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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[December, 1913. 



November i8th, 1913. 

 Members of the Orchid Committee present : 

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

 O'Brien (hon. sec). Sir Harry J. Veitch, 

 Messrs. Gurney Wilson, F. Sander, R. G. 

 Thwaites, F. J. Hanbury, C. H. Curtis, W. 

 Cobb, J. Charlesworth, J. Cypher, W. H. 

 Hatcher, 1. ShiU, H. G. Alexander, A. Dye, 

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

 C J. Lucas, R. Brooman- White, de Barn 

 Crawshay, T. Armstrong, A. McBean and 

 W. Bound. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 

 Heath, secured a Silver Flora Medal for an 

 excellent group, containing Laelio-Cattleya 

 Bola, L.-C. St. Gothard, the bright L.-C. 

 Aureole, and the pretty L.-C. Smilax. Miltonia 

 Bleuana, the rare Angraecum recurvum, many 

 good Cypripediums and bright-yellow 

 Oncidiums were also included, as well as 

 Cattleya Vulcan and a yellow variety of C. 

 Antiope. 



Messrs. J- Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, were 

 awarded a Silver Flora Medal for an attractive 

 group of Calanthes, including Harnsii, 

 Veitchii and vestita. Cypripediums included 

 msigne Sanders, Maudiae, and Leeanum 

 virginale ; and there were several promising 

 Odontoglossum hybrids. 



Messrs. Cypher and Sons, Cheltenham, 

 secured a Silver Banksian Medal for an 

 interesting exhibit of Cy|Dripediums, the best 

 being Tityus, Corona, Boltonii, and Thalia. 

 The white-flowering Masdevallia tovariensis 

 and several well-grown Calanthes completed 

 the group. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Crowborough, 

 were awarded a Silver Banksian Medal for 

 an attractive exhibit, which included a very 

 fine form of Brasso-Cattleya Mad. M. Fournier 

 (B. Digbyana x C. labiata), the elegant 

 Cymbidium erythrostylum, Cattleya Dowiana 

 with a spike of four flowers, several good 

 Cypripediums, and some excellent forms of 

 Vanda cnerulea. 



Messrs. Hassall and Co., Southgate, obtained 

 a Silver Banksian Medal for a neat group, in 

 which were good forms of Cattleya Portia, C. 

 Sylvia, C. Hassallii (labiata x Empress 

 Frederick), Cypripedium insigne Harefield 



Hall, C. i. Chantinii Lindenii, C. 1. Gladys, 

 and pleasing Odontoglossums. 



Messrs. Flory and Black, Langley, were 

 awarded a Silver Banksian Medal for a good 

 exhibit of Cypripediums, the best being Idina, 

 Mary Lee, and Thalia. Cattleya lucida, C. 

 Portia, L.-C. Voltaire (C. G. Roebling x aurea) 

 were also shown in excellent form. 



Messrs. Baylor, Hartland and Co., Cork, 

 received a Silver Banksian Medal for an 

 exhibit of Cypripediums and Cattleya hybrids. 



O. O. Wrigley, Esq., Bury, exhibited Vanda 

 coerulea Wrigleyi, a very beautiful variety, 

 with whitish sepals and petals, the lip 

 magenta-pink. The plant carried a spike of 

 ten flowers, and is almost a similar variety to 

 that certificated as Rochfordiana. 



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

 showed Cattleya Portia Westonbirt variety, 

 with three spikes and 2 1 flowers ; and C\ pri- 

 pedium Gulliver (Mrs. Mostyn x Sultan), which 

 much resembled the former parent in the area 

 of coloration on the dorsal sepal, although in 

 the new hybrid it is crimson-purple. 



Francis Wellesley, Esq., Woking, staged 

 Cypripedium Royal George, a bold flower, 

 previously awarded a First-class Certificate, 

 and Laelio-Cattleya Lady Oliphant, a pretty 

 hybrid with buff-yellow sepals and petals and 

 light purple lip. 



Ernest Mocatta, Esq., Woburn Place, 

 Addleston, exhibited the new Odontoglossum 

 Menier (gandavense x amabile), with a spike 

 of 1 5 purple-brown flowers, and Od. Maud, 

 a pretty hybrid with claret-purple flowers. 

 A noble specimen of Vanda Sanderiana 

 with two spikes of bloom, and several 

 Odontoglossum hybrids were also shown. 



Mrs. Cookson, Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne, 

 showed Cypripedium Chapmaniae (Fairrieanum 

 X Calypso), with a purple flushed dorsal, 

 Odontioda Hippolyta (Bradshawias x amabile), 

 a beautiful result, and Odontioda oak- 

 woodiensis. 



Mrs. Temple, Groombndge, exhibited 

 Cattleya Mdme. Charlier (Mantinii x labiata), 

 a bright purple flower of good shape. 



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

 exhibited Brasso-Cattleya Digbyano-Mendelii 

 " White Queen," a very large and beautiful 



