February, iqif).] 



THE ORCHID WORIJ). 



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ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



Tanuary I Ith, Kjlf). 



Members nf llu- Orchid (■(Muniitlee present : 

 I. Gurney Fowler, Esq. (in the chair), Sn- 

 Jeremiah Cohnan, Bart., Sir Harry J. Veitch, 

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

 Wilson, R. A. Rolfe, R. G. Thwaites, F. J. 

 Ilanbury, Pantia Ralh, A. McBean, F. M. 

 Oyilvie, W. Cobb, J. Charlesworth, W. H. 

 Hatcher, H. G. Alexander, C. H. Curtis, J. E. 

 Shill, W. P. Bound, A. Dye, S. W. Flory, W. 

 Bolton and R. Brooman-White. 



FlRST-CEyVSS CERTIFICATE. 



Laplio-Cattleya Antinous (L.-C. Myra x C. 

 Enid), from Messrs. Charlesworth and Co. — 

 The best result )'et obtained from L. flava, 

 derived throug-h L.-C. Myra. The plant 

 carried a spike of four large flowers of 

 nankeen-yellow colour, obscurely suffused 

 with rose ; the lip claret-purple. This formed 

 the centre of attraction in Messrs. Charles- 

 worth's Gold Medal group. 



Awards of Merit. 



Laelia Flaviona (lona x flava), from E. G. 

 Mocatta, Esq., Woburn Place, Addlestone. — 

 This pleasing" Laelia carried an erect spike of 

 6 medium-size flowers ; sepals and petals 

 yellowish, the former lightly Imed with rose- 

 purple, the latter splashed with the same on 

 the basal area. The lip very dark crimson-red. 



Odontioda Irene var. Glorita (Odm. Uro- 

 Skinneri x Oda. Charlesworthii), from Messrs. 

 Flory and Black, Slough. — A richly-coloured 

 hybrid with an erect spike of i6 flowers and 

 buds ; the sepals and petals crimson-red and 

 shining ; the large labellum rose-purple, and 

 showing the mottling of Uro-Skinneri. 



Cattleya chocoensis alba McBean's var., 

 from Messrs. J. and A. McBean, Cooksbridge. 

 — The finest form of this beautiful species, 

 the petals unusually broad and large, the wide 

 labellum having a chrome-yellow disc. 



Cattleya Percivaliana grandiflora, from 

 Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Jarvisbrof)k. - 

 Not only the largest, l)ut one of the best 

 coloured varieties of this winter-flowering 

 species, The plant carried seven flowers. 



Preliminary Commendation. 



Odontoglossum exultans Orcliidluirst var., 

 from Messrs. Armstrong and Brown, Tun- 

 bridge Wells. — A fine form of this hybrid 

 between cnspum and excellens. Of yellf)w 

 colour, the inner two-thirds of the segments 

 blotched with brownish-red, the apex of the 

 lip white. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 

 Heath, were awarded a Gold Medal for an 

 exceedingly fine group, undoubtedly the finest 

 winter exliibit ever staged in the R.H.S. Hall. 

 Many choice varieties of Lselia anceps, both 

 white and coloured, as well as masses of 

 Calanthe Veitchii and the white C. Harrisii 

 were used, while the front was occupied by 

 the pretty Masdevallia tovarensis and the 

 bright Oncidium cheirophorum. Odonto- 

 glossums were well represented, and the 

 yellow-spotted varieties were tastefuU)- dis- 

 ])layed. Laclio-Cattleya Antinous, which 

 oljtained a I'".C.C., L.-C. Servia and L.-C. 

 Daphne were in prominent positions. The 

 interesting Odontoma Langowo}'i carried two 

 spikes with 13 and 15 flowers respectivel}', 

 and there was an excellent variety of Odonto- 

 glossum Thwaitesia? (Rossii x Harryanum). 



J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., lirackenhurst, 

 Pembury, received a Silver Flora Medal for a 

 group of well-grown plants, including the fine 

 Brasso-Cattleya Cliftonii albens, Odontioda 

 Joan, rose-coloured, a large variety of S.-C. 

 .Saxa with bright reddish flowers, Cypripedium 

 Daisy Barclay, C. ^son giganteum and C. 

 f^eeanum " J . Gurney Fowler." 



Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, were 

 awarded a Silver Flora Medal for an inter- 

 esting exhibit containing their new Cymbidium 

 Albatross (Gottianum x grandiflorum), Catt- 

 leya I-^eda, C. .Snow Queen, with pure white 



