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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[December, 1913. 



" The Horticultural Record." — We 

 learn that Mr. Reginald Cory has received 

 the gracious permission of the King to 

 dedicate the volume, entitled " The Horti- 

 cultural Record," which is to be published 

 next month by Messrs. J. and A. Churchill. 

 The work contains 117 coloured plates, 

 reproduced from photographs taken at the 

 Royal International Horticultural Exhibition, 

 igi2, and 67 half-tone plates. Several well- 

 known writers contribute articles on the 

 progress of horticulture since the first Inter- 

 national Exhibition in 1866. The book 

 contains the official report of the igi2 Exhi- 

 bition, including the papers contributed to the 

 Science and Education Conference. This 

 worK should be interesting as well as a record 

 of the great event, and we trust will meet with 

 the success it deserves. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



November 4th, 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. Veitch, Messrs. 

 W. Bolton, Gurney Wilson, S. W. Flory, 

 W. H. White, A. Dye, H. G. Alexander, J. E. 

 Shill, G. Hunter, W. H. Hatcher, J. Cypher, 

 J. Charlesworth, C. H. Curtis, A. McBean, 

 T. Armstrong, F. J. Hanbury, R. G. Thwaites, 

 R. A. Rolfe, and de B. Crawshay. 



Lieut.-Col. Sir George Holford, Weston- 

 birt, exhibited the new Cattleya Esther 

 (Gaskelliana x Cleopatra), Odontioda Latona 

 Westonbirt var., with reddish blotches ; and 

 the noble Cypripedium Olympus. 



Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, 

 Surrey, showed a pretty group of the lilac- 

 blue Cattleya Portia, obtained by crossing C. 

 labiata coerulea with C. Bowringiana violacea. 

 The best flower was C. Portia Lady Colman, 

 the segments being broad and of rich colour. 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O., 

 Burford, exhibited Cattleya Fabia, with 

 numerous flowers ; Vanda Kimballiana alba ; 

 the handsome Cypripedium Vogelzang 

 maculatum ; and others. 



His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, 

 Blenheim, showed Cypripedium Lord 

 Ossulston Blenheim variety, the broad dorsal 

 sepal having a large white area. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 

 Heath, were awarded a Silver-gilt Flora 

 Medal for a rich collection of species and 

 hybrids, the best being Catasetum macro- 

 carpum aureum, the pretty Paphinia cristata, 

 Maxillaria abbreviata, Cattleya Tityus and 

 C. Enid. 



Messrs. Armstrong and Brown, Tunbridge 

 Wells, secured a Silver Flora Medal for an 

 effective group, in which were good forms of 

 Cattleya Fabia, C. Armstrongiae, and C. Mrs. 

 Pitt. Cypripediums included Mrs. Spender 

 Clay and Chas. Rickman, and Laelio- 

 Cattleyas were well represented by Berthe 

 Fournier and Maqueda. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Jarvisbrook, 

 Sussex, were awarded a Silver Flora Medal 

 for an interesting exhibit of Cattleya labiata, 

 the varieties including glauca, Cooksoniae, 

 and the true alba. Several excellent plants 

 of Vanda coerulea and the rare Dendrobium 

 Phalaenopsis album were also shown. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, 

 secured a Silver Banksian Medal for a 

 good group, containing Cypripedium Zampa 

 (hirsutissimum x Leeanum), a pleasing hybrid; 

 Cattleya Mantinii Sander's var. ; C. Fabia, 

 of excellent colour ; and Laelio-Cattleya 

 Sapphirata, with bluish veining on the 

 labellum. An excellent selection of 

 Odontoglossum hybrids was also shown. 



Messrs. J. Cypher and Sons, Cheltenham, 

 were awarded a Silver Banksian Medal for a 

 neat group, in which were large forms of 

 Cypripedium Niobe, Cattleya Bowringiana 

 sanguinea, C. Minucia, of good shape, and 

 various other well-flowered hybrids. 



Messrs. Flory and Black, Slough, exhibited 

 Cattleya Fabia, with white sepals and petals, 

 Cypripedium Mary Lee, and the new 

 Brassocattlaelia Puritan (L.-C. Ascania x B. 

 Digbyana), a pretty result, the flower being 

 white except a slight rose tint on the column. 

 A good variety of Odontoglossum crispum 

 was also shown. 



Messrs. Hassall and Co., Southgate, 



