April, 191 5.] 



THE ORCHID WORLD. 



Dendrobium seedling at 1 8 months. 



constructed in such ;i way that no slugs can 

 gain access to it. 



One of the troubles that come to both 

 expert and amateur is a species of small fly 

 that works considerable damage to the surface 

 of the seed-pan compost. This little insect 

 appears to reap immense delight by gnawing 

 at the mossy particles and tearing up all he 



Dendrobium seedling at 2 years. 



can mlo ;i dust-like iind worthless substance; 

 even the tender secnllings are uprf)oted and 

 fall a prey to his comparatively gorgeous 

 appetite. To clear out this pest is by no 

 means easy, and many methods have been 

 tried, the most successful being frequent 

 fumigation and spraying with a weak insecti- 

 cide. Another way is to culti\ ate some of the 

 fly-catching plants alongside the seed-pans, 

 the Droseras and Pinquiculas being specially 

 effective in this matter; the leaves of the latter 

 can often be seen with hundreds of small flies 

 adhering to their sticky surface. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



March 2nd, 1915. 

 Members of the Orchid Committee present : 

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

 Harry J. Veitch, Messrs. Jas. O'Brien (hon. 

 sec), Gurney Wilson, R. A. Rolfe, F. Sander, 

 J. Wilson Potter, R. G. Thwaites, P. Ralli, 

 F. J. Hanbury, T. Armstrong, F. M. Ogilvie, 

 C. H. Curtis, W. Cobb, J. Charlesworth, J. 

 Cypher, W. H. Flatcher, J. E. Shill, W. P. 

 Bound, G. Hunter, W. H. White, A. Dye, 

 S. W. Flory, W. Bolton, R. Brooman White 

 and Clive Cookson. 



First-class Certificate. 



Brasso-Cattleya Digbyano - Schrodera?,, 

 Shrubbery variety (B. Digbyana x C. Schro- 

 derae alba), from F. Menteith Ogilvie, Esq., 

 The Shrubbery, Oxford. — Not only is this the 

 finest variety of its kind, but it is one of the 

 best of the Brasso-Cattleyas, the immense 

 labellum being the distinguishing feature. 

 The whole flower is pure white, except the 

 )'ellow disc m the throiit. 



Award ok Merit. 



Cattleya 01)'mpus (Octave DoinxWarsce- 

 wiczii), from Messrs. Flory and Black, Slough. 

 — A very beautiful result resembling C. 

 Tityus, but showing more of the Warsce- 

 wiczii parent. Flowers large, of excellent 



