October, 1913-] 



THE 



ORCHID WORLD. 



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Lieut.-Col. Sir George Holford, K.C.V.O., 

 Westonbirt, exhibited a fine variety of Laelio- 

 Cattleya Lustre, the flower showing much of 

 the Lueddemanniana parent. 



Sir Jeremiah Cohnan, Bart., Gatton Park, 

 exhibited Spathoglottis Zebrina (Fortunei x 

 pHcata), with graceful erect spikes of bloom. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, 

 showed Laelio-Cattleya Phoenix, Catasetum 

 macrocarpum, and Angrjecum infundibulare. 



Messrs. Swan and Price, St. Albans, 

 exhibited Cypripedium Swanii (bingleyense x 

 Swanianum), with a broad dark dorsal ; C. 

 Olga Bagshaw, C. W. R. Lee, and C. Schil- 

 lianum. A good variety of Cattleya Hardyana 

 was also shown. 



Awards of Merit. 



Laelio-Cattleya Geo. Woodhams (C. 

 Plardyana x L. purpurata), from Messrs. 

 Armstrong and Brown, Tunbridge Wells. — A 

 very useful and beautiful hybrid of free- 

 flowering nature. Sepals and petals bright 

 mauve-purple, the broad labcUum claret- 

 crimson, with gold veining. 



Odontioda Seymouras " Orchidhurst var." 

 (Charlesworthii x Bradshawias), from Messrs. 

 Armstrong and Brown. — A very fine result. 

 The broad segments of an intense vermilion- 

 scarlet, the crest yellow. 



Cultural Commendations 



To Mr. W. H. White, Orchid grower to 

 Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., for a well- 

 flowered Zygopetalum maxilla re and for a 

 grand specimen of Zygopetalum maxillare 

 Sanderianum. 



To Mr. G. B. Lees (gr. to E. de Quincey, 

 Esq., Oakwood, Chislehurst) for Bulbo- 

 phyllum Medusa", a well-grown specimen with 

 17 flower spikes. 



September 23rd, 191 3. 



Members of the Orchid Committee present : 

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



O'Brien (hon. sec). Sir Jeremiah Colman, 

 Bart, Sir Harry J. Veitch, Messrs. R. G. 

 Thwaites, F. J. Hanbury, A. McBean, T. 

 Armstrong, C. H. Curtis, W. Cobb, J. Charles- 

 worth, J. Wilson Potter, W. H. Hatcher, J. 

 Cypher, J. E. Shill, H. G. Alexander, A. Dye, 

 W. H. White, S. Flory, W. Bolton, C. J. 

 Lucas, R. A. Rolfe, and Gurney Wilson. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 

 Heath, were awarded a Silver Flora Medal 

 for an attractive exhibit, including Epiden- 

 drum vitellinum autumnale, the pretty 

 Oncidioda 'Charlesworthii, good varieties of 

 Laelio-Cattleya callistoglossa, and a strong 

 plant of the rare Angraecum infundibulare. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, 

 received a Silver Flora Medal for a group of 

 autumn-flowering hybrids, the best being 

 Laelio-Cattleya Phoenix, Brasso-Cattleya Mrs. 

 J. Leemann, and Miltonia St. Andre. The 

 scarce Angraecum Eichlerianum and the 

 new Odontoma MacNabianum (Edwardii x 

 Bleuana) were also shown. 



Messrs. Armstrong and Brown, Tunbridge 

 Wells, secured a Silver Flora Medal for a fine 

 exhibit of Cattleya hybrids, C. Suavior 

 (Mendelii x intermedia) and C. Marquis de 

 Wavrin being well represented. Laelio- 

 Cattleya Cantiana (C. Harrisoniae x L.-C. Geo. 

 Woodhams) was a new hybrid of special 

 merit. Cypripediums were another feature. 



H. S. Goodson, Esq., Fairlawn, Putney, was 

 awarded a Silver Flora Medal for a very 

 pretty exhibit of various species and hybrids, 

 the latter including Cattleya Iris and C. 

 Venus, " Goodson's variety." Numerous 

 examples of Laelio-Cattleya bletchleyensis, 

 Odontoglossum Rolfeae, and good Cypri- 

 pediums were also shown. 



Messrs. Hassall and Co., Southgate, 

 received a Silver Banksian Medal for a group 

 containing several excellent forms of Cattleya 

 Hardyana, a dark variety of C. Thurgoodiana, 

 the pure white Brasso-Cattleya Queen 

 Alexandra, various Cypripediums, and 

 Cattleya iridescens. Distinct forms of 

 Cattleya aurea were also shown. 



Messrs. J. Cypher and Sons, Cheltenham, 

 secured a .Silver Banksian Medal for a 

 pleasing exhibit, in which were the handsome 



