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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



colour on-onisli, jirofusely spotted with purple- 

 brown. 



n. I". Pitt, I'Lsq., Stamford Hill, showed 

 Cymbidium Lowgrinum Rosslyn variety 

 (Lowinnuui x tigrinuni), a richly coloured 

 form with two spikes bearing respectively 

 seven and nine flowers. 



C. J. Lucas, Esq., Warnham ("ourt, 

 Horsham, exhibited Odontoglossum Pan- 

 ther and O. ardentisper, both ])romising 

 hybrids. 



Dr. Miguel Lacr07.e, Roehampton, exhibited 

 Odontoglossum Dora Bryndir var., with a 

 graceful spike of 13 white flowers effectively 

 marked with reddish-purple. 



R. G. Thwaites, Esq., Streatham Hill, 

 staged Odontoglossum Pescatorei " Grand 

 Duchess," an unusually fine flower. 



Messrs. Armstrong and Brown staged three 

 good varieties of the handsome Odonto- 

 glossum eximillus. 



CHELSEA SHOW. 



May 23, 24 and 25, 191 6. 



Members of the Orchid Committee present : 

 Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Sir Harry J. 

 Veitch, Messrs. J. O'Brien, Pantia Ralli, W. 

 Bolton, F. Menteith Ogilvie, J. Cypher, C. J. 

 Lucas, Stuart Low, W. Cobb, Gurney Wilson, 

 H. G. Alexander, A. Dye, E. R. Ashton, W. 

 Wilson Potter, R. Brooman-White, A. 

 McBean, S. Flory, W. H. Hatcher, J. E. Shill, 

 T. Armstrong, R. A. Rolfe, F. J. Hanbury, 

 R. G. Thwaites, W. H. White, J. Charles- 

 worth and Clive Cookson. 



First-class Certificate. 



Odontoglossum ardentissimum memoria J. 

 Gurney Fowler. — One of the most remark- 

 able plants in the show, and carrying forward 

 the singular characteristics of O. crispum 

 solum, one of its parents. The spike carried 

 five flowers, with occasional circular blotches 

 of reddish-crimson ; the lip is not quite so 

 intensely coloured as seen in crispum solum, 

 although it bears a remarkably strong like- 

 ness. Exhibited by Miss Louisa Fowler. 



Brasso-Laelio-Cattleya Joan var. Verdun 

 (B.-L. Mrs. M. Gratrix x C. Octave Doin), 



from Messrs. Charlesworth and Co. 'I'he 

 yellow of C. aurea, derived through the latter 

 parent, is carried forward in a marked degree, 

 |)roducing a large flower of rich yellow colour, 

 and making a striking contrast to the majority 

 of Brassavola hybrids. 



Awards of Merit. 



Ladio-Cattleya Sir Mervyn liuller (f^.-C. 

 Mrs. Temple x C. Mossiae), from Messrs. 

 Armstrong and Brown. — One of the finest 

 Cattlcyas, the spike carrying two e.xtra large 

 flowers with broad, erect segments of purple 

 colour, the immense labellum much darker, 

 with the throat elegantly veined with gold. 



Odontoglossum crispum Aldworthii, from 

 Messrs. J. and A. McBean. — A home-raised 

 plant of remarkable size and colour. All the 

 segments heavily blotched with rich reddish- 

 crimson and margined with white. This plant 

 was also awarded the Davidson Cup for the 

 best Odontoglossum crispum in the show. 



Odontioda Brewii cuprea, from Messrs. 

 Charlesworth and Co. — This plant carried an 

 erect spike of eight flowers of a peculiar 

 coppery-red colour, yet having a glistening 

 appearance. Very distinct. 



Cattleya Naidia var. luminosa (iridescens 

 x Hardyana), from Messrs. Flory and Black. 

 — With sepals and petals of soft cerise colour, 

 the broad labellum ruHy-purple and the throat 

 yellow, this pretty hybrid showed an unusual 

 combination of effective colouring. 



Miltonia vexillaria var. Frank Reader, from 

 Messrs. Armstrong and Brown. — A noble 

 flower of dark rose colour, the labellum 

 bearing a ruby-crimson blotch of large size, 

 and making one of the chief points of attrac- 

 tion in the Gold Medal group staged by this 

 firm. 



Odontioda Florence (Oda. Cooksoniae x 

 Odm. Dora), from Messrs. Charlesworth and 

 Co. — A very effective plant with a branched 

 spike of 34 flowers, of rosy ground colour 

 with scarlet blotching. 



Groups. 



Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, 

 Surrey, was awarded a Gold Medal for an 



