324 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [Ocroper, 1913. 
Silver Medal for a good group, including Odontoglossum . crispum 
vars. Queen Victoria and Warburtonianum, ardentissimum Vanguard, 
Odontioda Charlesworthii, Miltonia Schroederee, Cattleya Leopoldii and 
Warscewiczii Sanderiana, Cypripedium A. de Lairesse, gigas Corndean 
Hall var., Shillianum, Maudie, Olga Bagshaw, Actzus revolutum, and 
others. 
Rev. J. Crombleholme, Clayton-le-Moors (gr. Mr. Marshall), was 
awarded a Silver Medal for a small group of Cypripediums, including C. 
Olivia, Lord Derby, Frau Ida Brandt, Chapmanii, Baron Schréder, Rich- 
manii, cherubicum, Lord Ossulston Crombleholme’s var., leyburnense 
magnificum, and others. 
Mr. D. McLeod, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, sent Odontoglossum crispum 
Reine Blanche. 
Mr. J. Birchenall, Alderley Edge, sent Cypripedium Mars. 
FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATES. 
Odontoglossum Woodroffez (O. Rossii rubescens X Queen Alexandra). 
—The best of its kind, with large flowers of good colour, and well spotted, 
and Cattleya Harrisoniana alba Davidson’s var., a good round flower, with 
the lip broad at the base, both from Mr. E. H. Davidson, Twyford, Berks. 
Odontoglossum crispum virginale Ashlands var., with well-formed 
flowers of good substance, from R. Ashworth, Esq. 
AWARD OF MERIT. 
Cypripedium Muriel Hollington, a nice variety, with large flowers, from 
the Rev. J. Crombleholme. 
THE AMATEUR’S COLLECTION. 
By C. ALwyn Harrison, F.R.H.S. 
WINTER treatment must now be the order of the day, and for this and the 
ensuing month the average temperatures should be: By day 55° to 65° 
Fahr.; by night 53° to 60° Fahr. 
Obviously the above figures can Only be regularly maintained by the 
employment of artificial heating, for it is better to have the pipes warmed 
and thereby make ventilation possible, than to defer using fire heat, and 
endeavouring to keep the house sufficiently warm by closing and relying on 
the heat of the sun. One of the main secrets of successful Orchid culture 
depends on keeping the temperatures as even as possible, and in having 
inside the house a nice buoyant atmosphere. 
As the days are now beginning to draw in, less water must be applied to 
the plants, and if in doubt as to whether a plant needs water or not, my 
advice to the amateur is to wait until the following day. The majority of 
the failures sustained by beginners in Orchid culture are due to keeping 
their plants in a sodden condition during the long dull winter months. An 
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