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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[September, igi6. 



Messrs. Jas. O'Brien (hon. sec), Pantia Ralli, 

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

 Cypher, E. R. Ashton, C. H. Curtis, R. 

 Brooman-White, W. H. Hatcher, R. A. Rolfe, 

 W. Cobb, T. Armstrong, J. Charlesworth and 

 A. Dye. 



Awards of Merit. 



LaeHo-Cattleya General Letchitsky (callis- 

 toglossa X bletchleyensis), from Messrs. 

 Charlesworth and Co. — A showy hybrid, in 

 which the sepals and petals are bright rose 

 and the lip deep purple, with a narrow margin 

 of lilac. 



Laelio-Cattleya Maqueda (L.-C. Geo. 

 Woodhams x C. Lord Rothschild), from 

 Messrs. Armstrong and Brown. — A fine 

 result, the large flowers showing much of the 

 habit of the richly coloured L.-C. Geo. Wood- 

 hams. The wide labellum is ruby-crimson. 



Other Exhibits. 



Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, 

 showed Leelio-Cattleya eximia Gatton Park 

 variety, a fine form, obtained by crossing C. 

 Warneri and L. purpurata Hardyana. A 

 special feature is the large and deep purple 

 labellum. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co. were 

 awarded a Silver Flora Medal for a well- 

 arranged group, containing the new L.-C. 

 General .Sakharoff (L.-C. callistoglossa x C. 

 Gaskelliana), as well as L.-C. Appam (L.-C. 

 Scylla X C. aurea). Other noteworthy plants 

 were Odontoglossum Harryanum, good 

 varieties of Odontioda Brewii, well-flowered 

 Vanda coerulea, and some excellent forms of 

 Cattleya Warscewiczii. 



Messrs. Flory and Black staged Cattleya 

 Nena (Adula x Dietrichiana), a new hybrid of 

 dark purple colour, the crimson-purple lip 

 showing much of the bicolor habit, derived 

 through the former parent. 



Messrs. Armstrong and Brown exhibited a 

 large and dark form of Cypripedium Daisy 

 Barclay, a fine variety of Odontoglossum 

 crispum, Cattleya Hardyana and varieties of 

 Odontiodas. 



Messrs. Mansell and Hatcher showed 

 Cattleya Helen LangJey, a pure white flower, 

 derived from C. Dusseldorfei Undine and 

 Mrs. Myra Peeters. 



August 15th, 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. Charlesworth, W. 

 Bolton, T. Armstrong, Pantia Ralli, E. R. 

 Ashton, W. Cobb, R. A. Rolfe, Gurney 

 Wilson, S. Flory, C. H. Curtis, F. J. 

 Hanbury and Wm. Thompson. 



Awards of Merit. 



Cattleya Weedonaurea (weedoniensis x 

 aurea), from His Grace the Duke of Marl- 

 borough, Blenheim Palace. — In this showy 

 hybrid the spike carried 3 large flowers of a 

 pleasing rose-crimson colour, the well- 

 developed labellum being deep crimson-red. 

 The former parent is a hybrid between 

 granulosa and Mendelii. 



Laelio-Cattleya Servia (L.-C. St. Gothard 

 xC. Enid), from Messrs. Charlesworth and 

 Co. — This bold flower is one of the best yet 

 seen of this comparatively new hybrid ; the 

 segments are broad and richly coloured with 

 varying purple tints. 



Cultural Commendation 



To Mr. F. W. Thurgood, gr. to H. T. 

 Pitt, Esq., Stamford Hill, for a handsome 

 specimen of Odontoglossum aspidorhinum, 

 carrying about 25 spikes, the individual 

 flowers having a white labellum, fringed at 

 the margin, and with an occasional crimson 

 spot. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co. were awarded 

 a Silver Flora Medal for a fine group, con- 

 taining the interesting Oncidioda Cybele, 

 Odontoma Lairesseae, with a many-flowered 

 spike, the new Cattleya Kitty Wren (Gaskel- 

 liana X Fabia), C. Hesta, with pure white 



