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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[March, 1916. 



The Lawrence Medal. 



Lawrence Medal. — The Lawrence 

 Medal for 1915 has been awarded to Mr. J. 

 Gurney Fowler, Brackenhurst, Pembury, 

 Kent, for his magnificent exhibit of Orchids 

 at the last Chelsea Show. This medal was 

 established to commemorate the twenty-first 

 year of Sir Trevor Lawrence's presidency of 

 the R.H.S., which took place February 13th, 

 igo6. It IS only struck in gold, and is 

 awarded mdependently by the direct vote of 

 the Council, who confine themselves to not 

 more than one medal a year. 



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R.H.S. "Orchid Awards."— No better 

 guide to the valuable work carried on by the 

 Orchid Committee of the Royal Horticultural 

 Society is to be obtained than the new 

 edition of the " List of Awards made to 

 Orchids during the period 1859 — 1915." Not 

 only does it indicate the various sections 

 which have at different times achieved popu- 

 larity, but it serves as a most efficient book of 

 reference to the finest species and varieties 

 that have received certificates after careful 

 examination by a committee of experts. 

 Consisting of 81 quarto pages, interleaved 

 with blank sheets for recording future awards 

 and notes, this book is indispensable to all 

 Orchidists, for apart from showing the 

 progress of Orchidology it serves as a ready 

 reference to questions of nomenclature. A 

 special vote of thanks is due to Mr. J. Gurney 

 Fowler for the vast amount of work he has 



undertaken in compiling such a monumental 

 and accurate List. It is published by the 

 R.H.S., price 5s. 



CYPRIPEDIUM HERATRIX. 



(Hera X Gratrixianum.) 



RATHER more than ordinary interest is 

 attached to this hybrid, for it happens 

 to be the first result obtained from 

 the latter parent. 



C. Gratrixianum was introduced from 

 Annam by Messrs. Sander and Sons, and 

 exhibited by them at the R.H.S., January 

 24th, 1905. The flower is much like C. exul 

 in general appearance, and also bears a 

 resemblance to C. insigne. Some uncertainty 

 was at first expressed as to its right to specific 

 rank, but the leaves, which are broader than 

 those of C. exul, as well as other details, are 

 now regarded as sufficient evidence to 

 overcome this doubt. 



Only a few plants were received, and 

 among those who secured them was Mr. Fred, 

 J. Hanbury, Brockhurst, East Grmstead, who, 

 as soon as one flowered, used the pollen to 

 fertilise a good variety of C. Hera. One of 

 the resulting seedlings has recently flowered, 

 and if it can be taken as representative of the 

 characteristics of this comparatively new 

 species there is every likelihood of some very 

 pretty h)/brids being seen on future occasions. 

 The dorsal sepal of C. Heratrix is emerald- 

 green, prettily reticulated with a darker shade 

 of the same colour, while the edge is bordered 

 with porcelain white. 



It should be mentioned that a Cypripedium 

 hybrid between bellatulum and enfieldense 

 has been named Gratrixianum, but this is a 

 synonym of James Buckingham, recorded 

 some years previously. Owing to this simi- 

 larity of nomenclature we erroneously 

 described in our last issue, page 109, Mr. 

 Hanbury's new hybrid as C. Hippolyte (Hera 

 X James Buckingham), which should be 

 cancelled, as no such hybrid has been 

 produced in the Brockhurst collection. 



