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included, callosum Sanderae, Daisy Barclay 

 and gigas Hycanum being seen at their best. 

 Maxillana luteo-alba, several albino Cattleyas, 

 and some new Odontoglossum hybrids of 

 considerable promise were also shown. 

 Odontioda Chantecleer Orchidhurst variety 

 was much admired. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Jarvisbrook 

 and Bush Hill Park, received a Standard Cup 

 for an extensive exhibit, m which well-flowered 

 plants of Renanthera Imschootiana and the 

 white Phalaenopsis amabilis showed to great 

 advantage. Oncidioda Cooksoniae, the rare 

 Cattleya Mendelii Stuart Low and other 

 choice varieties, Laelia tenebrosa " Walton 

 Grange var.," strong plants of Oncidium 

 macranthum and the curious Bulbophyllum 

 Lobbi Collosus were also included. Cypri- 

 pediums embraced good examples of 

 caudatum and grande atratum. Laelio- 

 Cattleyas were well represented, the varieties 

 of Aphrodite being superb. Cattleyas 

 included several excellent albinos and richly- 

 coloured forms of Warscewiczii. 



Messrs. J. and A. McBean, Cooksbridge, 

 staged a fine exhibit, to which a Silver-gilt 

 Flora Medal was awarded. The centre was 

 a mass of excellent Odontiodas, while at the 

 back were fine varieties of Oncidium 

 McBeanianum. The new L.-C. Emmeline, of 

 considerable promise, as well as Cattleya 

 Paula were in prominent positions. Cattleya 

 Mossiae Wageneri, Coelogyne pandurata were 

 well-flowered, and there was a varied selection 

 of choice Odontoglossums, both species and 

 hybrids. The pretty Masdevallia Schlimii was 

 also included. 



Mr. Harry Dixon, Wandsworth Common, 

 was awarded a Silver Flora Medal for a 

 pleasing group of Leelio-Cattleyas, among 

 which were bletchleyensis var. Emperor, a 

 grand flower, and a richly-coloured form of 

 Martinetti. Odontoglossum hybrids and white 

 varieties of Cattleya Mossiae were also 

 shown. 



Mr. C. F. Waters, Balcombe, exhibited a 

 group of Odontoglossums, Cattleyas and 

 Laelio-Cattleyas in variety. Also Vanda teres, 

 Dendrobium Thwaitesii and Miltonia vexil- 

 laria. A Silver Banksian Medal was awarded. 



Elizabeth, Lady Lawrence, Burford, sent 

 cut spikes of Cypripedium Stonei, the rare 

 variety platytaenium as well as magnificum 

 being included. 



Pantia Ralli, Esq., Ashtead Park, exhibited 

 Cattleya Eros, a pleasing flower not unlike 

 Cattleya Empress Frederick, the labellum 

 marked with rose-purple and the throat 

 orange coloured. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



July 20th, 191 5. 

 Members of the Orchid Committee present : 

 Sir Harry J. Veitch (in the chair), Messrs. 

 Jas. O'Brien (hon. sec), Pantia Ralli, J. 

 Charlesworth, W. Bolton, Gurney Wilson, R. 

 A. Rolfe, W. H. White, R. Brooman-White, 

 S. Flory, W. H. Hatcher, C. H. Curtis and 

 Wilson Potter. 



Award of Merit. 



Bulbophyllum Balfourianum, from Messrs. 

 Sander and Sons. — A remarkable species with 

 leaves not unlike those of a Phalaenopsis. 

 The large flowers are yellowish, heavily 

 blotched and spotted with dark crimson. In 

 some respects it is like B. Fletcherianum, but 

 the lateral sepals are not so elongated. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, were 

 awarded a Silver Flora Medal for an inter- 

 esting group, in which were several elegant 

 plants of Anguloa Cliftonii and A. Clowesii ; 

 the pretty Bulbophyllum densiflorum ; 

 Cattleya gigas Sanderiana, with 7 flowers on 

 a spike ; Cattleya Gaskelliana var. Brides- 

 maid, a very delicate flower ; the choice 

 Coelogyne Mooreana, with an erect spike of 

 white flowers ; and Epidendrum radiatum. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Jarvisbrook, 

 secured a Silver Flora Medal for a pleasing 

 group, containing the rare .brides odoratum 

 album, Cattleya Gaskelliana var. Fairy Queen, 

 C. Mossiae Wageneri, C. gigas Pearl, a pretty 



