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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[September, igi6. 



Awards of Merit. 



Laslio-Cattleya Rubens var. Arthur and 

 Cattleya Hesta. From P. Smith, Esq. 



Odontioda Sir Douglas Haig (Odm. 

 percultum x Oda. Cooksonias). From Tom 

 Worsley, Esq. 



Cattleya Comet var. Leonara. From Col. 

 Sir John Rutherford, Bart. 



First-class Cultural Certificate 



To Mr. E. Rogers for a magnificent plant 

 of Cymbidium Humblotii, carrying a branched 

 spike of 75 flowers and buds. 



August 3rd, 1 91 6. 



Members of the Committee present : Rev. 

 J. Crombleholme (in the chair), Messrs. R. 

 Ashworth, D. A. Cowan, J. C. Cowan, J. 

 Cypher, J. Evans, P. Foster, W. Gilden, D. 

 McLeod, S. Swift and H. Arthur (secretary). 



A Large Silver Medal was awarded to R. 

 Ashworth, Esq., for a fine group of Orchids. 

 Other exhibitors included T. Worsley, Esq., 

 Philip Smith, Esq., Messrs. Stuart Low and 

 Co., Messrs. Cypher and Sons, and Messrs. A. 

 J. Keeling and Sons. 



First-class Certificates. 



Cattleya aurea var. Troilus, a large flower 

 of good colour. From R. Ashworth, Esq. 



Cattleya Dupreana superba, an immense 

 flower with broad petals of dark rose-purple 

 colour. From Messrs. Stuart Low and Co. 



Awards of Merit. 



Cattleya Atalanta " Carter Place var.," L.-C. 

 callistoglossa var. Worsleyi, Cypripedium 

 Pytho var. Brutus, and Odontioda Bruin. All 

 from Tom Worsley, Esq. 



Cattleya Sibyl var. Reine de Saba, Cattleya 

 Lord Rothschild var. Tiberis, and Odontioda 

 Brewii var. highfieldensis. All from R. 

 Ashworth, Esq. 



Odontioda Brewii var. Rainbow. From 

 Philip Smith, Esq. 



Award of Appreciation. 



Odontoglossum promerens album, a home- 

 raised seedling of the albino type. From R. 

 Ashworth, Esq. 



Selenipedium caricinum. 



Selenipedium caricinum. — This species 

 was originally discovered by Bridges in 

 Bolivia, from whose herbarium specimen it 

 was named and described by Dr. Lindley. 

 It was introduced by Messrs. Veitch in 1863 

 through their collector Pearce, and flowered 

 for the first time in England at their Chelsea 

 nursery. May, 1864. A special Certificate 

 was awarded the plant when exhibited at 

 the Royal Horticultural Society. The 

 specific name, from carex, a sedge, refers to 

 the sedge-like leaves. 



