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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[Nov. -Dec, igi6. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



October loth, igi6. 

 Members of the Orchid Committee present : 

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

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

 (hon. sec), W. Bolton, W. Cobb, J. Charles- 

 worth, F. J. Hanbury, R. G. Thwaites, 

 Stuart Low, S. Flory, Pantia Ralli, C. J. 

 Lucas, R. A. Rolfe, R. Brooman-White, J. 

 Cypher, Gurney Wilson, W. H. White, T. 

 Armstrong, C. Cookson and C. H. Curtis. 



Awards of Merit. 



Odontoglossum percultum Nicator, from 

 Ernest G. Mocatta, Esq., Woburn Place, 

 Addlestone. — A fine example of this hybrid 

 between ardentissimum and Rolfese, the 

 plant carrying two spikes with lO and li 

 flowers respectively, which are of good shape 

 and heavily blotched. 



Cattleya Venus Orchidhurst var. (Iris x 

 aurea), from Messrs. Armstrong and Brown. 

 — An exceedingly fine form of this handsome 

 hybrid, the large flower having broad 

 segments of an unusual bronze tint, suffused 

 with reddish-crimson, the wide labellum 

 bright crimson. 



Sophro-Laelio-Cattleya I^utetia (S.-L.-C. 

 Sandhage x C. Fabia), from Messrs. Charles- 

 worth and Co. — A very pretty result m which 

 the medium-sized flower is rose-purple 

 suffused with scarlet-red. The former 

 parent is C. Enid x S.-L. heatonensis. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co. were 

 awarded a Silver Banksian Medal for a choice 

 exhibit containing Cattleya Rumania (Octave 

 Doin X aurea), with richly coloured flowers ; 

 C. Tityus, of fine shape ; C. Fernand Denis, 

 now scarce ; Laelio-Cattleya Numidia, I^.-C. 

 Thyone, Odontioda Brewii nigra, a very dark 

 variety, and the interesting Odontonia Cybele 

 (M. Candida xO. cirrhosum). 



Messrs. Armstrong and Brown obtained a 

 Silver Banksian Medal for a group in which 



were dark varieties of Cattleya Fabia, the 

 snow-white C. Claesiana alba, two varieties 

 of C. Saturn alba, the handsome C. 

 Armstrongiae, also C. Acis Orchidhurst var., 

 with golden-yellow sepals and petals, and 

 Odontoglossum Victory var. Sir Douglas 

 Ilaig, a handsomely blotched flower. 



Messrs. J. and A. McBean were awarded a 

 Silver Banksian Medal for a choice selection 

 of Cattleya Hardyana, C. Prince John 

 (Hardyana x aurea), with a large area of 

 yellow on the hp ; also the choice Cattleya 

 Cowaniae alba, fine forms of C. Iris, C. Lord 

 Rothschild, tlie pcetty L.-C. Carmencita and 

 Cymbidiums erythrostylum and Hanbury- 

 anum (erythrostylum x Tracyanum), the 

 latter a handsome hybrid. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons received a Silver 

 Banksian Medal for a group in which were 

 Cattleya Fabia Rex, with a spike of 5 flowers; 

 C. Sir Douglas Haig (Warscewiczii x Sylvia), 

 with two spikes of handsome flowers, the hp 

 especially fine and dark ; Cattleya Lady 

 Veitch, a beautiful albino hybrid previously 

 awarded a First-class Certificate ; Sacco- 

 labium Blumei and the white Coelogyne 

 Mooreana. 



Messrs. Hassall and Co. obtained a Silver 

 Banksian Medal for an attractive exhibit of 

 Cattleya Sybil, C. Sylvia, C. Beatrice var. 

 Lord French, several fine varieties of C. 

 Adula, C. Iris, and the new L^lio-Cattleya 

 Zena, a promising hybrid between L.-C. 

 Ophir and C. Iridescens, and having the 

 sepals and petals golden-apncot colour with 

 the lip soft crimson. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co. exhibited 

 Laelio-Cattleya Olive, a new hybrid between 

 C. Adula and L.-C. callistoglossa, with an 

 attractive labellum, round in shape and 

 crimson-purple in colour. Also L.-C. 

 Soulange, a pleasing hybrid of bright colour. 



Richd. G. Thwaites, Esq., Streatham Hill, 

 exhibited Laslio-Cattleya lummosa Primrose, 

 with primrose-yellow sepals and petals, and 

 L.-C. luminosa King Cup, with golden-yellow 

 segments. 



R. Windsor Rickards, Esq., Usk Priory, 

 Mon., exhibited Cypripedium Eudora, a 

 richly coloured flower, C. Curlew (Beryl x 



