October, 1915- 



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Messrs. Flory and Black, Slough, showed 

 Brasso-Cattleya Miquel (B. Digbyana x C. 

 Carmen), a new hybrid bearing a large flower 

 of an attractive nature ; B.-C. Ilene magnifica 

 and B.-C. Andre Maron, both excellent 

 varieties. 



R. G. Thvvaites, Esq., Streatham Hill, 

 exhibited his new Odontioda Prunella 

 (Oda. Thwaitesii x Odm. Harryanum), an 

 improvement on the former parent ; various 

 Odontiodas and an excellent form of 

 Laelio-Cattleya Rubens. 



Lieut.-Col. H. V. Warrender, High Grove, 

 Pinner, staged Cattleya Clarkiae (bicolor x 

 labiata) with a spike of 3 good flowers. 



Sept. 14th, 1915. 

 Members of the Orchid Committee present : 

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

 Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Sir Harry J. 

 Veitch, Messrs. Jas. O'Brien (hon. sec), 

 Gurney Wilson, W. Bolton, Stuart Low, 

 F. Sander, F. J. Hanbury, T. Armstrong, 

 W. Cobb, J. Charlesworth, W. H. Hatcher, 

 J. Wilson Potter, W. P. Bound, A. Dye, 

 W. FI. White, S. W. Flory and R. A. Rolfe. 



First-class Certificate.. 



Cattleya Venus var. Princess Mary (Iris x 

 aurea), from Messrs. Charlesworth and Co. 

 One of the finest forms of this exquisite 

 hybrid. The large flowers yellowish with 

 a bronze tint, the well-expanded broad 

 labellum ruby-crimson. 



Awards of Merit. 



Dendrobium Hookerianum, Fowler's variety. 

 A very remarkable form in which the petals 

 are fringed in similar style to the labellum, 

 in fact, a peloriate variety which remains 

 constant. The plant carried several pendulous 

 racemes of bright golden-yellow flowers 

 with dark blotches on each side of the lip. 

 Exhibited by J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. 



Cattleya amabilis, Fowler's variety (labiata 

 X Warscewiczii), from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. 

 The spike carried four large flowers, the 

 sepals and petals very broad and of 

 rose-purple colour. 



Seedling Commendation. 



Cattleya Ashtoniae alba (O'Brieniana alba 

 X Dusseldorfei Undine), from Messrs. 

 Armstrong and Brown. A promising flower 

 of thick substance, all the segments being 

 well formed and pure white. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co. were awarded 

 a Silver Flora Medal for a pleasing exhibit 

 of Vanda coerulea, the new LaeHo-Cattleya 

 Pronax, Anguloa Cliftonii, fine varieties of 

 Cattleya aurea, well-flowered Cymbidium 

 erythrostylum and some robust Oncidiums, 

 of which oblongatum and incurvum are 

 worthy of special mention. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co. secured a 

 Silver Banksian Medal for a group containing 

 the pretty Paphinia cristata, Cattleya Fauna, 

 of distinct yellow colour, C. Rhoda, C. Adula, 

 richly coloured, and choice Odontoglossum 

 hybrids. 



Messrs. J. and A. McBean obtained a 

 Silver Banksian Medal for a neat exhibit in 

 which were the new Odontocidium Juno 

 (Odm. ramosissimum x On. tigrinum), a 

 bright variety of Oncidium Mantinii, Cattleya 

 Katie (fulvescens x aurea), with cream-yellow 

 flowers, the graceful Odontonia brugensis, 

 and Cattleya bellatula (Warscewiczii x Iris) 

 with a very fine labellum. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons were awarded a 

 Silver Banksian Medal for an exhibit 

 of Phalasnopsis esmeralda, the distinct 

 Bulbophyllum grandiflorum, Cypripedium 

 Black Watch, and C. Dallas, as well as 

 Odontonia St. Alban and McNabiana. 



Messrs. Armstrong and Brown staged the 

 new Cymbidium Sandhurstiense (Wigan- 

 ianum x erythrostylum), Brasso-Cattleya The 

 Czar (C. Fabia x B.-C. Digbyano-Mossias), 

 with a large richly coloured flower, Cattleya 

 Kienastiana Orchidhurst variety, with white 

 sepals and petals, and the pretty Odonto- 

 glossum Nsevross (naevium x Rossii). 



Messrs. Flory and Black exhibited Brasso- 

 Cattleya Digbyano-Mossiae, Langley variety, 

 a large white flower and one of the best 



