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THE ORClIll) WORLD. 



[January, 1914. 



The La ivrence Medal, 



The Lawrence Medal. — On February 

 13th, 1906, Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., com- 

 pleted the twenty-first year of his presidency, 

 and to celebrate this event the Council of the 

 Royal Horticultural Society invited all Fellows 

 to subscribe towards having his portrait 

 pamted, and also to establish in perpetuity a 

 large Gold Medal, to be called " The Lawrence 

 Medal," to be awarded to exhibits of a 

 specially meritorious character at the Society's 

 meetings, the want of such a medal having 

 been felt for a very long time. It is only 

 struck m gold, and is awarded independently 

 by the direct vote of the Council, who will, as 

 a rule, confine themselves to not more than 

 one medal a year. Lieut.-Col. Sir George 

 Holford and Sir Harry J. Veitch have both 

 received this medal, and now we have the 

 pleasure of announcing that Mr. G. F. Moore, 

 of Chardwar, Bourton-on-the-Water, Glos., 

 has received it for his excellent exhibit of 

 Cypripediums, comprising more than 250 

 specimen plants, at the Society's Hall, on 

 January 7th, 191 3. Mr. G. F. Moore has 

 cultivated Orchids to a very high state of 

 perfection, and on one occasion he filled the 

 whole of one end of the Society's Hall with 

 specimen plants from his collection. It is 

 particularly pleasing to all Orchidists that this 

 medal, the highest award the Society can 

 bestow, has again been granted to an Orchid 

 cultivator, and in making Mr. Moore the 

 recipient widespread satisfaction has been 

 given. 



Orchid Sale. — Valuable Orchids, mostly 

 in flower, from Mr. J. J. Holden's collection 

 at Southport, were sold by auction at the Coal 

 Exchange, Manchester, December 17th, by 

 Messrs. Protheroe and Morris. The following 

 figures are of interest: — Cattleya labiata 

 Amesias, fine plant, 7^ gns. ; C. May Queen, 

 SIX bulbs, 75 gns. ; C. Mrs. Myra Peeters, five 

 bulbs, 8 gns. ; C. Lueddemanniana Stanleyi, 

 grand plant, 20 gns. ; C. labiata alba, in 

 flower, 10 gns. ; C. Suzanne Hye de Crom, 

 six bulbs, 14 gns.; Cypripedium Actaeus 

 Bianca, Westonbirt var., four growths, 19 gns.; 

 C. Alcibiades Illustrious, two growths, 1 1 gns.; 

 Odontoglossum Memoria King Edward, four 

 bulbs, in spike, 40 gns. ; O. crispum Holdenii, 

 pure white, 14 gns. ; O. crispum Lucianii, two 

 old bulbs, one new growth, 14 gns. 



ODONTOGLOSSUM 

 CRISHALEMMA. 



crispum triumphans 



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harvengtense crispum c ispiim Harryanum 



hellemense crispoharryanum 



When the ancient Greeks made their 

 Mythology they did not foresee the needs of 

 Orchid raisers, or surely they would have 

 created a Nymph with this name. As they 

 were so shortsighted we have made the plant 

 and the name. 



The first plant to bloom of this cross, by 

 which I hoped to procure a bright yellow- 

 grounded crispoharryanum, has proved its 

 correctness. The whole of the sepals and 

 petals are light bright yellow evenly spotted 

 with small bright brown spots, here and there 

 coalescent, but principally separate " little 

 islands " on the clear ground colour. The 

 lip is white, but still has a creamy shade all 

 over it. One more cross with a " )'ellow " will 

 make a very pretty result. 



^/c B. C raivshay. 



Rosefield, Dec. 17th, 191 3. 



