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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[Auq-ust, 1916. 



fewer than twenty plants were found, all 

 robust and healthy. Mr. Stansfield says it 

 has been his joy and pleasure during the last 

 twenty years to visit the habitats of all our 

 rare British plants, extending from John o' 

 Groats to Land's End, but his joy was 

 fulfilled at the sight of Our Lady's Slipper, as 

 it was known in pre-Reformation days. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



June 6th, igi6. 

 Members of the Orchid Committee present : 

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

 Colman, Bart., Messrs. Jas. O'Brien (hon. 

 sec), de B. Crawshay, Gurney Wilson, S. W. 

 Flory, C. Cookson, J. Charlesworth, Stuart 

 Low, F. J. Hanbury, Pantia Ralli, R. A. Rolfe, 

 E. R. Ashton, Walter Cobb and C. H. Curtis. 



Awards of Merit. 



Odontoglossum Lambardeanum var. Gatton 

 Prince (Vuylstekeae x coeruleum), from Sir 

 Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, Surrey. 

 — The original O. Lambardeanum was 

 figured and fully described in the ORCHID 

 World, Vol. II., p. 220. The present variety 

 carried a spike of 6 large flowers with broad 

 segments heavily blotched with dark choco- 

 late-red, and in all respects is a noble form. 



Wilsonara insignis (Oncidioda Charles- 

 worthii x Odontoglossum illustrissimum), from 

 Messrs. Charlesworth and Co. See descrip- 

 tion in this issue. 



Other Exhibits. 



Dr. Miguel Lacroze, Bryndir, Roehampton 

 Lane, received a Silver Flora Medal for a 

 good exhibit in which were many fine Odonto- 

 glossums and Miltonias, choice varieties of 

 L.-C. Gladiator, the brightly-coloured L.-C. 

 G. S. Ball and other Laslio-Cattleyas. An 

 interesting plant was Laelia purpurata var. R. 

 I. Measures. 



F. Menteith Ogilvie, Esq., The Shrubbery, 

 Oxford, showed 5 robust plants of the 



elegant Cypripedium Lawrenceanum Hye- 

 anum, one plant carried 6 finely developed 

 flowers. 



Col. Stephenson R. Clarke, C.B., Borde 

 Hill, Cuckfield, exhibited Laelio-Cattleya 

 Fascinator var. The Bride (C. Schroderas 

 alba X L. purpurata Queen Alexandra). The 

 spike carried 3 well-developed flowers of a 

 delicate blush tint, the labellum having a 

 prettily frilled margin, and the throat orange. 

 A beautiful variety of this choice hybrid. 



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

 showed two distinct forms of L.-C. Cowanii 

 (C. Mossias x L. cinnabrosa). 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co. were awarded 

 a Silver Flora Medal for a fine exhibit of 

 choice Orchids, including the new Odonto- 

 glossum Phyllis (lanthe x eximium), with 

 blackish markings, Miltonia vexillaria Lyoth 

 and M. Charlesworthii, several distinct 

 varieties of Cattleya Mossiae, the uncommon 

 Dendrobium Schroderae and several richly- 

 coloured Odontiodas. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons received a Silver 

 Banksian Medal for an exhibit of Odontonia 

 Lselia Sander, the elegant Dendrobium 

 illustre, L.-C. Canada, good varieties of L.-C. 

 Aphrodite, and a specimen plant of Cattleya 

 Mossije. 



Messrs. Flory and Black received a Silver 

 Banksian Medal for a group in which were 

 several fine forms of L.-C. Gladiator and 

 I^.-C. Canhamiana, as well as blotched 

 Odontoglossums and the interesting Cattleya 

 Mossias McMorlandii, which has been under 

 cultivation for more than half a century. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co. obtained a 

 Silver Banksian Medal for an exhibit contain- 

 ing the red Renanthera Imschootiana, a fine 

 variety of L.-C. Domos (L.-C. Dominiana x 

 C. Mossiae), choice forms of Cattleya Mossiae 

 and C. Mendelii, and a dark variety of C. 

 Schilleriana. 



Messrs. Hassall and Co. were awarded a 

 Bronze Banksian Medal for an exhibit 

 containing Cypripedium Chamberlainianum 

 with a spike of 3 open flowers, Cattleya 

 Mossiae in variety, a good form of L.-C. 

 Canhamiana alba with a spike of 4 flowers, 

 and a dark variety of L.-C. Domos. 



