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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[January, igi6. 



of the best of the GaskeUiana hybrids ; also 

 C. Trianas Reineckiana, with broad, white 

 sepals and petals, the lip rich purple. 



December /th, 191 5. 

 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), F. J. Hanbury, 

 J. W. Potter, Gurney Wilson, R. Brooman- 

 White, A. Dye, W. P. Bound, Walter Cobb, 

 T. Armstrong, J. Charlesworth, S. W. Flory, 

 C. H. Curtis, F. J. Hanbury, J. E. Shill and 

 Wm. Bolton. 



Awards of Merit. 



La?lio-Cattleya St. Alban (L.-C. Golden 

 Glory X C. aurea), from Messrs. Sander and 

 Sons, St. Albans. — A very beautiful result, the 

 plant carried a spike of 3 rich yellow flowers, 

 the labellum marked with light crimson-red. 

 A most attractive hybrid. 



Laslio-Cattleya Invincible var. His Majesty 

 (Dominiana x bletchleyensis), from Messrs. 

 Sander and Sons. — A remarkable flower, the 

 sepals and petals bright purplish-rose, the 

 large labellum of the darkest crimson-red 

 extending to the base of the column. 



Odontioda Aphrodite (Oda. Diana x Odm. 

 eximium), from Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., 

 Haywards Heath. — A very neat and distinct 

 flower with rose-purple blotching on a light 

 rose-tinted ground. 



Preliminary Commendation. 



Odontioda Armstrongias (Oda. Bradshawiae 

 X Odm. Armstrongiae), from Messrs. Arm- 

 strong and Brown, Tunbridge Wells. — A 

 small plant flowering for the first time. The 

 broad sepals and petals evenly dotted with 

 brownish-red, and rose-tinted on the margin, 

 the conspicuous labellum deep rose. 



Other Exhibits. 



Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, 

 Surrey, showed Laslio-Cattleya Epicasta 

 " Gatton Glory," with two large flowers, and 

 L.-C. Rubens, of dark rose-purple colour. 



Sir Herbert Leon, Bletchley Park, exhibited 

 Laelio-Cattleya Leonias, a pleasing hybrid of 

 the L.-C. bletchleyensis section. 



F. J. Hanbury, Esq., Brockhurst, East 

 Grinstead, showed flowers of his new Laelio- 

 Cattleya Adolphaurea (Adolphus x aurea), of 

 rich reddish colour. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co. were 

 awarded a Silver Flora Medal for an 

 extensive exhibit of Lselia autumnalis and 

 the bright rosy-mauve L. Gouldiana. Select 

 varieties of L. anceps were also shown. Laelio- 

 Cattleyas were represented by Salonika and 

 Golden Oriole, and Miltonias by varieties of 

 Bleuana. Some fine Cypripediums were to be 

 seen in The Duchess (aureum Surprise x 

 msigne Sanderae) and Troilus. 



Messrs. J. and A. McBean, Cooksbridge, 

 were awarded a Silver Banksian Medal for a 

 neat exhibit, in which were specimen plants of 

 Cymbidium Schroderi, Doris and Schlegeli ; 

 two excellent varieties of L.-C. Mrs. Donald 

 McMaster, one with golden-yellow petals, the 

 other having these segments with a reddish 

 overtint ; Sophro-Cattleya Pearl, of excellent 

 shape, and the fine Brasso-Cattleya Brenda. 



Messrs. Hassall and Co., Southgate, 

 received a Silver Banksian Medal for a group 

 containing the new Laelio-Cattleya Joan 

 (Coronis x Fabia) ; Cattleya Miss Williams 

 alba ; C. Hassallii, with a large round lip ; C. 

 Sylvia, of creamy-yellow colour ; and an 

 unusually fine form of L.-C. Rubens bearing 

 the name General Jofifre. A wide selection of 

 Cypripediums was also staged. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Jarvisbrook, 

 Sussex, were awarded a Silver Banksian 

 Medal for a group in which were six distinct 

 varieties of Laelio-Cattleya luminosa ; Vanda 

 coerulea with a spike of 1 3 flowers ; the pure 

 white Calanthe Harrisii ; Cattleya labiata 

 " Queen Maud," of delicate blush colour ; and 

 the new Brasso-Cattleya Brunette (B.-C. Mad. 

 M. Fournier x C. Pittiana), with a spike of 

 three rose-plum coloured flowers, the lip 

 prominently veined with bright purple. 



Messrs. Armstrong and Brown, Tunbridge 

 Wells, exhibited several seedlings of a 

 promising nature, the best being Odontioda 

 Cereus nigrescens (Oda. Charlesworthii x 



