMMENDATION 
CatTLEYA BRownil& GaTTON Park var. (Bowringiana x Harrison- 
iana).—To Mr. J. Collier, gardener to Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton 
Park, Reigate, for a splendidly-grown specimen, with pseudobulbs about 
three feet high, and two spikes of thirteen and fourteen rich purple flowers. 
At the meeting held on October 26th, there was again a good display of 
Orchids, among which autumn-flowering Cattleyas were conspicuous. Six 
medals were awarded for groups, besides which one First-class Certificate 
and one Award of Merit were given. 
Orchid Committee present :—J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. (in the Chair), 
J. O’Brien (hon. sec.), Sir Harry J. Veitch, Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., 
Stuart Low, R. A. Rolfe, F. J. Hanbury, P. Ralli, A. McBean, W. Cobb, — 
J. Charlesworth, J. Cypher, H. J. Alexander, C. H. Curtis, S. W. Flory, 
W. Bolton, and Gurney Wilson. 
J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Brackenhurst, Pembury (gr. Mr. J. Davis), 
received a Silver Flora Medal for a choice group, including two fine plants 
of Leliocattleya luminosa, one with a spike of five flowers, L.-c. Numidia 
(C. Empress-Frederick x L.-c. Golden-Oriole), bearing a spike of four 
flowers of a bronzy rose shade, with some yellow veining on the lip and two 
yellow blotches on the disc, Cattleya Mantinii nobilior, C. labiata alba, 
C. 1. Prince of Wales, with a spike of four white flowers, C. Falco 
(Dupreana x Dowiana aurea), C. Fabia alba, two good Odontoglossum 
crispum, and Brassocattleya Pallas (B.-c. Veitchii x C. Warscewiczii). 
Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, Reigate (gr. Mr. Collier), 
sent a few choice things, including the charming Dendrobium bigibbum 
Lady Colman with two spikes of blush white flowers, three forms of 
Cattleya Drapsiana, differing much in colour, C. Alcimeda coerulea, with 
the front of the lip slate-blue, C. Beryl (Wendlandiana x Hardyana), and 
Leliocattleya Lucasii Gatton Park var. 
