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Lockhart, G.C.B., G.C.I.E., Commander-in-Chief of Her Majesty’s Forces 
in India; His Honour the Honourable Sir John Woodburn, K.C.I.E., 
C.S.I., Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, and the elite of the Calcutta 
society, and the principal Indian chiefs and nobles interested in horticulture. 
The following is the schedule of prizes (omitting those for foliage plants, 
annuals and roses) :— 
One Gold Medal for the best and the largest collection of Orchids in 
flower tastefully arranged with ferns, presented by Kumar Satish Chandra 
Sinha, Bahadur (Paikpara Raj.). 
One Gold Medal for the largest collection of Phalenopsis in flower 
tastefully arranged with ferns, presented by Baboo Dooly Chand. 
One Silver Medal for the best and the largest collection of Cattleya in 
flower tastefully arranged with ferns, presented by Baboo Joy Gobind Law, 
C.E. E, 
One Silver Medal for the largest and best collection of Phaius in flower 
tastefully arranged with ferns, presented by R. Mitter, Esq., Barrister-at- 
Law. 
Prizes of 10 rupees each are also offered :—For 4 well-grown dissimilar 
kinds of Phalznopsis in flower; for 6 Dendrobiums; for 4 rides; for 4 
Vandas; for 4 Cypripediums; for 3 Phaiuses; for 4 Cattleyas; for 3 
Cymbidiums ; for 3 Dendrobiums; for 3 Oncidiums: for 3 Laelias: for 3 
Odontoglossums; for 3 Calanthes; for 4 Saccolabiums; for any best 
well-grown single specimen. In the last class a second prize of 5 rupees 
is offered. 
DENDROBIUM WARDIANUM AS A SEED-PARENT. 
THE question of successfully hybridising Dendrobium Wardianum was 
raised at page 82 of our March issue, and the following note from Mr. 
James Godfrey, Orchid grower to the late Major-General Berkeley, of 
Bitterne Park, Southampton, shows that Mr. Carr’s experience is not an 
isolated one :— 
“TI may say that I have tried Dendrobium Wardianum as a seed-parent 
scores of times, but always failed to get a capsule upon it. The only time 
I got the flower to set was when the growth was hanging downwards. I 
am inclined to think that the cause of failure is that the plant starts a new 
growth, which takes a certain amount of sap out of the flowering bulb, and 
also the absence of young active roots at that time. I have rubbed the 
young growth off, but with the same result. When there is a possibility of 
getting the roots active at the time of flowering, then there may be a 
chance of success.” 
JAMES GODFREY. 
