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THI': ORCHID WORLD. 



[N'ovcmber, 



1915- 



LiNULEY Medal 



To Messrs. Sander and Sons for a 

 remarkably fine specimen of Vanda Sander- 

 lana, bearing 6 spikes with a total of 42 

 flowers, also one sj^ike in l)ud. 



Other Exhiihts. 



.Sir lercmiali Colmaii, Bart., (jatlnii I^irk, 

 exhibited Brasso-Caltleya Mrs. J. C. Hirst 

 var. alba (B. nodosa x C. Tnanae ampliata), 

 with a spike of 4 white flowers ; the new 

 Laslio-Cattleya King Leopold (C. Leopoldii 

 X L.-C. callistoglossa) ; L.-C. Eileen ; and 

 Cattleya Alcimeda ccerulea (labiata coerulea 

 X Gaskelliana coerulescens) with violet-blue 

 colouring on the lip. 



Dr. Miguel Lacroze, Br) ndir, Roehampton 

 Lane, received a Silver Banksian Medal for 

 an effective group of Odontoglossum grande, 

 of which there were upwards of 40 fine 

 spikes, also Cattleya Iris, and various 

 Laelio-Cattleyas. 



R. G. Thwaites, Esq., .Streatham Hill, 

 was awarded a Silver Banksian Medal for a 

 group containing choice Sophronitis hybrids, 

 various Laelio-Cattleyas, Cattleya Hardyana 

 and C. Adula. 



H. T. Pitt, Esq., Stamford Hill, secured a 

 Silver Banksian Medal for an exhibit in which 

 were the new Brasso-Cattleya Big Ben, 

 Laslio-Cattleya Hector, of rich colour, the 

 scarce Odontoglossum bictoniense album, 

 Cattleya Fabia, and C. Queen Elizabeth. 



Pantia Ralli, Esq., Ashtead Park, .Surrey, 

 exhibited Vanda coerulea, Ashtead Park 

 variety, a well-cultivated plant with a spike 

 of 15 large flowers. 



E. R. Ashton, Esq., Camden Park, 

 Tunbridge Wells, staged Cattleya Ins, a 

 strongly grown plant with 2 spikes and i i 

 fine flowers. 



H. F. Goodson, Esq., Fairlawn, Putney, 

 exhibited Odontoglossum Goodsonianum, a 

 richly coloured hybrid of O. Rossii. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co. received a 

 Silver Banksian Medal for a neat exhibit, 

 containing the rare Catasetum Bungerothii, 

 Laelio-Cattleya Britannia, with white sepals 



and petals, Cattleya ' Fabia, C. Sirius, and 

 well-flowered Vanda ccerulea. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons were awarded a 

 Silver Banksian Medal for a group in which 

 were the new Cattleya General Russky 

 (amabilis x aurea), Brasso-Cattleya Pallas, 

 Cattleya Mantinii Sander's var. and the 

 elegant Coelogyne Micholitzi. 



Messrs. Cypher and .Sons (jbtained a .Silver 

 Banksian Medal for an interesting grou|). 

 Mention may lie made of Cypriijedium 

 triumi)hans, C. Rossettii, C. Niolje, Oncidiums 

 m variety, Brassavola lineata and Odonto- 

 glossum hibernicum. 



Messrs. J. and A. McBean were awarded a 

 Silver Banksian Medal for an attractive 

 exhibit, in which were the new Odontoma 

 .Scylla (O. cirrhosum x M. vexillaria), S.-L.-C. 

 I SIS, of a dark rich crimson-purple colour, 

 Odontioda Minerva, the curious Masdevallia 

 chimaera, Cymbidium erythrostylum and the 

 handsome Vanda Sanderiana. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co. received a 

 .Silver Banksian Medal for a well-arranged 

 group, m which were the handsome Houlletia 

 Brocklehurstiana, the blue-flowering Den- 

 drobium Victoria Regina, the curious 

 Cycnoches peruvianum and Oncidium 

 microchilum. 



Messrs. Armstrong and Brown staged 

 Brasso-Laelio-Cattleya General French, a 

 grand flower measuring 9 inches across ; 

 Cattle)a Armstrongiae, with a spike of 4 

 flowers ; Odontoglossum crispum J. S. Moss 

 (c. Raymond Crawshay x c. Mossiae), heavily 

 blotched with red-brown ; and the new 

 Odontioda Gloss (Odm. triumphans x Oda. 

 Charlesworthii). 



Messrs. Hassall and Co. exhibited their 

 new Cattleya Naidia (iridescens x Hardyana), 

 C. Sybil illuminata, Laslio-Cattleya Pearl 

 (L.-C. Norba x C. Gaskelliana alba), with pure 

 white flowers, and a richly-coloured variety of 

 C. Beatrice. 



Messrs. Flory and Black staged their new 

 Brasso-Cattleya Doris, with an unusually 

 large flower, Laslio-Cattleya Soulange (L.-C. 

 Lustre x C. Dowiana), and L.-C. Rossettii 

 (Antigone x bletchleyensis), with a wide 

 labellum of crimson colour. 



