THE ORCHID ^^•ORLD. 



[April-May, igi6. 



Lcelia lobata (L. Boothiana). 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY 



March /th, 191 6. 



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), W. Bolton, 

 R. Brooman-White, Stuart Low, Gurney 

 Wilson, T. Armstrong, J. Charlesworth, J. 

 Cypher, W. H. Hatcher, S. W. Flory and C. 

 Cookson. 



First-class Certificate. 



Odontog'lossum The Czar (parentage 

 unrecorded), from Messrs. Charlesworth and 

 Co. One of the finest hybrid Odonto- 

 glossums yet seen, the flowers being large, 



of good shape, rich claret-red, with a glowing 

 tint. The large lip bears an immense blotch, 

 and this, as well as other characteristics, 

 suggests the influence of O. Vuylstekei. 



Awards of Merit. 



Odontioda Joan, Fowler's variety (Oda. 

 Charlesworthii x Odm. ardentissimum), from 

 J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. An interesting 

 flower of yellowish colour, blotched with 

 chestnut-red in a most effective manner. The 

 wide lip bears a reddish blotch and a yellow 

 crest. 



Cymbidium Alexanderi Excelsior (insigne 

 X eburneo-Lowianum), from Messrs. J. and 

 A. McBean, Cooksbridge. Undoubtedly the 

 finest Cymbidium hybrid yet produced. The 

 plant carried a spike of 5 flowers of rose- 



