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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[February 10, 1912. 



Messrs. J. Cypher & Son, Cheltenham, were 



awarded a Silver Banksian Medal for a group 

 principally Cypripediums, including C. Beeck- 

 manii, C. Vandyke, C. auivum Hyeanum, and 

 other varieties of C. aureum, C Bridgei, C. 

 Alcibiades, and some hybrids of it. Masdevallia 

 triangularis, M, Schrckleriana, M. Hinckseana, 

 Lselio-Cattleya Callistoglossa, varieties of L. 

 anceps, &c. 



M !s J. & A. A. McBean, Cooksbridge, re- 

 ceived a Silver Banksian Medal for an effective 

 group, the best plants being Cymbidiuni 

 eburneo-Lowianum, and its yello variety auri- 

 ferum, with which were a very fine white C. 

 •burneum, good examples of Ladia anceps 

 Williamsii alba, Hollidayana, and Brad- 

 uhawiana, the latter uniformly rose colour, 

 Cypripedium Alcibiades. C. San-Actaeus, Odon- 

 tioda Charlesworthii, a pretty Brasso-Cattleya, 

 good Odontoglossums, &c. 



Messrs. Stuart Low & Co., Buslv Hill Park, 



were awarded a Silver Banksian Medal for a 

 group of good Cypripediums, &c, the best being 



Mr. Collier), showed Od onto possum Collieri 

 (Phoebe x ardentissimum), a very handsome, 

 purple-blotched flower, blooming on a small plant 

 raised about 3^- years ago. 



J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, South 

 Woodford (gr. Mr. J. Davis), showed the home- 

 raised Odontoglossum crispum Olive (white, pro- 

 fusely spotted with red-brown) and the hand- 

 some 0. Memoria Lily Neumann (see 

 "Awards"). 



Mr. W. A. Manda, South Orange, New 

 Jersey, U.S.A., and St. Albans, showed Cattleya 

 Trianse American Beauty, of the Backhonsiana 

 class, and with the petals bearing a deep-purple 

 feather ; C. T. Abe Lincoln, a dark form, of 

 good shape ; and two others. 



Messrs. Hassell & Co., Southg'ate, showed a 

 selection in which were Lycaste Skinneri alba, 

 of the best form, Cypripedium Chrysotoxum 

 Victor, a magnificent variety, and various hybrid 

 Odontoglossums, &c. 



From Tracy's Nursery, Twickenham, came a 

 very fine form of the rare Oncidium anthocrene, 



Esq., Glebelands, South Woodford (gr. Mr. J. 

 Davis). A very handsome hybrid, with flowers 

 of fine shape and substance, the inner two-thirds 

 of the sepals and petals deep claret-purple, with 

 slight white lines of the ground colour, and 

 white tips tinged with rose. 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee. 



Present: J. Cheal, Esq. (in the Chair); and 

 Messrs. C. G. A. Nix, W. Bates, E. Beckett, 

 A. Dean, A. W. Metcalfe, J. Harrison. G.' 

 Wythes, 0. Thomas, J. Davis, A. R. Allan, 

 A. Bullock, A. Grubb, and W. E. Humphreys! 



One dish of Apples sent for tasting and a 

 collection of Broccoli, shown by Messrs. Sutton 

 & Sons, Reading, were the only exhibits before 

 the Committee. The Broccoli formed a very 

 striking group, there being 130 most perfect 

 white heads of the varieties Early White, Snow 

 White, and Mammoth White. There were four 

 large mounds, each containing some 20 heads, 

 and 12 smaller mounds. The Broccoli had been 

 grown in an open field in the West of England, 





C. Lady Dillon (nitens M Bell's variety M x Mrs. 

 Wm. Mostyn), a very fine flower, with the 

 large white dorsal sepal profusely blotched with 

 rose-purple, the fine petals and lip being yellow- 

 ish, tinged with reddish-purple. Pleurothallis 

 Roezlii bore a dozen spikes of dark-purple 

 flowers ; various Odontoglossums were well dis- 

 played ; Calanthes, Cypripediums, &c, were also 

 noted. 



Francis Wellesley, Esq., West-field, Woking, 

 showed a selection containing Brasso-Cattleya 

 Wellesleyse (C. Mossise Wageneri x B. glauca), 

 a very pretty and fragrant, pure-white flower, 



to the lip ; Cypripedium 

 (Druryi x Leeanum gigan- 

 flower, of fine shape and 

 coiour; C. Memoria Mostynii superbum, yellow, 

 with white dorsal sepal ; the very handsome C. 

 Waterloo; and C. Wellesleyse (Venus x insigne 

 King Edward), a very attractive flower. 



Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., V.M.H. (gr. 



with vellow disc 

 Duchess of Argyll 

 teum), a massive 



FlG. 40. ODONTOGLOSSUM M MERLIN." 



(Awarded R.H.S. First-class Certificate on Tuesday last.) 



with large flowers, heavily barred with choco- 

 late and tipped with white. 



AWARDS. 



First-class Certificate. 



Odontoglossum Merlin (parentage unknown), 

 from Lieut. -Col. Sir George L. Holford, 

 K.C.V.O., Westonbirt (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexan- 

 der). A magnificent flower, very near to some 

 of the finest blotched Odontoglossum crispum, 

 but with traces of hybridity in the lip. The 

 flowers were 5£ inches across, all the segments 

 broad, and forming a perfect flower. White, 

 with 10 or 12 rose-purple blotches on the sepals, 

 and one large, irregular blotch of a darker tint 

 on the petals, with some smaller spots around 

 it. The spike bore 13 blooms. 



Award of Merit. 



Odontoglossum Memoria Lily Neumann 

 (parentage unknown), from J. Gurney Fowler, 



and, in view of the recent severe frosts, their 



condition was rfimarkablp. /Silver Banksian 



Medal.) 



was remarkable. (Silver 



Scientific Committee. 



January 23,— Present : Mr. E. A. Bowles, 

 M.A., F.E.S., F.L.S. (in the Chair); Messrs. 



Michael, G. Massee, R. H. Curtis. W. 

 G. Gordon, and F. J. Chittenden (hon. 



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A. D. 



Hales, 

 sec). 



Buscus andeatu*.— Mr. E. A. Bowles had 



examined the flowers on the fruiting branch of 

 Euscus aculeatus shown at the last meeting and 

 found they were all male. He showed various 

 forms, including a dwarf form from Wales witn 

 hermaphrodite flowers, the common tall form, * 

 close-growing form collected by Mr. Paul in 

 Epping Forest, and one with blue-green cladodes 

 of still dwarfer form. The var. angustifolius. a 

 variety with very narrow cladodes and bearing 

 pistillate flowers, a rather stifflv -growing variety 



