September, 1915.] 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



August 4th, 191 5. 

 Members of the Orchid Committee present : 

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

 Jas. O'Brien (hon. sec), Gurney Wilson, W. 

 Bolton, R. Brooman-White, Pantia Ralli, R. G. 

 Thwaites, J. Charlesworth, F. Sander, A. Dye, 

 S. W. Flory and J. Wilson Potter. 



First-class Certificate. 



Cattleya Sibyl var. Scintillant (aurea x 

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

 Brackenhurst, Pembury. — A very beautiful 

 result, in which the sepals and petals are of 

 an uncommon rose-crimson tint, the base 

 and isthmus of the lip deep orange, and the 

 broad lip ruby-red. The spike carried 3 

 flowers. 



Awards of Merit. 



Laelio-Cattleya Thyone Fowler's var. 

 (L.-C. Ophir X C. aurea), from J. Gurney 

 Fowler, Esq. — A large flower with the 

 segments of greenish-golden-yellow, the 

 labellum crimson-red, the throat lined with 

 gold. Raised by Mr. Francis Wellesley. 



Cattleya Harold Fowler's var. (Gaskel- 

 liana alba x Warscewiczii var. Frau Melanie 

 Beyrodt), from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. — The 

 large flowers with pure white sepals and 

 petals, the broad lip freckled with bright 

 violet-purple. 



Other Exhibits. 



E. G. Mocatta, Esq., Woburn Place, Addle- 

 stone, exhibited Laelio-Cattleya Maqueda 

 Woburn Place var. (L.-C. Geo. Woodhams x 

 C. Lord Rothschild), with a spike of two 

 rose-purple flowers, the large labellum of rich 

 crimson-purple. 



H. T. Pitt, Esq., Stamford Hill, showed two 

 well-flowered plants of Cattleya Warscewiczii 

 var. Frau Melanie Beyrodt, and Brassia 



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Lawrenceana longissima, with a spike of q 

 flowers. 



J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., exhibited Cattleya 

 Miss Louisa Fowler, with a splendid spike of 

 large flowers ; C. Warscewiczii saturata, in 

 which the two yellow blotches usually seen in 

 the throat are absent ; and several excellent 

 Laelio-Cattleyas. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 

 Heath, were awarded a Silver Banksian 

 Medal for an interesting group of Odonto- 

 glossum hybrids and Odontiodas, also 

 Cypripedium Rossettii, the attractive Paphinia 

 cristata, Catasetum macrocarpum, Lycaste 

 Balliae, Cattleya aurea and C. Gaskelliana 

 alba. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons, .St. Albans, 

 secured a Silver Banksian Medal for an 

 exhibit containing Anguloas Cliftonii, uniflora 

 and eburnea, the elegant Coelogyne Mooreana, 

 Miltonioda Cooperi, the curious Maxillaria 

 luteo-alba and La?lio-Cattleya Radium. In 

 the centre was a fine specimen of L.-C. 

 wisetonensis (C. Warneri x L.-C. callisto- 

 glossa). 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Jarvisbrook, 

 were awarded a Silver Banksian Medal for a 

 neat group, in which were Rhynchostylis 

 retusa, the rare brides maculosum Schroderi, 

 a good example of Oncidium Gardneri, Vanda 

 coerulea, several Odontiodas, Cattleya aurea, 

 the elegant Miltonia Queen Alexandra and a 

 fine form of Phalaenopsis amabilis. 



Messrs. Flory and Black, Slough, staged 

 Odontoglossum cerissimum (Ceres x ardentis- 

 simum), with a spike of rose-tinted flowers 

 spotted with red-brown ; also Od. Meredithiae 

 (Rossii x venustulum), with prettily marked 

 flowers. 



August 17th, 191 5. 

 Members of the Orchid Committee present : 

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

 Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Messrs. Jas. O'Brien 

 (hon. sec), Gurney Wilson, Wm. Bolton, 

 Pantia Ralli, R. G. Thwaites, J. Charlesworth, 

 T. Armstrong, C. H. Curtis, A. Dye, R. A. 

 Rolfe, S. W. Flory, W. P. Bound, W. H. 

 White, W. Cobb, W. H. Hatcher and J. E. 

 Shill. 



THK ORCHID WORLD. 



