April 6, 1912.] 



THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE, 



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AWARDS. 



First-class Certificates. 



Narcissus Crccsu*. — A splendid blccm of the 

 medio-coronata section. The widely-opened 

 corona is of a fiery-orange colour. 



Awards of Merit. 



N. Killiecrankie. — A fine trumpet Daffodil 

 with a pale perianth and a rich yellow trumpet. 



N. PedeHal.~A large magno-coronata bloom, 

 with a white perianth and rich yellow corona. 

 A very fine flower. All three shown by Mr. 



Alex. M. Wilson. 



Orchid Committee. 



Present: J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. (in the 



Chair); and Messrs. Jas. O'Brien (hon. sec.), 



Harry J. Veitch, Gurney Wilson, R. A. Rolfe, 



R. G. Thwaites, F. Sander, F. M. Ogilvie, T. 



Armstrong, A. A. McBean, J. Charlesworth, 



W. H. Hatcher, J. E. Stall, A. Dve, H. G. 



Alexander, W. H. White, J. Wilson Potter, 



Chve Cookson, W. Bolton, C. J. Lucas, R. 



Brooman-White, de B. Crawshay, and J. S. 

 Moss. 



Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, were 

 awarded a Silver-gilt Flora Medal for an ex- 

 tensive, well-arranged group of Orchids. A selec- 

 tion of fine forms of Cattleya SchnVdera? were 

 grouped together, and there were two batches 

 of the scarlet Renanthera Imschootiana, a batch 

 of showy Dendrobiums, together with white 

 forms of D. nobile, D. Wardianum, Cattleya 

 Triame, and. in the centre, a magnificent plant 

 of Miltonia St. Andre with many spikes. The 

 exhibit also included a selection of hybrid Odon- 

 toglossums, Laelio-Cattleyas, Odontiodas, and, 

 among novelties, the pretty Cypripedium Roger 

 Sander, which received an Award. 



Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Hay wards 

 Heath, were awarded a Silver Flora Medal for a 

 select group composed principally of hvbrids. 

 Among those noted were varieties of Odontoglos- 

 sum Jasper, 0. ardentissimum, including the 

 pure white variety xanthotes ; 0. Lambeauianum, 

 and a fine specimen of a good blotched 0. cris- 

 pum, and four flower spikes. The species in- 

 cluded Odontoglossum coronarium brevifolium, 

 0. nebulosum of the best type, Sarcochilus Hart- 

 man nii ; S. Fitzgeraldii, and a choice plant of 

 the hairy D. senile. 



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

 were awarded a Silver Flora Medal for an effec- 

 tive group, at one end of which was a selection 

 of Cattleya Schroderae, with flowers varying from 

 nearly white to clear rose-pink, the disc of the 

 Iabellum in one form being of a peculiar bronzy- 

 orange shade. At the back of the group were 

 several good plants of Oncidium sarcodes and 0. 

 Krameri, and, in front, a row of 0. concolor. A 

 specimen of Dendrobium chrysotoxum, bearing 

 10 spikes, and other Dendrobiums, equally well 

 flowered, were noticed, as well as various Lselio- 

 Cattleyas, Cymbidium insigne, C. Schroderianum, 

 Polystachya paniculata, Eulophia lurida, and 

 other uncommon species. 



Messrs. Hassall & Co., Southojate, staged an 

 effective group, for which a Silver Banksian 

 Medal was awarded. The forms of Cattleya 

 behroderae included a fine white variety, and a 

 very distinct form, having blush-white flowers, 

 with plum-coloured front to the lip. Odontoglos- 

 «um percultum, Odontioda Cooksoniae, the true 

 Cattleya Triame Backhousiana, with fine purple 

 leather on the petals, and Cymbidium eburneum 

 were all shown well. 



Messrs. J. & A. A. MacBean, Cooksbridge, 

 staged a pretty group of cplendidly-grown 

 Udontoglossums and other Orchids, for which 

 a bilver Banksian Medal was awarded. The 

 centre of attraction was the new Lselio-Cattleva 

 MacBeaniana, which received a First-class Cer- 

 Jincate (see Awards). Grand varieties of 

 Udontioda Charlesworthii, a very large red- 

 ?v W n red 9; Brad shawise, Phaius Norman, some 

 n^ G lent T y d ^ntoglossums, the blue-lipped Zygo- 

 petalurn Perrenoudii, good Cattleva Mossi*, and 

 ^. bchrodene were included in the collection. 



frr V Tl J w -H' rES > Esq., Chessington, Streatham 

 KnhSl: \'* T\ Black), was awarded a Silver 



pied T™ MedaI i0 \ a ver y bri ^ ht S rou P ™™' 



bv tL f-L° us scarlet and red Odontiodas raised 

 So atjf* h *»tor and including several crosses. 



