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ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY, 



September 8th, 1914. 

 Members oI the Orchid C'onunittee present: 

 J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. (m the chair), Mr. 

 James O'Brien (hon. sec), Sir Harry J. 

 \'eitch, Messrs. W. Bolton, Gurney Wilson, 

 J. Charlesworth, E. H. Davidson, W. H. 

 White, A. Dye, H. G. Alexander, J. E. ShiU, 

 J. Cypher, W. H. Hatcher, T. Armstrong, A. 

 McBean, F. J. Hanbury, Stuart Low, R. A. 

 Rolfe, S. W. Flory, and C. H. Curtis. 



First-class Certificate. 



Cattleya Sibyl var. Lord Kitchener (aurea 

 X iridescens), from Messrs. Hassall and 

 Co., Southgate. — A grand result, in which 

 the large flower has bronzy-yellow sepals 

 and petals of broad dimensions and thick 

 substance, the well-developed large labellum 

 flatl)' arranged with the anterior portion 

 ruby-crimson. 



Awards of Merit. 



Cattleya iridescens aurifera (bicolor x 

 Eldorado), from Messrs. E. H. Davidson and 

 Co., Twyford. — A very beautiful result and 

 the best of its kind. Sepals and petals of 

 excellent formation, bright golden-yellow, the 

 labellum tinged witli rose-purple. 



Lselio-Cattleya Thyone McBean's variety 

 (L.-C. Ophir X C. aurea), from Messrs. J. and 

 A. McBean, Cooksbridge. — An excellent 

 result, in which the rich purplish-crimson 

 labellum shows up well against the yellow 

 sepals and petals. 



Other Exhibits. 



H. T. Pitt, Esq., Rosslyn, Stamford Hill, 

 received a Silver Banksian Medal for a 

 neat group containing Cypripediums pictum, 

 Chapmanii and Baron Schroder, Cattleya 

 venusta (Armstrongias x intricata), and a good 

 variety of Cattleya Iris. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 

 Heath, secured a Silver Banksian Medal for 

 an exhibit in which were the quaint Paphinia 



cnstala, ( 'ypripcdumi Maudia', liabenaria 

 .Susanna-, several Brasso-Cattleyas and 

 Odontoglossuin hybrids. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. All)ans, were 

 awarded a Silver Banksian Medal for a group 

 of rare species and attractive hybrids, the 

 latter including Odontioda Euterpe, Cypri- 

 pedium Maudiae and C. Chapmanii. Also tlu- 

 new Peruvian Zygopetalum Prainianum, with 

 greenish sepals and petals marked with 

 purple, the white hp with rose coloured 

 callus. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Jarvis Brook, 

 Sussex, were awarded a Silver Banksian 

 Medal for some fine hybrid Orchids. J he 

 best were Cattleya King Albert, C. Carmen 

 (Warscewiczii x Lueddemanniana), Laelio- 

 Cattleya Figaro (L. lona x C. aurea) and 

 Cattleya Lady Ingram alba, with pure white 

 sepals and petals and rich crimson lip. 



Messrs. J. and A. McBean, Cooksbridge, 

 Sussex, exhibited Cattleya Katie (fulvescens 

 X aurea), a pleasing flower of buff colour, two 

 distinct forms of B.-L.-C. Nola, one of which 

 was prettily spotted on the labellum, and the 

 distinct L.-C. Thyone McBean's variety. 



R. G Thwaites, Esq., Streatham, showed 

 the pretty Odontioda Madeline, as well as O. 

 Leeana and three forms of O. Devossiana ; 

 also Cattleya Euphrasia and a good 

 Sophronitis hybrid. 



Messrs. Hassall and Co., Southgate, showed 

 good varieties of Cattleya Hardyana, C. 

 iridescens, C. Iris and the elegant C. Sibyl 

 var. Lord Kitchener. 



Messrs. Flory and Black, Slough, exhibited 

 the handsome Cirrhopetalum Rothschild- 

 ianum, one of the finest species of the genus. 



Messrs. E. H. Davidson and Co., Twyford, 

 sliowed Laslio-Cattleya Bola Davidson's 

 variety (C. labiata x L.-C. Bella), a large 

 flower with the broad labellum rich crimson- 

 purple. Also Cattleya Hardyana Orchid 

 Dene variety and C. Harrisoniana alba 

 Snowflake. 



R. Brooman-White, Esq., Arddarroch, 

 Garelochhead, sent a cut spike of Odonto- 

 glossuin Alicias (Edwardii x crispo-Harry- 

 anum), with large flowers handsomely 

 blotched with violet-purple. 



