SEPTEMBER, 1915.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 273. 
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RoyaL HORTICULTURAL. 
HE meeting held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Vincent Square, 
Westminster, on Wednesday, August 4th, was smaller than usual,. 
but a few interesting Orchids put in an appearance, and the award list 
consisted of one First-class Certificate, two Awards of Merit, and three- 
medals. 
Orchid Committee present: J. Gurney Fowler, Esg. (in the Chair),. 
James O’Brien (hon. sec.), Gurney Wilson, W. Bolton, R. Brooman 
White, Pantia Ralli, R. G. Thwaites, J. Charlesworth, Arthur Dye, S. W.. 
Flory, and F. Sander. 
J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Brackenhurst, Pembury (gr. Mr. Davis), 
sent a good example of Cattleya Rex, bearing a four-flowered inflorescence,. 
the richly-coloured C. Warscewiczii saturata, in which the usual yellow 
blotches are suppressed, C. Miss Louisa Fowler, and fine forms of Leelio-- 
cattleya eximia and Henry Greenwood. 
E. G. Mocatta, Esq., Woburn Place, Addlestone (gr. Mr. Stevenson), 
sent a fine hybrid between Leliocattleya George Woodhams and Cattleya 
Rothschildiana, having rose-coloured sepals and petals, and a rich purple: 
lip, with some yellow veining in the throat. : 
_H. T. Pitt, Esq., Rosslyn, Stamford Hill (gr. Mr. Thurgood), showed 
the «striking -Brassia longissima, and two fine examples of Cattleya. 
Warscewiczii Frau Melanie Beyrodt. 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Haywards Heath, staged a choice group, 
including the handsome Lycaste Balliz, Cattleya Gaskelliana alba, a very 
dark form of Odontioda Brewii, and a number of well-grown Odonto-- 
glossums, conspicuous among them being two beautiful oe of O. 
armainvillierense xanthotes (Silver Banksian Medal). 
Messrs. Stuart Low & Co., Jarvisbrook, Sussex, staged a small group, 
particularly interesting being a plant of the rare Aérides maculosum: 
Schreederi, a good example of Rhynchostylis retusa, Vanda coerulea, some 
good forms of Cattleya Gaskelliana, and a number of Odontoglossums and 
others (Silver Banksian Medal). 
Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, staged a small group of interesting” 
things, including good examples of Anguloa Cliftonii and the true A. 
uniflora (eburnea), Coelogyne-Mooreana, and some good Leeliocattleyas, the 
best being a fine example of L.-c. wisetonensis bearing two spikes and an 
aggregate of nine flowers (Silver Banksian Medal). 
Messrs. Flory & Black, Orchid Nursery, Slough, sent Odontoglossun» 
Meredithiz, O. Cerissimum (Ceres X armainvillierense), a promising thing,. 
