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THIi ORCHID WORLD. 



187 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



April i8tli, 1916. 



Members of the Orchid Committee present : 

 Sir Harr\' J. Veitch (in the chair), Messrs. 

 Jas. O'Brien (hon. sec), Pantia Ralh, T. 

 Armstrong-, R. A. Rolfe and W. H. White. 



At the previous meeting a report was circu- 

 lated that there was to be no Orchid Com- 

 mittee meeting on April i8th, hence the small 

 attendance. 



Preliminary Commendation. 



Odontioda Brackenhurst (Oda. Charles- 

 worthii X Odm. eximium), from Messrs. Arm- 

 strong and Brown, Tunbridge W^ells. — 

 Although the plant was small, it carried a 

 perfectly-shaped flower of bright rosy-red 

 colour, the lip broad and darker. 



H. J. Elwes, Esq., Colesborne, Glos., 

 showed a spike of Phaio-Cymbidium Chard- 

 warense (P. grandifolius x C. giganteum) with 

 yellow flowers, the lip marked with red-brown. 

 There is no evidence in this of the Cymbidium 

 parent. 



E. Mocatta, Esq., Woburn Place, Addle- 

 stone, exhibited a pretty variety of Laslia 

 Flaviona (flava x lona). 



Messrs. Armstrong and Brown staged 

 Odontoglossum promerens xanthotes, in 

 which the white flowers were lightly spotted 

 with yellow. Also O. Erzerum (Fascinator x 

 crispum Lucianii), with a large flower of 

 excellent formation, and blotched with red- 

 brown. 



Maj 2nd, igi6. 



Members of the Orchid Committee present : 

 Sir Harry J. Veitch (in the chair). Sir 

 Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Messrs. Jas. O'Brien 

 (hon. sec), F. J. Hanbury, R. G. Thwaites, 

 Pantia Ralli, Walter Cobb, A. McBean, J. 

 Charlesworth, W. H. Hatcher, H. G. 

 Alexander, J. E. Shill, A. Dye, W. H. White, 

 S. W. Flory, C. J. Lucas, Gurney Wilson, 

 Stuart Low, R. Brooman- White, de B. Craw- 

 shay and R. A. Rolfe. 



Awards of Merit. 



Miltonia vexillaria Shrubbery var. (vexil- 

 laria chelseaensis x G. D. Owen), from F. 

 Menteith Ogilvie, Esq., The .Shrubbery, 

 Oxford. Flowers of large size, rose-coloured, 

 with darker veining, the lip having a rich 

 crimson-purple mask at the base, with 

 radiating lines. 



Brasso-Laelio-Cattleya Queen of the 

 Belgians, Bryndir var. (B.-L. Digbyano- 

 purpurata x C. Mendelii), from Dr. Miguel 

 Lacroze, Bryndir, Roehampton Lane. -This 

 plant carried a spike of three large clear white 

 flowers, the apical half of the lip being rosy 

 lilac, and making a striking contrast to the 

 other segments. A fine result. 



Odontioda Gratrixiae, Bryndir var. (Oda. 

 Charlesworthii x Odm. amabile), from Messrs. 

 Flory and Black, Slough. — A handsome 

 hybrid of dark red colour, but having a 

 bronze over-tint. The broad segments well 

 displayed, the lip having a yellow crest with 

 chestnut brown blotch in front. 



Odontioda Aurora (parentage unrecorded), 

 from G. W. Bird, Esq., The Manor House, 

 West Wickham, Kent. — A beautiful hybrid 

 with a spike of four large flowers. The inner 

 parts of the sepals and petals are heavily 

 marked with red, the margins rose-coloured. 

 All the segments of good shape and well 

 displayed. 



Preliminary Commendations. 



Odontoglossum General Townshend (King 

 Emperor x Wilckeanum), from Messrs. Arm- 

 strong and Brown, Tunbridge Wells. — A fine 

 result, in which the round flower is of a 

 peculiar bronzy-red colour. A narrow white 

 margin is on all the segments. 



Odontoglossum Erzerum (Fascinator x 

 crispum), from Messrs. Armstrong and Brown. 

 — A great improvement on the former parent, 

 the flower being heavily blotched with claret- 

 purple. 



Other Exhibits. 



F. Menteith Ogilvie, Esq., The Shrubbery, 

 Oxford, exhibited Miltonia Violetta, with 

 pleasing white flowers, the petals flushed with 

 rose, the lip with a purplish base. 



