Aug-iist, 1916.] 



THE ORCHID WORLD. 



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June 20th, 1 91 6. 

 Members of the Orchid Committee present : 

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

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

 (hon. sec), J. Wilson Potter, E. R. Ashton, 

 Pantia RaUi, Walter Cobb, J. Charlesworth, 

 J. Cypher, W. H. Hatcher, C. H. Curtis, A. 

 Dye, S. W. Flory, W. Bolton, C. J. Lucas, 

 F. J. Hanbury and R. A. Rolfe. 



Cultural Commendation 



To Messrs. Sander and Sons for a home- 

 raised plant of Laelio-Cattleya Gottoiana 

 Imperator, with 5 flowers on a spike. 



Groups. 



Dr. Miguel Lacroze, Bryndir, Roehampton, 

 showed Laelio-Cattleya San Juan (C. Men- 

 delii X L.-C. Aphrodite), with blush sepals and 

 petals and purple lip. Also L.-C. Teucra, 

 Bryndir variety (L.-C. Martinetii x C. 

 Mossi^), with pale buff sepals and petals. 



Ernest Mocatta, Esq., Woburn Place, 

 Addlestone, showed I^.-C. Aphrodite 

 " Woburn Place var.," a grand flower with 

 pure white sepals and petals and rich violet- 

 coloured lip. Also L.-C. brugensis "Woburn 

 Place var." 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co. received a 

 Silver-gilt Flora Medal for a fine exhibit of 

 Miltonia Charlesworthii, excellent Odontiodas 

 and Odontoglossums. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons received a Silver 

 Flora Medal for a fine exhibit of Laslio- 

 Cattleyas, and some attractive hybrid 

 Odontoglossums, of which Queen Alexandra 

 was noteworthy. 



Messrs. Flory and Black were awarded a 

 Silver Banksian Medal for an exhibit of 

 hybrid Disas, including D. Luna and D. 

 Blackii. In the Langley variety of D. Blackii 

 the flowers are purplish rose-red, with the 

 galea white, evenly spotted with light purple. 



Messrs. Hassall and Co. staged Laelio- 

 Cattleya Cowanii, a fine variety ; also L.-C. 

 Canhamiana, with well-developed segments. 



Messrs. J. and A. McBean exhibited 

 Cattleya Mabel (Mrs. Myra Peeters x 

 Wameri), a large, pure white flower of good 

 shape. 



R.H.S. SUMMER SHOW, 

 HOLLAND PARK, KENSINGTON. 



Members of the Committee present : Sir 

 Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Sir Harry J. Veitch, 

 Messrs. Jas. O'Brien, W. Cobb, F. Menteith 

 Ogilvie, Gurney Wilson, W. Bolton, J. 

 Cypher, C. Cookson, R. A. Rolfe, W. H. 

 Hatcher, E. R. Ashton, C. J. Lucas, R. 

 Brooman-White, J. Charlesworth, R. G. 

 Thwaites, F. J. Hanbury, Pantia Ralli, J. E. 

 Shill, S. W. Flory, H. G. Alexander and 

 A. Dye. 



First-class Certificate. 



Laelio-Cattleya Isabel Sander, Blenheim 

 var. (C. Mossiae x L.-C. Canhamiana), from 

 His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, Blen- 

 heim Palace. — A superb variety, the plant 

 carried 2 large flowers with broad sepals and 

 petals of soft blush colour, the finely formed 

 and expansive labellum being solid ruby- 

 crimson, this colour extending round the side 

 lobes. 



Awards of Merit. 



Laelio-Cattleya Isabel Sander var. Gatton 

 Queen (C. Mossiae Reineckiana x L.-C. 

 Canhamiana Rex), from Sir Jeremiah 

 Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, Surrey. — Avery 

 beautiful result in which the pure white 

 sepals and petals are of remarkable substance, 

 while the broad labellum is purple, margined 

 with white. The spike carried 3 large 

 flowers. 



Miltonia John Barker (parentage unre- 

 corded), from Messrs. Sander and Sons. — 

 This hybrid is remarkable for its rich rose- 

 purple flushing on a white ground, the 

 labellum bearing a dark crimson blotch at its 

 base. 



Miltonia Isabel Sander, Charlesworth's 

 var., from Messrs. Charlesworth and Co. — 

 An exceedingly pretty hybrid between 

 Hyeana and Roezlii. The plant carried two 

 fine spikes of large flowers, whitish, the petals 

 effectively flushed with rose. 



