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delicata, a light mauve flower with dark purple 

 ridges to the labellum was also included. 



Messrs. Hassall and Co., Southgate, were 

 awarded a Silver Banksian Medal for an 

 exhibit of attractive hybrids, includmg 

 Cattleya Mrs. Pitt, C. Adula, C. Mantinii, 

 C. Hardyana, and the charming C. iridescens. 

 Rare Orchids included Cattleya Harrisoniana 

 alba and Cirrhopetalum appendiculatum. 



Messrs. Flory and Black, Orchid Nursery, 

 Slough, staged some elegant hybrids, the 

 best being Brassocattlaslia Eric (B.-C. Mdme. 

 Chas. Maron x L.-C. C. G. Roebling), see 

 "New Hybrids," and Brasso-Cattleya Ilene 

 (C. Dowiana x B.-C. Mdme. Chas. Maron). A 

 good dark variety of Cattleya Atalanta and 

 a promising Cypripedium hybrid were also 

 shown. 



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

 (gr. Mr. Geo. E. Day), exhibited the elegant 

 Cattleya Rhoda illuminata, see Coloured Plate 

 in Orchid World, Vol. III., page 20, Laslia 

 pumila alba, and Odontoglossum Ceres 

 " Goodson's variety." 



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

 excellent examples of Cattleya Ins, C. Fabia, 

 and C. aurea. 



W. Waters Butler, Esq., Southfield, 

 Edgbaston, staged Cattleya Dietnchiana 

 Southfield variety, and a very elegant form 

 of C. Hardyana, with white sepals and petals 

 and a crimson-purple lip. 



Pantia Ralli, Esq., Ashtead Park, Surrey 

 (gr. Mr. S. Fames), exhibited Odontonia 

 brugensis Distinction, with light rose sepals 

 and petals, the purple lip having a narrow 

 white margin to the apex. L^lio-Cattleya 

 Maqueda (L.-C. Geo. Woodhams x C. Lord 

 Rothschild) was represented by a highly- 

 coloured variety, and Odontoglossum arden- 

 tissimum Johnsonii was in good form. 



Sir John Edwards-Moss, Bart., Roby Hall, 

 Torquay, sent a flower of a new C\'mbidium 

 hybrid, the parents being giganteum and 

 erythrostylum. 



Messrs. J. and A. McBean, Cooksbridge, 

 exhibited the beautiful Vanda Sanderiana, 

 the new Odontioda Minerva, O. Euterpe, of 

 rich red colour, Cattleya Wavriniana, the 

 very pleasing C. Lord Rothschild albescens. 



and Brasso-Cattleya Iris, which secured an 

 Award. 



Mr. E. V. Low, Vale Bridge, Haywards 

 Heath, showed Cattleya Iris Prince Arthur, 

 with reddish-bronze sepals and petals and 

 purple labellum, in every way a grand form. 



E. H. Davidson, Esq., Twyford, showed 

 Odontoglossum Smithii, of rose tint, O. 

 crispum Louise, and Sophrocattla?lia Sand- 

 hage. 



First-class Certificate. 



Cattleya Adula Glebe variety (bicolor 

 Grossii X Hardyana), from C. J. Phillips, 

 Esq., The Glebe, Sevenoaks. — The finest 

 form yet seen of this popular hybrid, the 

 very broad sepals and petals of bright 

 rose-crimson, the immense pandurate lip 

 bright purple. 



Awards of Merit. 



Odontoglossum Crawshayanum superbum 

 (Hallii X Harryanum), from Pantia Ralli, 

 Esq., Ashtead Park, Surrey. — A large flower 

 with bright yellow ground colour, the lip very 

 wide. The spike carried 10 flowers. 



Cattleya Fabia Prince of Wales, from 

 Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans. — One 

 of the best forms. Flowers large and of 

 rich magenta-rose colour. 



Brasso-Cattleya Iris (C. Iris x B.-C. Thorn- 

 tonii), from Messrs. J. and A. McBean, 

 Cooksbridge. — A large bright rose flower, the 

 broad and open lip being purplish-rose, with 

 a pale yellow disc. 



October 21st, 191 3. 

 Members of the Orchid Committee present : 

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

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

 Colman, Bart., Sir Harry J. \^eitch, Messrs. 

 W. Bolton, Gurney Wilson, R. A. Rolfe, 

 W. Wilson Potter, F. Menteith Ogilvie, 



F. J. Hanbury, A. McBean, C. H. Curtis, 

 W. Cobb, J. Cypher, W. H. Hatcher, 



G. Hunter, J. Charlesworth, W. P. Bound, 

 J. E. ShiU, A. Dye, W. H. White. S. Flory, 

 C. J. Lucas, and Richd. G. Thwaites. 



Messrs. Armstrong and Brown, Tunbridge 

 Wells, were awarded a Silver Flora Medal 

 for an e.xtensive group containing several 



