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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[March, 1915. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



February 2nd, 1915. 

 Members of the Orchid Committee present : 

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

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

 de B. Crawshay, W. Bolton, S. W. Flory, W. 

 H. White, A. Dye, W. P. Bound, J. E. ShiU, 

 W. H. Hatcher, J. Cypher, W. Cobb, T. 

 Armstrong, F. J. Hanbury, Stuart Low, Pantia 

 Ralli, Gurney Wilson, J. Charlesworth and 

 R. A. Rolfe. 



Award of Merit. 



Cattleya Trianfe alba Queen Elizabeth, 

 from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Brackenhurst, 

 Pembury. — One of the best of the pure white 

 forms of this species, the broad segments 

 being of good substance, the labellum well 

 dev^eloped and with a crimped margin. 



General Exhibits. 



J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., exhibited the new 

 Odontioda Vivid (C. Noezliana x O. illustris- 

 simum) of rich red colour, Odontioda Joan, 

 with red markings on a )'ellow ground, and 

 S.-L.-C. Sybil, a pleasing variety of dark 

 crimson colour. 



Baron Bruno Schroder, Englefield Green, 

 showed a fine spike of Cymbidium Pauwelsii, 

 with 22 large flowers, and Cattleya Trianae 

 The Baron, a splendid variety with white 

 segments, the lip slightly tinged with rose. 



Pantia Ralli, Esq., Ashtead Park, Surrey, 

 exhibited Odontoglossum amandens " Queen 

 of Spain," of rich yellow blotched with 

 chocolate-rec?. 



Richard Ashworth, Esq., Newchurch, 

 showed a well-cultivated plant of Odonto- 

 glossum Cervantesii decorum, with a spike of 

 6 flowers. This is one of the best varieties. 

 A plant under the same name received a 

 F.C.C., R.H.S., February 14th, 1877. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 

 Heath, were awarded a Silver Flora Medal 

 for a meritorious exhibit, containing Cattleya 

 Enid, with a spike of 4 large flowers, the rare 



Neomoorea irrorata, CymVjidium insigne, with 

 8 spikes, Laslio-Cattleya Bella alba, with a 

 spike of 6 flowers, Cattleya Trianae " Admiral 

 Beatty," and C. Enid " Firmin Lambeau " 

 with white sepals and petals and slight rose 

 colour on the lip. 



Messrs. Armstrong and Brown, Tunbridge 

 Wells, secured a Silver Flora Medal for an 

 extensive group, in which were many fine 

 forms of Cattleya Maggie Raphael alba, 

 various Odontoglossum hybrids, including 

 Royal Purple and Conqueror, Cypripediums 

 Minos Youngii, Maudia?, lona and Juno, 

 F.C.C. var., also Cattleya Cliftonii alba, and 

 good Brasso-Cattleyas, as well as Miltonia St. 

 Andre. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, were 

 awarded a Silver Banksian Medal for an 

 exhibit of interesting species and hybrids, 

 the best being Brasso-Cattleya suljihurea, 

 Odontonia McNabiana magnifica, with a 

 many-flowered spike, Cymbidium Gottianum, 

 the curious Masdevallia trinasma, Epidendrum 

 polybulbon, Gomesa planifolia, with greenish- 

 yellow flowers, and a good selection of 

 Cypripediums. 



Messrs. J. Cypher and Sons, Cheltenham, 

 secured a Silver Banksian Medal for an 

 excellent exhibit of Cypripediums, including 

 a specially fine form of Maudias. Other 

 Orchids included Calanthes in variety, 

 Cymbidium Gottianum, Angraecum eburneum, 

 and Laelia anceps Hillii. 



Messrs. J. and A. McBean, Cooksbridge, 

 obtained a Silver Banksian Medal for a 

 well arranged group, in which were many 

 excellent Cymbidium hybrids, including 

 Wiganianum, Schlegelii, and Alexanderi, 

 Cattleya chocoensis alba, a dark red form of 

 Oncidioda Cooksoniae, and an excellent 

 variety of Laelia anceps Schrbderas. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Jarvisbrook, 

 Sussex, were awarded a Silver Banksian 

 Medal for a group containing many distinct 

 forms of Laslia anceps, Odontoglossum 

 Vuylstekei vivicans, O. McNabianum, La?lio- 

 Cattleya Myrrha, L.-C. Doris, as well as 

 Brasso-Cattleya Sanderi and B.-C. Digbyano- 

 Mendelii. 



