FEBRUARY, 1913.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 69 
FiIrsT-CLass CERTIFICATES. 
Odontoglossum amabile var. excelsum, a large, well-shaped flower, 
with undulate segments, evenly blotched with plum-coloured markings. 
From Z. A. Ward, Esq. 
Cypripedium Princess Patricia of Connaught (Alcibiades X_ nitens), 
showing the best features of Alcibiades but more compact, with deeply 
coloured spots on a round well-set dorsal. From S. Gratrix, Esq. 
Cypripedium x Carola (Thompsonii xX Euryades splendens), a large 
flower, of good shape and substance, having a white dorsal sepal with claret 
red markings, and broad petals of villosum colour and shape. From Wm. 
Thompson, Esq. 
AWARDS OF MERIT. 
Odontoglossum James Barclay, O. Violina Henderson, O. Lord Pirrie, 
and O. R. le Doux, all of unknown parentage. From R. le Doux, Esq. 
Cypripedium Snowdon Range (Euryades Sir Trevor Lawrence’s var. X 
Leeanum). From S. Gratrix, Esq. 
Cypripedium waltonense var. W. Stevens (Thompsonianum x Rupert). 
From Wm. Thompson, Esq. 
Odontoglossum Harryano-crispum Ne Plus Ultra. From Z. A. Ward, Esq. 
Brassocatlelia Cooksonii (B.-l. Gratrixie x C. Dowiana aurea). 
From Col. J. Rutherford. 
CULTURAL CERTIFICATE. 
To Mr. Morgan, gardener to H. J. Bromielow, Esq., for a fine plant of 
Cypripedium Minos Youngii. 
ORCHIDS IN SEASON. 
SEVERAL interesting flowers are sent from the collection of J. J. Neale, 
Esq., Penarth, by Mr. Haddon, including a fine panicle of Seraphyta 
multiflora, which is one of five borne by the plant, producing a very 
graceful effect. There are fine inflorescences of Dendrobium Dearei and 
Phalznopsis, which have done very well this season, a fine Cycnoches 
chlorochilon, Phalznopsis Esmeralda, Cypripedium insigne Ernestii and 
Harefield Hall var., with C. Rossetti and C. Arthurianum, Cattleya Portia, 
Lzliocattleya Issy, and a promising hybrid from L.-c. Clive x C. 
Warneri, with bright rose-coloured flowers of good shape, Stenoglottis 
longifolia, and, among the more botanical kinds, Liparis longipes, 
Bulbophyllum crassipes and Careyanum, Bifrenaria racemosa, Masdevallia 
muscosa, triangularis, amabilis and Schreederiana, forming a very pretty 
little group. 
A fine form of Cypripedium Romulus is sent from the collection of 
O. O. Wrigley, Esq., Bridge Hall, Bury (gr. Mr. Rogers), who remarks 
that it was raised in the collection and is now flowering for the first time. 
