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'rill-; OKCIIII) WORLD. 



47 



October I2th, 1915. 



Members of the Orchid Cominittee present -. 

 J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. (in the chair), Sir 

 Harry J. Veitch, Messrs. Jas. O'Brien (hon. 

 sec), Gurney Wilson, Pantia Ralli, Wm. 

 Bolton, A. McBean, R. A. Rolfe, T. 

 Armstrong, W. Cobb, J. Charlesworth, H. G. 

 Alexander, W. H. Hatcher, F. J. Hanbury, 

 W. P. Bound. A. Dye, S. Flory and C. H. 

 Curtis. 



Award of Merit. 



Cattleya Ajax var. Primrose Dame (Arm- 

 strongiae x aurea), from Messrs. Armstrong 

 and Brown, Tunbridge Wells. — The former 

 parent is a hybrid between Hardyana and 

 Loddigesii, and when mated with aurea 

 produces a delicately coloured flower of 

 primrose-yellow, the elongated labellum with 

 its crimped margin being old gold, shaded 

 with reddish-brown. 



Seedling Commendation. 



Odontoglossum Victory (crispum The 

 Baroness x Od. hybrid), from Messrs. 

 Armstrong and Brown. See special note in 

 this issue. 



Cultural Commendation 



To Mr. J. Collier, gr. to Sir Jeremiah 

 Colman, Bart., for a splendid specimen 

 of Cattleya Browniae (Bowringiana x Harri- 

 soniana) carrying two spikes, one with 1 5 

 flowers, the other with 13. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co. were 

 awarded a Silver Flora Medal for a selection 

 of choice hybrids, including the new L.-C. 

 Servia, L.-C. Thyone, of bright yellow colour, 

 Cattleya Dusseldorfei, and several Brasso- 

 C;ittleyas. Among the species were Odonto- 



glossum grnndc ;uir(nim, Catasetuni Randii 

 and the [jretty ('(Tclogync Vcitchii. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons obtained ;i .Silver 

 Flora Medal for a pleasing exhibit of 

 Cattleya Martinii, many fine varieties being 

 included ; also Cattleya Fabia alba, C. 

 Ihayeriana, a dark form of L.-C. Fred. 

 Gott, Odontoglossum Thisbe (elegans x 

 cnspum), Cirrhopetalum refractum, and other 

 botanical species. 



Dr. Miguel Lacroze, Bryndir, Roehampton 

 Lane, S.W., was awarded a Silver Banksian 

 Medal for an excellent exhibit of Odonto- 

 glossum grande, comprising some two 

 dozen plants, all well cultivated and finely 

 flowered. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Jarvisbrook, 

 Sussex, received a Silver Banksian Medal for 

 an extensive group, in which were the quaint 

 Bulbophyllum grandiflorum with 4 large 

 flowers ; Angra?cum articulatum with its 

 pure white flowers ; a neat plant of Laelia 

 pumila with 7 flowers ; Vanda Kimballiana 

 and V. Charlesworthii ; as well as Cattleya 

 hybrids in variety and autumn-flowering 

 Oncidiums. 



Messrs. Hassall and Co., Southgate, 

 obtained a Silver Banksian Medal for a select 

 exhibit of their hybrids, embracing Cattleya 

 Sybil, in several beautiful varieties ; the new 

 C. Naidia ; C. Moira, richly coloured ; C. 

 Adula, a new strain of much promise ; and 

 several well-flowered plants of Phalasnopsis 

 esmeralda. 



J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Pembury, staged 

 Laslio-Cattleya Haroldiana " Monkholme 

 var.," very dark ; Cattleya Venus, particularly 

 good ; Odontonia brugensis, of soft rose- 

 purple colour ; and the new L.-C. Erica. 



Richd. G. Thwaites, Esq., Streatham Hill, 

 S.W., exhibited the new Odontioda Vulcan 

 (0dm. Clytie x C. Noetzliana), with a spike of 

 g crimson coloured flowers, and Cattleya 

 Venus " Her Majesty," a splendid variety with 

 2 large flowers of orange-gold colour, the 

 labellum bronze-crimson. 



Messrs. Flory and Black, Slough, staged 

 Coelogyne Mooreana, with a many-flowered 

 spike ; Cattleya Peetersii, with 2 large 

 flowers ; and the rare Laelin pumila alba. 



