﻿THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



[July, 1904. 



J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, S. Woodford (gr. Mr. Davis), sent a 

 line form of Laelio-cattleya X Herode(L.-c. X elegans X C. X O'Brieniana). 



H. S. Goodson, Esq., West Hill, Putney (gr. Mr. Day), sent Bifrenaria 

 tyrianthina Goodsonae, a light purple variety. 



C. J. Lucas, Esq., Warnham Court, Horsham (gr. Mr. Duncan), sent a 

 well-flowered plant of Restrepia elegans. 



H. T. Pitt, Esq., Rosslyn, Stamford Hill (gr. Mr. Thurgood), sent a 

 small group, consisting of a good form of Trichopilia coccinea, T. suavis 

 alba, a fine Odontoglossum citrosmum, Rosefield var., bearing many spikes 

 of light rose flowers, together with good forms of Cattleya Mossiae and 

 Mendelii, and C. X Faerie Queen, having yellow sepals and petals and 

 some purple marking on the lip. 



R. G. Thwaites, Esq., Streatham (gr. Mr. Black), showed Odontoglossum 

 Pescatorei Grand Duchess, an extremely line variety. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, staged a very fine group, consist- 

 ing largely of hybrids, which gained a Silver-gilt Flora Medal. There was 

 a remarkable series of Laelio-cattleya X Martinetii, consisting of over fifty 

 plants, ranging in the colour of the segments from deep bronze and 

 yellowish to rich rose on the one hand and white on the other, while the 

 lip varied from the darkest purple to nearly white, with a few purple mark- 

 ings in the throat. L.-c. X Canhamiana was represented by a smaller 

 series also showing much variation. Other interesting things were Eulophia 

 Lubbersiana, a West African species, with prettily variegated leaves, Laelia 

 X Aula, Miltonia vexillaria Regina, a fine white with pink centres to the 

 sepals and petals, and the deep rose M. v. Empress Victoria Augusta. An 

 Award of Merit was given to Laelio-cattleya X Martinetii var. Sunrise, a 



Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, also staged a very fine group, 

 which gained a Silver Flora Medal. It contained a fine series of Cattleya 

 Mossiae forms, white and coloured, C. M. Rosalind being a beautiful white, 

 slightly flushed with pale pink on the front of the lip, some good Oncidium 

 divaricatum, Ccelogyne Dayana, Epidendrum prismatocarpum, &c., also a 

 fine lot of hybrids, the more noteworthy being several good L.-c. X Can- 

 hamiana and L.-c. X Aphrodite, L.-c. X Ascania, L.-c. X Lycidas, L.-c. 

 X Acilia, Cattleya X Niobe, Laelia X Pacavia, Cypripedium X Ajax, &c. 



Messrs. Stanley, Ashton and Co., Southgate, received a Silver Flora 

 Medal for a fine group, including some good Laelia purpurata, a fine series of 

 Cattleya Mossiae, with the varieties Wageneri and Reineckeana, Oncidium 

 curtum, O. flexuosum, O. varicosum, some showy Masdevallias, Odonto- 

 glossum luteopurpureum, some good forms of O. crispum, Sec. 



Messrs. Hugh Low and Co., Bush Hill Park, staged a good and varied 

 group, which received a Silver Banksian Medal. It contained a noble 



