THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[December, 1914. 



vMlli dark reddish-crimson, the labellum 

 lieuvily blutclied with crimson. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 

 Heath, received a SiKer Flora Medal for an 

 excellent selection, including Cattle)a Enid 

 and C. I'abia alliens, C)'pripediuni Lord 

 Ossulston, Odoiitioda Brcwii with dark 

 crimson flowers, and a distinct \ariety of 

 Cattlcya H}'bla ( Triante x Iris) with a rich 

 rosy-plum coloured labellum. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, were 

 awarded a Silver Flora Medal for an inter- 

 esting group, in which were Cypripedium The 

 Baron, the pretty Odontonia MacNabiana, 

 good varieties of Cattleya Fabia alba and C. 

 Mantinii, and a very bright form of Cattleya 

 Hard}ana. The rare Coelogyne Mooreana 

 was also shown. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Jarvisbrook, 

 obtained a Silver Banksian Medal for a 

 pleasing exhibit of V anda coerulea and 

 Dendrobium superbiens, as well as D. 

 Phalajnopsis. Cattleya Peetersii and C. Fabia 

 alba were in good form, and Laelio-Cattleya 

 eximia was shown with a spike of 6 flowers. 



Messrs. Armstrong and Brown, Tunbridge 

 Wells, exhibited their new Brasso-Cattleya 

 x\dmiral jellicoe (C. Lord Rothschild x B.-C. 

 Digbyano-Mossiae), an excellent hybrid with 

 rosy-mauve segments. Also B.-C. Mrs. J. 

 Leemann Orchidhurst variety, a large flower 

 of primrose-yellow colour, the lip marked 

 with rose ; and Laelio-Cattleya Hector 

 Orchidhurst variety. 



Mr. E. V. Low, Vale Bridge, Haywards 

 Heath, showed several excellent examples of 

 white varieties of Cattleya labiata, including 

 Pride of Southgate with a spike of 3 flowers, 

 R. I. Measures, Daphne, Mrs. E. Ashworth 

 and La Vierge. 



E. Whiteaway, Esq., Feltham Lodge, 

 Feltham, sent a flower of Brasso-Cattleya 

 Surprise var. Gladius (C. bicolor x B.-C. 

 Digbyano-Mossiae), with greenish-yellow 

 sepals and petals, the expanded and flatl\" 

 arranged median lobe of the labellum bright 

 ])urple. 



W. R. Lee, Esq., Plumpton Hall, Heywood, 



sent Odoiitioda Schrdderiaiia Lee's variety 

 (Oda. l^radshawicc x Odin, crispum), an 

 excellent flower with large segments of 

 cinnabar-red colour margined with rose-lilac. 



Messrs. Flory and Black, Slough, exhibited 

 Anguloa Cliftt)iiii, a distinct \ ariet\', of lemon- 

 yellow colour marked with purple on the inner 

 segments. 



November 17th, UJ14.. 

 MEiAHJERS of the Orchid Committee present : 

 J. Gurney F'owler, Esq. (in the chair), Mr. 

 Jas. O'Brien (hon. sec). Sir Jei'emiah Colman, 

 Bart, Sir Harry J. Veitch, Messrs. F. M. 

 Ogilvie, F. J. Hanbury, A. McBean, W. 

 Cobb, J. Charlesworth, J. Cypher, W. H. 

 Hatcher, C. H. Curtis, H. J. Chapman, A. 

 Dye, E. H. Davidson, S. W. Flory, W. 

 Bolton, J. Wilson Potter, J. E. Shill, de B. 

 Crawshay, Gurney Wilson and R. A. Rolfe. 



Awards of Merit. 



Sophro-Cattleya November (C. Portia x 

 S. grandiflora), from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., 

 Brackenhurst, Pembury. — An extremely well- 

 built flower, all the segments being very 

 broad and of rose-crimson colour, the open 

 labellum having a crimson apex and yellowish 

 base. 



Odontoglossum crispum Millie, from 

 Messrs. Flory and Black, Slough. — One of 

 the finest of the Pacho type crispums, the 

 segments being particularly broad and of 

 large dimension. Silvery-white with a few- 

 spots on the labellum. 



Certificate of Appreciation 



To C. J. Lucas, Esq., Warnham Court, 

 Horsham, for Calanthe Branchii (Textorii x 

 Wm. Murray), a very interesting hybrid 

 connecting the evergreen and deciduous 

 sections. 



Cultural Commendation 



To Mr. J. Davis Orchid grower to J. 

 Gurney Fowler, Esq., for Odontoglossum 

 Lambeauianum with a spike of 53 flowers. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 

 Heath, were awarded a Silver Flora Medal 

 for a good group containing the yellow 



