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IIll-: ORCHID WORIJ). 



January 19th, 1915. 

 Members of the Orchid Committee present : 

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

 Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Sir Harry J. Veitch, 

 Mr. James O'Brien (hon. sec), R. G. Thwaites, 

 W. Cobb, Gurney Wilson, T. Armstrong, S. 

 W. Flory, F. M. Ogilvie, F. Sander, W. Bolton, 

 C. J. Lucas, W. H. White, J. Shill, J. Charles- 

 worth, R. A. Rolfe, C. H. Curtis, A. Dye and 

 F. J. Hanbury. 



First-class Certificates. 



Brasso-Cattleya Cliftonii albens (C. Trianje 

 X B.-C. Digbyano-Mossias), from J. Gurney 

 Fovv'ler, Esq., Pembury. — A magnificent 

 flower of large size and equally balanced ; the 

 broad segments being creamy white, in places 

 slightly tinged with rose-pink, the labellum 

 particularly well-develoj^ed. 



Dendrobium Triumph (Dalhousieanum x 

 thyrsiflorum), from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., 

 Brackenhurst, Pembury. — A remarkable plant, 

 in habit of growth closely resembling the 

 former parent, the semi-pendulous spike 

 bearing 5 large flowers of wax-like substance 

 and colour, the broad labellum marked with 

 reddish blotches at its base. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Armstrong and Brown, Tunbridge 

 Wells, were awarded a Silver Flora Medal for 

 an extensive exhibit of winter-flowering 

 hybrids, which included a wide selection of 

 Cattleya Maggie Raphael alba, the new 

 Laelia ancibarina (anceps x cinnabanna), 

 Cypripedium Venus Orchidhurst var., the 

 attractive Dendrobium chessmgtonense and 

 Brasso-Cattleya Vesta (B. glauca x C. Perci- 

 valiana). The singular Masdevallia triangu- 

 laris was represented by two large specimens 

 carrying numerous flowers, and there were 

 good forms of Ljelia Gouldiana. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons, .St. Albans, 

 secured a Silver Banksian Medal for a neat 

 exhibit containing the elegant Coelogyne 

 Mooreana, the scarce Cattleya Percivaliana 

 alba, Coelogyne lentiginosa, Laelio-Cattleya 

 Trimyra, of bright orange-yellow colour. 



(Cypripedium Ypres, of good shape, B.-L.-C. 

 Wotan, and the interesting Eria rugosa. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Jarvisbrook, 

 were awarded a Silver Banksian Medal for a 

 group containing Odontoglossum Artemis, a 

 richly-coloured flower, strong flowering plants 

 of Dendrobium Wardianum, the rare Odonto- 

 glossum .sceptrum aureuin, Ladia anceps 

 Roeblingiana, a very large variety of Cattleya 

 Percivaliana, Cypripedium aureuni virginale, 

 various Brasso-Cattleyas, and an excellent 

 specimen of Miltonia Phalaenopsis. 



Messrs. J. and A. McBean, Cooksbridge, 

 were awarded a Silver Banksian Medal for a 

 group m which were several excellent 

 Cymbidium hybrids, including Alexanderi, 

 Schlegelii and Gottianum, well-flowered 

 plants of Leelia anceps Schroderae and L. a. 

 Bull's alba, also Sophro-Cattleya November. 



His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, 

 Blenheim Palace, exhibited Cypripedium lona 

 (bellatulum x Fairrieanum), with crimson- 

 purple markings ; Cypripedium Cavalier 

 (Hera Blenheim var. x Earl of Tankerville), 

 with a large white dorsal neatly spotted, the 

 broad petals and lip tinged with purple. 



J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., showed the 

 beautiful Odontioda Latona, previously 

 awarded a F.C.C. ; Odontioda Lairesseas, with 

 a many-flowered spike ; and a hybrid between 

 L.-C. Dominiana and C. aurea. 



Baron Bruno Schroder showed Cattleya 

 Trianse Dorothy, a large flower of excellent 

 formation and richly coloured. 



Lieut.-Col. Sir Mervyn Buller, Bart., 

 Broomhill, -Spratton, Northants, exhibited 

 Sophro-Cattleya Mrs. F. Wellesley, a pleasing 

 flower with broad segments of rose-scarlet. 



Messrs. Flory and Black, Slough, showed 

 Cypripedium Euphrasia (Leeanum x Pyra- 

 mus), an excellent flower ; Odontoglossum 

 eximium of good shape and richly coloured 

 with reddish-purple ; also Cymbidium Floryi 

 (grandiflorum x eburneo-Lowianum), with a 

 spike of seven greenish flowers. 



Messrs. E. H. Davidson and Co., Tw\-ford, 

 exhibited an excellent form of Cattleya 

 Maggie Raphael alba, and the interesting 

 Odontoglossum Fletcherianum, of very dark 

 colour. 



