THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[June-July, 1916. 



C. J. Lucas, Esq., W'arnham Court, 

 exhibited Laslio-Cattleya George Branch 

 (bletchleyensis x G. S. Ball), with pretty 

 tlowers of varying tints. 



G. W. Bird, Esq., West Wickham, showed 

 Odontioda Trebizond (Odm. Fascinator x 

 Oda. Charlesworthii), rose coloured and 

 blotched with purple. 



Samuel H. Lane, Esq., Worton Manor, 

 Isleworth, exhibited Epidendrum variegatum 

 var. coriaceum, with greenish-yellow flowers 

 thickly spotted with red. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co. were 

 awarded a Silver Flora Medal for an exten- 

 sive exhibit containing Cattleya Empress 

 Frederick ; Miltonias Charlesworthii and 

 Lyoth ; a richly-coloured variety of Cattleya 

 Schilleriana ; pure white forms of Brasso- 

 Cattleyas ; and a varied selection of Odonto- 

 glossums. 



Messrs. Sander and .Sons obtained a Silver 

 Banksian ^ledal for an exhibit of the rare 

 Angreecum infundibulare, the curious Seleni- 

 pedium caudatum, Coelogyne tomentosa, 

 various Odontoglossums, and some fine 

 varieties of Laslio-Cattleya Aphrodite. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co. were awarded 

 a Silver Banksian Medal for some fine speci- 

 mens of Dendrobium Jamesianum, the rare 

 Cattleya Schroderas alba Purity, Dendrobium 

 Brymerianum, the interesting Arpophyllum 

 giganteum, and Cattle)a Empress Fred- 

 erick, obtained by crossing Dowiana with 

 aurea. 



Messrs. Armstrong" and Brown staged 

 Odontioda Royal Gem var. violacea, of deep 

 violet tint ; Odontoglossum Trebizond (King 

 Emperor x eximium), solid crimson-red 

 colour; Od. General Townshend (King 

 Emperor x Wilckeanum), blotched with red ; 

 Od. Erzerum (Fascinator x crispum), of fine 

 shape ; Od. Jasper Orchidhurst var. ; and 

 Odontioda Madeline, yellowish with reddish 

 markings. 



Messrs. Flory and Black staged Sophro- 

 L3elio-Cattle)'a xanthina (S.-L. Psyche x 

 L.-C. Ophir), an attractive flower of yellow 

 colour, several fine varieties of Sophronitis 

 grandiflora and an Odontoglossum hybrid of 

 promising nature. 



May 1 6th, 191 6. 

 Members of the Orchid Committee present : 

 Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart, (m the chair), Sir 

 Harry J. Veitch, Messrs. Jas. O'Brien (hon. 

 sec), F. Menteith Ogilvie, Pantia Ralli, 

 W. H. White, W. Cobb, J. Charlesworth, S. 

 Flory, C. J. Lucas, J. E. Shill, F. J. Hanbury, 

 R. A. Rolfe and Gurney Wilson. 



Award of Merit. 



Miltonia Hyeana " The Shrubbery var.," 

 from F. Menteith Ogilvie, Esq., The Shrub- 

 ber)-, Oxford. — A beautiful result, obtained 

 by crossing Bleuana Stevensii with G. D. 

 Owen. The white flower has soft rose 

 flushing on the base of the petals and a dark 

 crimson blotch on the base of the hp. It 

 IS an improvement on the variety F. M. 

 Ogilvie which received an Award of Merit, 

 May i8th, 1915. 



Preliminary Com:mendation. 



Odontoglossum Farmer! (King Emperor x 

 amabile), from Messrs. Armstrong and Brown. 

 — A handsome flower of large size, all th<* 

 segments of good shape, the greater part 

 blotched with reddish-brown, the margin 

 white. 



Other Exhibits. 



F. Menteith Ogilvie, Esq., The Shrubbery, 

 Oxford, received a .Silver-gilt Flora Medal 

 for a remarkably fine group of choice Orchids, 

 ever\- plant being of the highest class and 

 well flowered. It contained two plants of 

 the fine Odontoglossum crispum Queen 

 Empress ; the handsome Miltonia Charles- 

 worthii ; Miltonia The Bride, of delicate tint ; 

 M. vexillana Lyoth; Cattleya Empress 

 Frederick alba, with a spike of three large 

 flowers ; C. Dusseldorfei Undine ; Brasso- 

 Cattleya Vilmoriniana, of rich coloration ; 

 B.-L.-C. Veitchii, with unusually large, richly 

 coloured flowers ; and numerous Odontiodas. 



T. J. Finnic, Esq., Claygate, Surrey, 

 exhibited a fine specimen of Catasetum Rodi- 

 gasianum, with two man)--flowered spikes, m 