^denSimum W VarietleS ° f ^o^glossum 



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

 birt (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander), crowed Cattleva 

 Olaf, a pretty, light-coloured hvbrid, and the 

 new Odontoglossum His Majesty. (See Awards.) 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Bui ford, Dork- 

 ing (gr. .Mr. \Y. H. White), showed a selection 

 of pretty Ma^devallias, including forms of M. 

 ignea, Lindenii, Henriettas, Gelengiana. Shuttle- 

 worthii, Arminii, Shuttrayana, and Court- 

 auldiana, ako a basket of pretty vellow-flowered 

 hybrid Derdrobiums. 



Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridgc 

 Wells, showed a finely-formed hybrid Cypripe- 

 dium between C. Prewettii and C. Germaine 

 Opoix. The fine colouring was of a sepia-brown 

 tint, shaded with purple, which gave the flower 

 a distinct appearance. The exhibitor also showed 

 a fine specimen of Coelogyne pandurata, bearing 

 a dozen large, pale-green and black flowers on 

 one spike. 



De B. Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks 

 (gr. Mr. Stables), showed a good form of Odon- 

 toglossum Lambeauianum, with rose ground 

 colour effectively blotched with reddish-brown. 



Mr. E. V. Low, Vale Bridge, Havwards 

 Heath, staged several rare Orchids, including 

 Cattleya Trianae Empress of India, a good white 

 variety, with light violet marking on the lip, 

 C. Schroderae The Kaiser, blush-white, with a 

 yellow throat, and the white C. Luddemanniana 

 Stanleyi. 



Arthur Legge, Esq., Homefield, Worthing 

 (gr. Mr. Rolfe), showed four seedling forms A 

 Dendrobium nobile of fine shape and colour. 



F. M. Ogilvie, Esq., The Shrubbery, Oxford 

 (gr. Mr. Balmforth), showed the handsome 

 Brasso-Cattleya Cliftonii mau;nifica. the interest- 

 ing albino Cypripedium Antigone, and other in- 

 teresting Orchids. 



Mrs. Norman Cookson, Oak wood, Wylam 

 (gr. Mr. H. J. Chapman), showed the light- 

 coloured Odontoglossum percultum pallidum, and 

 0. crispum nigrum, a white variety with choco- 

 late-purple blotches. 



E. H. Davidson, Esq., Borlases, Twyford, 

 exhibited a fine form of L\ iste Skinneri alba, 

 of a clear white, with very broad segments. 



Francis Wellesley, Esq., Westfield, Woking 

 (gr. Mr. Hopkins), sent Cattleya Trianse F. 

 MacBean, a very large flower, white, with a 

 pink flush, the front of the lip magenta-purple. 



AWARDS. 



First-class Certificates. 



Cymbidium Pauwelsii "The Dell variety 1 ' 

 (Lowianum x insigne), from Baron Bruno 

 Schroder, The Dell, Egham (gr. Mr. J. E. 

 Shill). A very beautiful Cymbidium, with 

 flowers of good shape, cream-white, with faint 

 purplish lines on the sepals and petals, and 

 effective purple marking on the front of the lip. 

 The spike was about 4 feet, bearing 20 blooms. 



Lodio-Cattleya Trimyra (Trianoe x Myra) y 

 from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O., 

 Burford (gr. Mr. W. H. White). One of the 

 finest of yellow Orchids, the flowers being nearly 

 equal to those of C. Trianae, and of a clear yellow 

 colour tinged with orange. 



LodiO'Cattleya MacBeaniana (L. anceps Schro* 

 deriana x Cattleya Schrbderce). — By far the 

 finest of L. anceps hybrids, the flowers being 

 nearly as large as those of Cattleya Mendelii. 

 Sepals and petals white, the latter nicely fringed ; 

 base of the lip white, with yellow disc, the front 

 crimson-purple, a lighter tint forming the mar- 

 gins of the side lobes. 



Awards of Merit. 



Odontoglossum x His Majesty (parentage un- 

 recorded), from Lieut.-Col. Sir George L. Hol- 

 ford. K.C.V.O. (gr. Mr. Alexander). Flowers 

 large and of fine substance, all the segments 

 equally broad, in colour milk-white, with large 

 and well-displayed chocolate purple blotches. 



Cypripedium Roger Sander (Godefroyce x 

 glaucophyllum). — A very pretty and distinct 

 flower, with cream-white ground, beautifully 

 lined and veined with claret colour, the lip 

 spotted rose-purple. 



Lcelio'Cattleya Orama (Dominiana X Bletch- 



leyensis), from Messrs. Jas. Veitch & Sons, 

 Chelsea. A very showy improvement on L.-C. 

 Dominana. Sepals and petals deep purplish- 

 rose, lip dark claret -purple. 



LcrliO'Ca.thya Frederick Boyle " Veitch's 

 variety" (L. anceps Sandenana x C. Triano ). 



