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ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



August 28th, IQ16. 

 Members of the Orcliid Committee presenl : 

 Sir Harry J. Yeitch (in the chair), Sir Jere- 

 miah Colman, Bart., Messrs. J. O'Brien (hon. 

 sec), C. J. Lucas, R. G. Thwaites, Pantia 

 RalH, T. Armstrcng, W. Cobb, J. Charles- 

 worth, A. Dye, S. W. Flory, W. Bolton, 

 R. A. Rolfe and Gurney Wilson. 



Awards of Merit. 



Laelio-Cattleya Thyone, Bryndir variety (C. 

 aurea x L.-C. Ophir), from Dr. Miguel 

 Lacroze, Bryndir, Roehampton. — This 

 vigorous hybrid carried a spike of two large 

 flowers, the sepals and petals bright chrome- 

 yellow, the labellum orange colour, bordered 

 ruby-crimson. A fine acquisition. 



Laelio-Cattleya Golden Wren (L.-C. 

 Thyone xC. iridescens), from Messrs. Arm- 

 strong and Brown. — A promising seedling 

 flowering on a small bulb. The sepals and 

 petals are bright canary-yellow, with a slight 

 greenish tinge ; the labellum has the central 

 area golden-yellow, as seen in the majority 

 of Eldorado hybrids, of which iridescens is 

 a well-known example ; the margin of the 

 lip IS ruby-purple. 



Groups. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co. were 

 awarded a Silver Flora Medal for a fine 

 group of hybrids, including the brightly 

 coloured L.-C. Thyone, L.-C. Colmaniana, 

 L.-C. Appam, of reddish colour, the hand- 

 some L.-C. Servia, and the new Cattleya 

 Kitty Wren. Among the rare species were 

 Bulbophyllum grandiflorum and the scarce 

 Catasetum Russellianum. 



Messrs. Armstrong and Brown were 

 awarded a Silver Flora Medal for an attrac- 

 tive exhibit, in which were several fine 

 varieties of Cattleya Ins, the interesting 

 Odontioda brugensis, Sophro-Cattleya Blackii 

 and Cattleya Clssiana alba, a pure white 

 flower resulting from crossing intermedia 

 alba with Loddigesii alba. 



Messrs. Sander and .Sons obtained a .Silver 

 Banksian Medal for an exhibit, in the centre 

 of which was a remarkably fine example of 

 the pure white Cattleya Lady Veitch 

 (Lueddemannina alba x Warncri alba). 

 Other fine hybrids included the new Laslio- 

 Cattleya Queen Marie (Walter Gott x aurea), 

 with a large and richly coloured labellum, 

 and B.-C. Mad. Chas. Maron. An interesting 

 plant was Cattleya guttata Sanderae, with 

 greenish-yellow sepals and petals and a pure 

 white lip. 



Messrs. Hassall and Co. received a Silver 

 Banksian Medal for a fine exhibit of their 

 new varieties of Cattleya Adula and C. Sybil ; 

 also L.-C. Roumania (Lusitania x aurea), with 

 golden-yellow sepals and petals and a ruby- 

 red lip ; a good form of L.-C. rubens ; and 

 some brightly coloured varieties of Cattleya 

 Naidia. 



Messrs. Flory and Black staged the new 

 S.-L.-C. Hannmgtonii (S.-L.-C. Goodsonii x 

 C. aurea), a well-set flower with buff-yellow 

 sepals and petals having rose veining, the lip 

 purplish-rose with gold veins ; Cattleya 

 Miguelito (Octave Doin x aurea), a novelty 

 showing an improvement on many varieties 

 of the former parent; and L.-C. Irensis var. 

 Vesuvius (Iris x bletchleyensis), richly 

 coloured. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co. showed fine 

 varieties of Cattleya Hardyana, including one 

 with white sepals and petals; C. Lady 

 Ingram alba (Eldorado alba x aurea), a 

 charming result, in which the labellum 

 inherits the rich yellow of the Eldorado 

 parent ; Cattleya Gaskelliana alba and C. 

 Warscewiczii with a five-flowered spike. 



Mr. C. F. Waters exhibited the following 

 new hybrids: — L.-C. Bucharest (L.-C. Mar- 

 tinettii x C. Caduceus), L.-C. Fleury (L.-C. 

 Issy x C. aurea), L.-C. Kavala (L.-C. 

 Epicasta x C. Elvina), and Cypripedium 

 Venizelos (Lawrenceanum x Lord Ossulston). 

 A good form of Cyp. Maudiae was also staged. 



September 12th, igi6. 

 Members of the Orchid Committee present : 

 Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart, (m the chair). Sir 

 Harry J. Veitch, Messrs. Jas. O'Brien (hon. 



