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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[September, 1915. 



First-class Certificates. 



Odontonia Charlesworthii Fowler's var. (O. 

 Uro-Skinneri x M. vexillaria), from J. Gurney 

 Fowler, Esq., Brackenhurst, Pembury. — A 

 very beautiful hybrid, fully described and 

 illustrated in the ORCHID WORLD, Vol. IV., 

 p. 2SI. In this variety, the second plant to 

 flower, the rose-purple on the labellum is 

 inclined to be broken up, while the individual 

 blooms are larger. The plant carried a spike 

 of 6 flowers. 



Cattleya Hardyana His Majesty, from 

 Messrs. .Stuart Low and Co., Jarvisbrook. — 

 One of the finest varieties yet seen of this 

 elegant hybrid between aurea and Warsce- 

 wiczii. The large flowers had sepals of fine 

 substance and very wide, the broad labellum 

 richly coloured with intense purple. 



Odontoglossum President Poincare, from 

 J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. — A magnificent 

 flower in which the very round and 

 large segments are of rose-purple colour, 

 the labellum well developed. Parentage 

 unrecorded. 



Awards of Merit. 



Cattleya Drapsiana vinosa (aurea x Mrs. 

 Pitt), from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. — The thick 

 flowers of an unusually rich and dark purple 

 colour, the crimped labellum having the inner 

 part of old gold. A valuable acquisition. 



Cattleya Sybil var. rotundobehum, from J. 

 Gurney Fowler, Esq. — An unusually fine 

 variety of this hybrid between aurea and 

 iridescens (bicolor x Eldorado), the round 

 labellum of dull rose-crimson. 



Laelio-Cattleya Golden Queen, from Messrs. 

 Flory and Black, .Slough. — An attractive 

 flower of apricot colour, the sepals and petals 

 broad, the labellum well developed. Parentage 

 unrecorded. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 

 Heath, were awarded a Silver Flora Medal 



for an interesting group containing the pretty 

 Paphinia cristata, Oncidioda Charlesworthii, 

 several choice varieties of Odontoglossum 

 crispum xanthotes, Cattleya O'Brieniana alba, 

 C. Gaskelliana alba, Odontiodas, of which 

 Brewii was the best, and Laelio-Cattleya 

 Colmaniana. 



J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Brackenhurst, 

 Pembury, obtained a Silver Flora Medal for 

 an exhibit of choice hybrids, several of which 

 obtained awards. Others included Laelio- 

 Cattleya Rhenus (C. aurea x L.-C. Geo. 

 Woodhams), of dark purple colour ; L.-C. 

 eximia delicatissima, with a spike of 4 large 

 flowers, the large lip distinctly marked ; a 

 pretty variety of Cattleya Lord Rothschild 

 and Brassia Lawrenceana. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, 

 secured a Silver Banksian Medal for an 

 exhibit of numerous species and hybrids. 

 Included in it were Cattleya rubescens (labiata 

 X dolosa), C. Ella, the elegant Coelogyne 

 Mooreana, Vanda teres, Anguloa eburnea, 

 the curious Ornithocephalus fuscus, Bulbo- 

 phyllum densiflorum, B. barbigerum and 

 Brassia Forgetiana. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Jarvisbrook, 

 exhibited brides Fieldingii, Cattleya 

 Hardyana, with a spike of 5 flowers, richly 

 coloured varieties of Cattleya Whitei and 

 Minucia as well as Odontoglossum nebulosum. 



Sir Herbert Leon, Bart., Bletchley Park, 

 Bucks, showed Cypripedium Transvaal 

 (Chamberlainianum x Rothschildianum). 



Mrs. Bischoffsheim, The Warren House, 

 Stanmore, exhibited Laelio-Cattleya Rubens 

 (pumila X Hardyana), a very large flower of 

 rich rose-purple colour. 



C. J. Lucas, Esq., Warnham Court, 

 Horsham, staged Cypripedium Warnham 

 Fairy, a pleasing hybrid between Fairrieanum 

 and Clinkaberryanum. 



Messrs. Hassall and Co., Southgate, 

 exhibited three very choice varieties of 

 Cattleya Sybil, with richly coloured segments. 



Messrs. Flory and Black, .Slough, staged 

 Anguloa Cliftonii, Langley var., Odonto- 

 glossum Smithii, of bright deep rose colour, 

 and Brasso-Cattleya Ilene var. Goliath, a 

 large flower of rose-purple colour. 



