THE ORCHID REVIEW. 281 
AWARDS AT THE HYBRIDISATION CONFERENCE, 
A “List of Awards made by the Council of the Royal Horticultural 
Society, on the Report of a Committee of Experts” has been published, 
which contains the names of the following exhibitors of Orchids :— 
GoLp FLorA MEDAL.—To Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, Chelsea 
—presumably for Orchids and other groups of plants exhibited by them 
(see report at p. 254 of our last issue). 
GoLp MeEpALs.—To Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, Dorking 
(p. 252), and M. Ch. Maron, Brunoy, France (p. 253). 
SILVER BANKSIAN MEDALS.—To Sir Frederick Wigan, Clare Lawn, 
East Sheen (p. 252), and De Barri Crawshaw, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks 
(Pp. 253). 
The Veitch Memorial Medals offered, (1) for the best new Orchid 
intentionally raised by cross-breeding or hybridisation in Great Britain, and 
never previously exhibited, and (2) to one raised abroad under similar 
conditions, appear not to have been awarded. 
SIE ONES th en.a.SerRONC 
CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS FOR SEPTEMBER. 
By H. A. BuRBERRY, Orchid Specialist, King’s Heath, Birmingham. 
Many Orchids have now completed their season’s growth, and the majority 
of the others are fast approaching that state; therefore it is now un- 
necessary to maintain quite such high temperatures as formerly advised 
for the summer months. -According to the shortening of the days, and 
the decline of the sun’s power, so may the inside temperature be reduced. 
The correct figures for the present month will consequently be about five 
degrees less in all departments. 
Shade less and less as the power of the sun declines, so that the 
plants may be exposed to more light and sunshine, for light as well as 
air is indispensable in order to well ripen up the new pseudobulbs and 
leaves. Do not, however, withhold their liberal supplies of water too 
suddenly, or the ripening process will be unduly hastened, resulting in 
the shrivelling of the pseudobulbs, which is undesirable, for such plants are 
not so well prepared to pass through the season of rest successfully as are 
others which remain plump throughout, nor do they give such satisfactory 
results when their blooming season comes round. 
The Cool Orchid house must of course still be kept as cool as possible, 
both night and day, with an abundance of ventilation. The cool moist 
nights will now work wonders in this department, and the growths will 
almost be seen to move. Damp down morning and evening, but do not 
let the compost in which they are growing be over watered—that is to 
