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THE GARDENERS’ 
Beer, and Climbing Lady illingdon were 
her good things (Silve as tg Modell Mr. 
pwARD CHATER, inchley, contrib id two- 
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some of : у 
s example of W "liam 
Orchid Committee. 
a Sir Harry J. Veitch (in the өш 
Tech O'Brien (hon. secretary), T. 
strong, W. “Bol ton, W. H. White, and Ea 
J. Hanb 
WARDS. 
IRST-CLASS CERTIFICATE. 
— Cattle Excelsior var. The Globe 
(L.-C. vest alba x С. Mendelü), pes. 
РАХ ALLI, Es Ashtead Park, Surrey 
(Orc Orchid grower, Mr. Far mes). A grand hybrid, 
differing widely Dn the A fo rm Tor whi hic ch Mr. 
Ralli received a T Pei ti 
sea Snow. The sep W white th 
across, m re tun a rene ght mauve band v V d 
the middle; lip, broad ric sha mauve purple 
some dat lines running into the light diee 
disc; the narrow margi “be eing white 
Odontoglossum harvengtense, Pitt’s Аты 
(crispum x triumphans). In - Pirt, 
, Stamf rd Hill (gr 
er 
oktained a "First 
earliest forms of ‘this | pretty and фай zu a 
hybrid, and the first to be shown as Ross 
the hybrid L^ ai Serger and Odontiodas were 
well керө өй, a feature in the gr 
was made by the f 
black е 
spikes; С. Massangeana, С. ng 
lipped Chondrornyncha Chester aste 
Nanodes Medusae, Жоке 
am, Bulbophyllum 
— ta, йеп ап 
rms of the be st 
p Co. Hay 
ооа group with 
the пем О. 
one) о 
Chi Манетон with its lar; "ms rose ‘flowers w 
dark mask Was very attractive, без 
7 j ri Arden- 
al 
ossiae. var. 
Pres eu bel E xA Bowles (in. the 
chair); F. Herbert. "Chapman F. Barchard, Peter 
В. Barr, W.: Poupart ay Re де G.-W. Leak, 
Н. Backhouse, W; Е.М. Copeland, Geo. Monro, 
Tan? W. В. Cranfield, Mis iss W: ро , Rev. d 
Jacob, and C. H. Curtis (hon.. sec 
CHRONICLE. 
273 
Porn 
18. egi. had the farm and 
Then 
than 
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В 
aught 
the prejudicial со надо А ‚Бе 
greatly favour red the earlier п пагу istricts, 
but the excessive wet in xe А caused 
dim ge and loss elsewhere. The w wor autumn 
October 
ig ө interesting 
re рактай pe by t other tables 
April cold pyre he the appearance of the 1 
earlier - nt or three days more inane 
er e isophenal opm on t 
Ж км, the distric re the plants 
ТШ. bloss pue si 
shows Me arked 
the same m гең are also 
ho first half of. the year, and. a 
is a ma 
evation. 
the Жон їог 
Pet iri s 
The е tot the, war has been felt in the 
opa ervers who formerly 
ut o this sae and an increase in 
the: present numbers is mu ach to be desired, 
реба іп y northern districts and in 
1 
Fic. 137.—MeEssRs. 
ar. e that some twenty varieties have re 
УЛЫ, ig wean s at Horticultural 
Society. A dozen or so of the best of them had 
Љееп painted, and the prating were compared 
with the Pitt's variety now shown, bi ? 
comparable to it. , The ae flowers had p 
canary yellow sepals with a few reddish de 
ks petals ing also canary yellow, with the 
inner basal area white. The lip bore one che: st- 
AWARD OF MER 
Pir nei The i „(Ратно alba va 
М in Lambea orfer Undine), он 
Messrs. LORY | RR ck. Orchid ишү, 
slough. e pure white variety, larger 
size than deri crosses of C. Düsseldorfei Undine, 
he о 
and taller in habit, g the form of 
hoe of that hybrid, as shown on the three- 
Feds. inflorescence born the plant on its 
rst spike . It is probable, however, that when 
mature the broader petals of the white-flowered 
ewiczii will be ce. 
fro A 
Beards. s Heath. A v very fine 
Roa a Perfect shape, white, with large violet 
Н. T. рут, Es 
вЧ., i Stamford ИШ. (gi 
Mr. Thurgood), showed а fine ө group, in a 
JAMES CA 
re were neither groupe nor novelties before 
терще ration of 
next year’s 
matters were асова at scme 
‘The 
the Committee, but questions of г 
Пани denikan of rie term 
loch.» 
Fruit and Vegetable Co: 
W. Wilks 
5 dier. 2%: : 
There were no entries, 
before tnis Committee. 
METEOROLOGICAL. 
Ma 
was held on Wed day, the 21st inst., 
Society’s Rooms, 70, Victoria Street, West- 
minster, Sir Napier Shaw, F.R.S., President, 
ue ir. 
ia ed e and Mr. J. 
Som Pilot loons,” 
RTER AND CO.'S8 EXHIBIT OF INDOOR FLOWERING 
(See page 271.) 
mmitt 
5 (n ` im chair), 
W. H. Divers, б. Е. Tinley, 
exhibits or: business 
ROYAL 
ү 21.—Tne monthly meeting of-this Society 
nesda; at 
r by Capt. C. J. av 
Dines, A titled B harikor Measurements on E 
„Rate of Bal read b 
depu on the Observations for the Phen- .. ferred:to 
PLANTS AT THE CHELSEA SHOW. 
KEW GUILD. 
MA ‘of the most pleasing uic Ден їп 
a ondon during a Chelsea Shov the 
ing o e-pas und e es at 
the Amnual Meeting and Dinner of their Guild. 
"Wè gathering, held this year at Dean's Hotel, 
Oxford ‘Street, was presi ver by Capt. / 
Hill, the Assistant Director of Kew. The Com 
mittee’s MN for 1918-19 was presented and 
ted. е that 25 Guild members 
accep 
ave in ‘the rvice of the country during 
е war, while older and шилей gern ee Ae who 
have passed away recently include Mr. R 
Hooper Pearson, Mr. E. J. Allard, Mr. W. 
Bennett and Mr, Walter Thomson. The Cuild 
has now 382 life асны апа it со ues its 
benevolent wo amo; hose i need. 
The бше s show a : ево of £ . 9d. on 
current account, "AUC 1s. 
deficit. of £14. 
e fact is 
the 
uds subscriptions ved not 
capita tal account. 
БОСА] Year—December, 1917, to November, The question of raising subscriptions was 
1918—by Mr. J. Edmund Clark and Mr. Н. B. brought’ forward, but as no action .could be 
més, was also present e excessive taken in the absence of due notice, a special 
cold of "Decemb 1917. was followed by three general meeting is to be called to giv gal 
14 months, February in particular. Hence by force the general feeling that there should 
D a memb v 
A 
bibóming whereas 
months of 1917 the. iPad 
early 
| ditm was 35 cae later 
