254 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [Aucust, 1912. 
AWARDS OF MERIT. 
Odontoglossum Miss Arline King (parentage unknown), and Leeliocattleya 
Purple Queen (L.-c. Iona X C. granulosa); both from R. le Doux, Esq. 
Cattleya Gaskelliana delicata; from J. McCartney, Esq. 
Sophrolelia Leda (L. pumila x S.-l. Gratrixiz); from Messrs. Stuart 
Low & Co. 
ORCHIDS IN SEASON. 
THREE interesting flowers are sent from the collection of G. Hamilton- 
Smith, Esq., Finchley, by Mr. Coningsby. A dark-coloured seedling, from 
Cattleya Schilleriana x C. Warscewiczii, is a form of C. Edwardii (Orchid 
Stud-Book, p. 54). It is most like the former in shape, but has broader, 
red-purple segments, with some darker spots, and a deeply three-lobed, 
rich purple lip. Another is a seedling from C. granulosa aurea X Lelia 
xanthina, and is a form of Leliocattleya Robinii (O. S.-B., p. 112). It is 
most like the Cattleya parent in shape, and has very light greenish sepals 
and petals, as are also the side lobes of the deeply three-lobed lip, while the 
obovate, stalked front lobe is light purple. It is very distinct and pretty. 
The third is C. Rex, from a raceme of three flowers. 
A flower of a brightly-coloured and very promising seedling is sent from 
the establishment of Mr. C. Karthaus, Potsdam, Germany, by Mr. R. 
Blossfeld. It was derived from Lzliocattleya elegans x Cattleya Triane. 
It is most like the latter in shape, and rosy purple in colour, with a nearly 
entire lip. Flowers of another seedling are sent whose parents are not 
known, but it is suggested that they may have been Cattleya velutina and 
C. Leopoldii. They are most like the former in general character, and the 
short rounded side lobes of the lip are quite in agreement, but the segments 
are more elongated, and the front lobe of the lip considerably broader, so 
that such a parentage seems extremely likely. The colour had rather faded 
when the flower reached us. 
A flower of Brassocattleya Thetis (Brassavola Digbyana x Cattleya 
Aclandiz), which was exhibited at the last R.H.S. meeting, is sent by 
Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, Chelsea. The sepals and petals are most 
like the Cattleya parent in shape, but are not widely expanded, as in that, 
and their colour is light yellowish green, with a tinge of brown, and some 
harrow brownish lines on the sepals. The lip is distinctly three-lobed, with 
ample rounded white side lobes, a light yellow disc, and a broad, slightly 
fringed, rose-pink front lobe, which is rather deeply notched at the apex. 
A curious flower of a seedling is sent from the collection of E. F. Clark, 
Esq., Evershot, Dorset. It was obtained by crossing Lelia cinnabarina 
with the pollen of Leliocattleya Ballii, and thus is three-fourths derived 
from the latter, to which it bears a considerable resemblance. It has, how- 
