NovcMiiber, 1914.] 



THE ORCHID WORLD. 



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by no data derivable from ascertained thermal 

 laws. Practically the Fahrenheit degree is 

 too small to be appreciated by the most 

 attentive of Orchid cultivators, but to whom 

 the Centigrade degree becomes an appre- 

 ciable quantity, and consequently 5, 10, 

 1 5 degrees C, etc., are recognisable con- 

 ditions of temperature apparent to the senses. 

 But such temperatures as are expressed by 

 40, 50, 60 degrees F., etc., are complex 

 notions, rendered so by the circumstances that 

 they do not themselves represent the number 

 of units above an invariable point, but must 

 be reduced to it by deducting the arbitrary 

 number 32. — Y citcJi sManiial of Orchidaceous 

 Plants. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY, 



October Gth, 1014. 



Members of the Orchid Committee present : 

 J. Ciurney Ftnvler, Esq. (in the chair), Mr. 

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

 Messrs. Gurney Wilson, W. liolton, T. 

 Armstrong, V . Sander, S. W. Flory, E. li. 

 Davidson, A. Dye, W. H. White, R. Brooman- 

 White, C. FT. Curtis, F. M. Ogilvie, F. J. 

 flanbury, R. G. Thwaites, J. Wilson Potter, 

 R. A. Rolfe and Stuart Low. 



FiRST-rLAss Certificates. 



Ear^lio-Cattleya Mrs. Evelyn Norrie, from 

 F Gurney Fowler, Esq., Brackenhurst, 

 Pembury. — One of the best of the yellow- 

 petalled hybrid Cattleyas. Sepals and petals 

 canary-yellow, the labellum rose-violet. The 

 parentage is unrecorded, but suggests the use 

 of I^. tenebrosa through perhaps L.-C. 

 luminosa. 



Cattleya Princess Royal (Fabia x 

 Hardyana), from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. — 

 The }:)lant carried a spike of three immense 

 flowers of bright rosy-mauve colour, the broad 

 labellum ruby-crimson with a few gold lines. 

 A very elegant hybrid. 



Cattleya Rhoda Fowler's variety (Iris x 

 Hardyana), from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. — A 

 singularly beautiful hybrid with Indian red 

 sepals and petals having a yellow suffusion. 

 Labellum ruby-red, with well-defined yellow 

 lines running from the base. One of the 

 finest varieties of this attractive hybrid. 



Awards of Merit. 



Cattleya Antiope (Chamberlainiana x 

 aurea), from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. — This is 

 an excellent example of how the combination 

 of Leopoldii and aurea produce bright yellow 

 results, the former species being one of the 

 parents of Chamberlainiana. .Sepals and 

 petals bright yellow, lip velvety and of 

 purplish-red colour. 



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