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». VoL. XXIII. Aucust, 1915. ‘No. 272. > 
Rien OUR NOTE BOOK. ae 
CCASIONALLY a horticultural meeting is distinguished by the 
appearance of some great outstanding novelty, and this was the 
case with the R.H.S. meeting held on June 8th last, when Messrs. Sander 
& Sons exhibited a beautiful albino of Cypripedium Curtisii bearing four 
flowers. It was called C. Curtisii Sander, and received the award of a 
First-class Certificate. The purple of the type has completely disappeared, 
leaving a clear green and white flower, comparable with C. callosum 
Sandere as regards colour, but with the characteristic shape of C. Curtisii. 
It was picked out of a batch of C. Curtisii received three years ago on 
account of the absence of purple from the leaves, in which case it is. 
analagous with C. callosum Sandere and C. Lawrenceanum Hyeanum, and 
it is now proved that the albinism is equally perfect in the flower. It is a 
valuable acquisition to the group of summer-flowering forms. The ivory- 
white marbling and bright green reticulation of the leaves is also very 
beautiful. 
The Great Summer Show at Holland House was marked by the 
appearance of a splendidly-grown Odontoglossum from the collection of 
J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., to which both a First-class Certificate and a 
Lindley Medal were given, the latter in recognition of its excellent culture. 
It was originally raised by Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., from Odontoglossum 
Rolfeze crossed with some other O. Harryanum hybrid, and received an 
Award of Merit two years earlier. It possesses a most robust constitution, 
and on this occasion bore a strong branched panicle, with twenty-eight 
flowers. Their character may be seen in the figure given on page 240. 
This meeting produced a very fine display of Orchids, and was favoured 
by brilliant weather on the opening day. Ten fine groups were staged, 
mostly by trade growers, but the one from Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., to 
which a Gold Medal was awarded, ably maintained the reputation of 
amateur exhibitors. The arrangement of the groups was of that excellent 
kind which we have been taught to expect of recent years. As regards 
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