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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



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L3?lio-Cattleya Britannia Melanie (L.-C. 

 Canhamiana alba x C. Warscewiczii Frau 

 Melanie Beyrodt), from Messrs. Charlesworth 

 and Co. — Sepals and petals of stiff texture 

 and pure white. The lip violet-purple. 



Other Exhibits. 



T. J. Finnie, Esq., Claygate Lodge, 

 Claygate, exhibited several plants of Cattleya 

 labiata which he brought from Brazil some 

 three years ago. The spikes carried 3 and 4 

 excellent flowers, and the plants had been 

 well cultivated. Bronze Banksian Medal. 



Elizabeth Lady Lawrence, Burford, 

 exhibited a cut spike of Vanda Marguerite 

 Maron (sua vis x teres), with 12 rose-coloured 

 flowers. 



J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., exhibited Cattleya 

 Bronze King (Davisii x aurea) ; Laelio- 

 Cattleya Thyone, with bright yellow sepals 

 and petals ; and Cattleya Oriflamme, the 

 latter having golden-yellow segments, the 

 labellum crimson-purple. 



R. G. Thwaites, Esq., Streatham Hill, 

 showed Sophro-Cattleya Blackii var. The 

 Cardinal and var. Prince of Orange, both of 

 rich scarlet-red colour and having the hp 

 much elongated. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, sent 

 Miltonia Bleuana General Joffre, an immense 

 flower of light rose tint, the petals marked 

 with rose at their base. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 

 Heath, exhibited Oncidium bicallosum splen- 

 didissimum and O. b. aureum ; also Coelogyne 

 Veitchii, with two pendulous spikes of white 

 flowers. 



Messrs. Hassall and Co., Southgate, showed 

 Cattleya Sylvia citrina, a beautiful hybrid, 

 with cream coloured sepals and petals, the 

 yellow labellum margined with bright rose ; 

 also a fine variety of Cattleya Rhoda. 



Messrs. Flory and Black, Slough, showed 

 Brasso-Cattleya Ilene, an exceedingly fine 

 variety of rosy-mauve colour, with the large 

 labellum rose-purple. 



Mr. Geo. Little, Groombridge, sent an 

 Oberonia species, near to myriantha. 



October 20th, 191 4. 



Members of the Orchid Committee present : 

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

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

 and Messrs. Gurney Wilson, W. Bolton, .S. 

 Flory, G. Hunter, E. H. Davidson, A. Dye, 

 II. G. Alexander, C. H. Curtis, J. E. .ShiU, 

 W. H. Hatcher, W. P. Bound, J. Charlesworth, 

 J. Cypher, W. Cobb, C. J. Lucas, A. McBean, 

 T. Armstrong, F. J. Hanbury, R. A. Rolfe, 

 and Stuart Low. 



FiRST-cLASS Certificate. 



Laelia pumila alba, from Messrs. E. H. 

 Davidson and Co., Twyford, Berks. — This is 

 the true alba form of a well-known species 

 noted for its expansive petals and neat habit 

 of growth. The plant had been exceptionally 

 well cultivated and carried a spike of 2 large 

 pure white flowers. 



Awards of Merit. 



La?lio-Cattleya Lady Oliphant (L.-C. 

 Norba x C. Souvenir de Queen Victoria), from 

 Pantia Ralli, Esq., Ashtead Park, Surrey. — A 

 particularly fine hybrid in which the broad 

 yellow petals are of good substance and well 

 displayed. The expansive and well-formed 

 labellum of rich purple evenly lined with 

 golden-yellow. A model flower in every way. 



Cattleya Ajax, Orchidhurst var. (Arm- 

 strongias x aurea), from Messrs. Armstrong 

 and Brown, Tunbridge Wells. — A very 

 attractive flower of thick texture and of 

 varying shades of bright rose-purple. The 

 former parent is a hybrid between Hardyana 

 and Loddigesii. 



Odontonia Magali Sander var. xanthotes 

 (M. Warscewiczii xanthina x ardentissimum 

 xanthotes), from Messrs. Charlesworth and 

 Co., Haywards Heath. — An interesting and 

 pleasing hybrid with whitish flowers, having 

 the sepals and petals faintly blotched with 

 light emerald green, the labellum carrying a 

 bright yellow crescent-shaped blotch. 



