26 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [JANUARY, 1915- 
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RoyvaAL HorRTICULTURAL. 
+ MEETING was held in the Royal Horticultural Hall, on December — 
1st, when there was a moderate display of Orchids, largely from trade _ 
exhibitors, and the awards consisted of four medals, and one Award of Merit. — 
Orchid Committee present: J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. (in the Chair), 
Messrs. J. O’Brien (hon. sec.), Gurney Wilson, W. Bolton, W. H. White, 
J. Wilson Potter, F. J. Hanbury, R. G. Thwaites, R. A. Rolfe, W. Cobb, 
F. M. Ogilvie, J. Charlesworth, C. H. Curtis, W. P. Bound, A. Dye, 
J. E. Shill, S. W. Flory, R. Brooman White, Sir Harry J. Veitch, and Sir 
Jeremiah Colman, Bart. 
J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Pembury (gr. Mr. Davis), sent Cattleya — 
Ballantineana, C. Venus Brackenhurst var., with copper yellow sepals and — 
petals, and a ruby red lip, a pretty albino from C. labiata Purity and C. © 
Gaskelliana alba, and a good example of Lzliocattleya Ilione, in which the — 
characters of L.-c. Dominiana and C. Bowringiana are combined. 
His Grace The Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace (gr. Mr. — 
Hunter), sent Brassocattleya Ida (B.-c. Pluto x C. Dowiana aurea), having — 
_ greenish yellow sepals and petals mottled with rose, and a richly-coloured lip. ; 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Haywards Heath, staged a choice group — 
of Cattleyas and Leliocattleyas, including L.-c. Britannia alba, with pure 
white sepals and petals ; also some promising seedling Miltonias, Odonticdas, — 
Odontoglossums, and a richly-coloured Oncidioda Cooksoniz, and others 
(Silver Flora Medal). 
Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, staged a good group of species and 7 
-hybrids, including Houlletia Sanderi, Oncidium anthrocrene, Ccelogyne 
Mooreana, with some good Cypripediums, Cattleyas, and Leliocattleyas, 
among them being several promising seedlings (Silver Flora Medal). 
Messrs. Stuart Low & Co., Jarvisbrook, Sussex, staged a bright group 
of Cattleyas and Lzlias, with Vanda Sanderiana and ccerulea, Dendrobium — 
Phalenopsis hololeucum, Sophrocatlelia Lycia (L.-c. Cranstounie X 
Sophronitis grandiflora), and others (Silver Banksian Medal). 
Messrs. J. & A. McBean, Cooksbridge, staged a choice group, including 
several good Cattleya Fabia, a home-raised C. Hardyana, Sophrocattleya ' 
Pearl, and several good Odontoglossums, Odontiodas, and Cypripediums 
(Silver Banksian Medal). 
Messrs. E. H. Davidson & Co., Twyford, sent Cattleya O’Brieniana alba 
with a six-flowered spike, and a fine Odontoglossum eximium xanthotes. 
Messrs. Flory and Black, Orchid Nursery, Slough, sent the fine Cypri-. | 
pedium Thalia Veitch’s variety, C. Germaine Opoix, and others. 
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