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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[October, 1916. 



sec), R. G. Thwaites, Stuart Low, Pantia 

 Ralli, E. R. Ashton, A. McBean, W. Bolton, 

 Gurney Wilson, T. Armstrong, W. Cobb, J. 

 Charlesworth, C. H. Curtis, A. Dye, S. W. 

 Flory, W. H. Hatcher and W. H. White. 



Awards of Merit. 



Cattleya Venus var. Victrix, from Pantia 

 Ralli, Esq., Ashtead Park, Surrey. — A mag- 

 nificent form of this hybrid between Iris and 

 aurea, the large flower of old gold colour 

 with a bronze over-tint, the elongated label- 

 lum having the broad apical lobe ruby-red. 



Cattleya Venus var. Golden Queen, from 

 Messrs. Charlesworth and Co. — This elegant 

 variety is remarkable for its broad petals of 

 golden-yellow colour, which are of a fleshy 

 nature and stand in erect style. The hand- 

 some labellum is plum-purple, and makes a 

 striking contrast to the colour of the sepals 

 and petals. 



Cultural Commendation 



To i\Iessrs. J. and A. McBean for a splen- 

 did example of Dendrobium Sanderae, the 

 two finest bulbs being 4 and 3 feet high 

 respectively, and carrying an aggregate of 56 

 pure white flowers, the labellum marked with 

 green. 



Groups. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co. were 

 awarded a Silver Flora Medal for an exten- 

 sive exhibit, in which were home-raised plants 

 of Disa grandiflora, of a dwarf type, Cattleya 

 Gaskelliana alba, C. Venus, the handsome C. 

 Adula, the attractive Odontoglossum Good- 

 sonii (Uro-Skinneri x Pescatorei), Lslio- 

 Cattleya Appam, with reddish flowers, L.-C. 

 Thyone, golden-yellow, and Sophro-Cattleya 

 Laconia. 



His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, 

 Blenheim Palace, was awarded a Silver 

 Banksian Medal for a group containing 

 several plants of Laelio-Cattleya General 

 Soulange (L.-C. Lustre xC. Dowiana), some 

 elegant varieties of the new Cattleya 



Weedonaurea (weedonensis x aurea), various 

 forms of Cattleya General Pulteney (Octave 

 Doin x Trianae), and a bright variety of 

 Brasso-Cattleya Mrs. J. Leemann. 



Messrs. J. and A. McBean received a Silver 

 Banksian Medal for a neat exhibit, in which 

 were the richly-coloured Laelio-Cattleya 

 Colmaniana, L.-C. Carmencita, a fine variety 

 of Cattleya Venus, C. Parthenia Prince of 

 Wales, Brasso-Cattleya Bianca (B.-C. The 

 Baron x C. Mendelii), with a beautifully 

 fringed labellum, and Odontioda St. Fuscien, 

 with large flowers in which the reddish colour 

 is broken up in blotching. 



Messrs. Armstrong and Brown were 

 awarded a Silver Banksian Medal for an 

 attractive group, containing the pure white 

 Cattleya Snowdon, C. Claesiana alba (inter- 

 media alba x Loddigesii alba), also pure white, 

 the interesting Paphinia cristata, Cypripedium 

 Dallas and C. Holdenii. Cattleya Hardyana 

 marmorata was also included, as well as the 

 curious Bulbophyllum grandiflorum. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons exhibited Laelio- 

 Cattleya Acis, with a spike of 7 flowers of 

 coppery-red colour, the new and handsome 

 L.-C. Queen Marie, L.-C. Invincible, 

 Cattleya Atalanta, with numerous flowers, -■ 

 Odontioda Thwaitesii, the singular Oncidium 

 Sanderae, and the elegant Cattleya R. Prowe, 

 with snow-white flowers. 



Pantia Ralli, Esq., Ashtead Park, Surrey, 

 exhibited Cattleya Adula excelsa, with a 

 spike of three finely-formed flowers, having 

 the sepals and petals flushed-salmon colour, 

 the broad hp purple. 



Mr. C. F. Waters, Balcombe, staged 

 Laelio-Cattleya Fleury (L.-C. Issy x C. aurea), 

 with reddish petals and purple labellum, a 

 promising hybrid. 



September 26th, 191 6. 

 Members of the Orchid Committee present : 

 .Sir Harry L Veitch (in the chair), Messrs. 

 Jas. O'Brien (hon. sec), R. A. Rolfe, T. 

 Armstrong, W. Bolton, J. Charlesworth, F. J. 

 Hanbury, J. W. Potter, Gurney Wilson, 

 W. H. White, C. H. Curtis, Pantia Ralli, 

 C. J. Lucas, W. Cobb, S. W. Flory, H. G. 

 Alexander and J. E. ShiU. 



