THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[May, 1915- 



R. G. Thwaites, Esq., Streatham, showed 

 several new h\brid Odontoglossums. 



C. J. Phillips, Esq., Sevenoaks, exhibited 

 Odontoglossum Phillipsianum (liiteopur- 

 pureum Vuylstekeanum x eximium), with 

 orange-red flowers. 



W. H. St. Oumtin, Esq., Scampston Hall, 

 Rillmgton, exhibited Brasso-Cattleya V anessa 

 (C. Trianae x B.-C. ^Marie), a very large flower 

 of light rose tint. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 

 Heath, obtained a Silver Banksian Medal 

 for a group of excellent plants, including 

 Angraecum sesquipedale, A. modestum, Odon- 

 tiodas Brewii, Joan and Zenobia, and 

 Odontoglossum hybrids. 



Messrs. Sander and .Sons, St. Albans, were 

 awarded a Silver Banksian Medal for a neat 

 exhibit of rare species, etc. A noteworthy 

 plant was Seknepedium caudatum Sanderae ; 

 also the pretty Vanda cristata. Miltonia 

 h\ brids and the rare Maxillaria Fletcheriana 

 were m fine form. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Jarvisbrook, 

 obtained a Silver Banksian Medal for a good 

 exhibit of Cattleya .Schroderae, Cymbidium 

 Lowgrinum, a rich variet}' of L.-C. 

 Dommiana, and Dendrobiums dixanthum, 

 Devonianum and Brymerianum. 



Messrs. Hassall and Co., Southgate, were 

 awarded a Silver Banksian Medal for a group 

 of Laslio-Cattleyas, good C. Mendelii and C. 

 Schroderae, and Odontoglossum Cookson- 

 ianum (mirificum x crispum), a pleasing yellow 

 flower. 



Mr. Harry Dixon, Wandsworth Common, 

 received a Silver Banksian Medal for an 

 exhibit containing various Odontoglossum 

 hybrids, Dendrobiums formosum and Brymer- 

 ianum, and good Cymbidiums. 



^klessrs. Flory and Black, Slough, staged a 

 hybrid Odontoglossum between mirum 

 and Lambeauianum, with chocolate black 

 blotches ; also the quaint Masdevallia 

 O'Brieniana. 



April 27th, 191 5. 

 Members of the Orchid Committee present : 

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

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

 Messrs. J. O'Brien (hon. sec), Gurney Wilson, 



T. Armstrong, J. Cypher, W. P. Bound, W. 

 Bolton, J. Charlesworth, W. H. White, R. G. 

 Thwaites, R. Brooman- White, W. Cobb, A. 

 Dye, Wilson Potter, F. M. Ogilvie, S. Flory, 

 J. Shill, Stuart Low, H. G. Alexander, W. H. 

 Hatcher, G. Hunter, C. J. Lucas, F. J. 

 Hanbury, R. A. Rolfe and C. Cookson. 



FiRST-CLASs Certificate. 



Brasso-Cattleya Cliftonii Fowler's variety, • 

 from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Brackenhurst, 

 Pembury. — In every way a model flower, the 

 very broad petals and labellum being full)- 

 developed and set in pleasing style. 



Awards of Merit. 



Lselio-Cattleya Isabel Sander Gatton Park 

 variety (C. Mossiae x L.-C. Canhamiana), from 

 Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, 

 -Surrey. — A very pleasing result, in which the 

 thick white sepals and petals are well formed, 

 the labellum faintly mottled with light rose. 



Brasso-Cattleya Vilmoriniana The Shrub- 

 bery variet)- (C. ^Mossiae x B.-C. Mrs. J. 

 Leemann), from F. Menteith Ogilvie, Esq., 

 Oxford. — A very fine flower, of excellent 

 shape and particularly rich rose-purple colour, 

 the greater part of the labellum being golden- 

 orange margined with rose-purple. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 

 Heath, were awarded a Silver Banksian 

 Medal for a good group containing choice 

 hybrids and rare varieties of several species. 



Messrs. .Stuart Low and Co., Jarvisbrook, 

 secured a Silver Banksian Medal for a neat 

 exhibit, in which were an extensive variety of 

 Dendrobium species and choice forms of 

 Cattleya Mendelii. 



Messrs. J. and A. McBean, Cooksbridge, 

 obtained a Silver Banksian Medal for a 

 group in which the attractive Oncidium 

 McBeanianum was the centre specimen. 



Messrs. J. Cypher and Sons, Cheltenham, 

 were awarded a Silver Banksian Medal for 

 an interesting exhibit of choice species and 

 hybrids. 