A very bright hybrid, with white sepals and 

 petals tinged with pink, and bright rose-purple 

 front to the lip, which has yellow in t lie tube. 



Odontioda Cooksoniec "Cobb's ran*,///" 

 (Odontoglossum ardentissim um x Cochlioda 

 Noezhana), from Walter Cobb, Esq., Norman- 

 hurst, Rusper (gr. Mr. C. J. Salter). A showy, 

 deep-red flower, with clear white markings on 

 the sepals and petals, ?nd white front to the lip. 



Trait and Vegetable Committ 



Present : A. H. Pearson. Ksq. (in the Chair); 

 Messrs. J. (heal, C. G. A. Nix. \V. Hates, J. 

 Millard, J. Davis, O. Thomas. E. B« « kett, A. 

 Dean, J. Harrison. A. Gruhb, A. R Allan, W. 

 Poupart, and A. W. Metcalfe. 



Excellent fruits of Northern Spy Apple were 

 shown by the Hon. J. Ward, Hungerford. 

 (gr. C. Beckett), for which a Cultural Commenda- 

 tion was awarded. 



Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading, showed earlv 

 hearting spring - Phages. The centre of the 

 group consisted of 40 firm, white hearts of the 

 variety Harbinger. On one side of these were 

 20 good heads of April, and on the other a similar 

 number of Sutton's Favourite. Flower of Spring, 

 a larger Cabbage than either of the othns shown, 

 was displayed in small clumps. 



MANCHESTER AND NORTH OP 



ENGLAND ORCHID. 



March 21. — At a meeting held on this date, 

 Silver-gilt Medals were awarded to Z. A. 

 Ward, Esq., Northenden (gr. Mr. Weatherby), 

 for a well-staged group; and S. Gratrix, Esq., 

 Whalley Range (gr. Mr. Brown), for an excellent 

 group of Cattleyas and Odontoglossum crispum 

 variety "Samuel Cratrix," to which a Cultural 

 Certificate with a Bronze Medal to the gardener 

 was granted. 



Silver Medals were awarded to W. R. Lee, 

 Esq., Heywood (gr. Mr. Branch), who staged an 

 effective group, principally of Dendrobiums; 

 Col. J. Rutherford, M.P., Llaekburn (gr. Mr. 

 Lupton); and J. McCartney, Esq., Bolton (gr. 

 Mr. Holmes), for a nice group of Cattleyas. 



A Bronze Medal was awarded to Rev. J. 

 Crombleholme, Clayton-le-Moors (gr. Mr. 

 Marshall), for Odontoglossums. 



Other exhibitors were Mrs. S. Gratrix, 

 Whalloy Range; 0. 0. Wrigley, Esq., Bury 

 (gr. Mr. Rogers); A. Warburton, Esq., Has- 

 lingden; C. Parker, Esq., Preston; H. Thorp, 

 Esq., Middleton ; H. Arthur. Esq., Blackburn; 

 Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans; Messrs. 

 Charlesworth & Co., Havwards Heath; 

 Messrs. A. J. Keeling & Sons, Bradford; and 

 Messrs. Stuart Low & Co., Enfield. 



AWARDS. 

 First-class Certificates. 



Odontioda Charlesworthii M Ward's " variety, 

 from Z. A. Ward, Esq. ; 0. Schroderi variety 

 11 Leeana," from W. R. Lee, Esq. ; and Cym- 

 bidium Parishii Sanderat " Rutherford's " 

 variety, from Col. J. Rutherford. 



Awards of Merit. 



Lycaste variety M Susan," a natural hybrid, 

 shown by Mrs. Gratrix. Odontoglossum amabile 

 variety %< Monarch " (0. a. Darkness x 0. a. 

 Beauty); 0. crispum variety M Ethel " ; 

 Odontioda splendens ; Cypripedium The 

 Chairman (C. Fairrieanum x C. Goultenianum), 

 all from Z. A. Ward, Esq. Cattleya Suzanne Hye 

 " Gratrix's " variety, and Cypripedium Prince 

 Albert variety '* Alport Derby/' both from S. 

 Gratrix, Esq. Letlio-CaUleya Bella alba variety 

 "Leeana"; Odontoglossum Cobbice; Denctro- 

 bium nobile variety " Leeana/' from W. R. 

 Lei:, Esq. Cymbidium Pauwelsii (C. Lowi- 

 anum concolor X C. insigne), from Col. J. 

 Rutherford. Odontoglossum Possii variety 

 " Immaculatum," from H. Arthur, Esq.; and 



Cattleya Schrdderce enfieldensis, irom Messrs. 

 Stuart Low & Co. 



The plant of Odontoglossum Delhi, which ob- 

 tained a First-class Certificate at the meeting 

 held on January 11, 1912, has been entered on 

 the records of the Society as Odontoglossum 

 Promereus var. " Delhi." 



