April, 19 14.] 



THE ORCHID WORLD. 



attractive group of Orchids, the best being 

 Cattleya Trianas " Walter Gott," Miltonia St. 

 Andre, Cirrhopetalum picturatum, the red 

 Renanthera Imschootiana, Cattleya Olaf 

 " Venusta," and many new and other hybrids. 



Messrs. Jas. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, 

 received a Silver Flora Medal for a beautiful 

 exhibit of Dendrobium Wardianum, with 

 many flowers, and a very good variet)' of 

 Laelio-Cattleya Gottoiana. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Bush flill 

 Park and Jarvis Brook, Sussex, were awarded 

 a Silver Banksian Medal for a fine exhibit of 

 various Laelio-Cattleyas, including Pizarro 

 and Myra ; also pretty Odontiodas, of which 

 Wilsonii and Devossiana were in excellent 

 form. The elegant Cymbidiums Pauwelsn 

 and Alexanderi were also shown. 



Messrs. Armstrong and Brown, Tunbridge 

 Wells, secured a Silver Banksian Medal for 

 some choice Orchids. Mention must be made 

 of Dendrobium chessingtonense, with rich 

 yellow flowers, the new Laelio-Cattleya 

 Myrosa (Myra x luminosa), several excellent 

 Cypripeduims and new Odontoglossum 

 h\brids. 



Messrs. Cypher and .Sons, Cheltenham, 

 obtained a Silver Banksian Medal for an 

 interesting display of various species and 

 hybrids. These included Laelio-Cattleya 

 Lady Miller, Lycaste Skinneri alba, Calanthr 

 Bryan, Miltonia Bleuana, and several good 

 Dendrobiunis. 



Messrs. h"lor\- and Black, Slough, were 

 awarded a .Silver Banksian Medal for an 

 attractive exhibit, which contained two 

 specimen plants of the white Disa sagittalis, 

 a very pretty light variety of ("attleya 

 Triante, and a dark variety of the same, 

 named Exquisite, having the petals hca\i]y 

 flushed with purple. The new La^lio-C^attleya 

 Verona (L. anceps x C^. Hardyana) and some 

 excellent Cypripediums were also shown. 



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

 W'estonbirt, showed Laelio-Cattleya Glaucus 

 Westonbirt var. (L.-C. Rubens x L. 

 purpurata), a very attractive hybrid of good 

 colour. 



The Earl of Craven, Combe Abbey, 

 Coventry (gr. Mr. H. Chandler), sent 



I^aelio-Cattleya Corneliensis (L.-C. Haroldiana 

 X C. Schrodera?), of delicate buff colour, the 

 outside of the throat and the front lobe rose- 

 purple. 



R. G. Thwaites, Esq., .Streatham (gr. 

 Mr. Hannington), showed several good 

 Cattleyas, including Empress Frederick and 

 Octave Doin, the elegant Dendrobium 

 chessingtonense, and some new hybrid 

 Odontoglossums. 



E. R. Ashton, Esq., Broadlands, Tunbridge 

 Wells, exhibited Laelio-Cattleya Marion 

 (L.-C. Martinetti x L.-C. Clive), of rich 

 colour, and Cattle)-a Triana?, Broadlands var., 

 a large handsome flower with broad petals 

 and wide labellum. 



Pantia Ralli, Esq., Ashtead Park, Surrey 

 (gr. Mr. S. Fames), showed Odontioda 

 Hemptinneana, with broad segments hand- 

 somely spotted with scarlet-red, Miltonia 

 .St. Andre Ashtead Park var., and 

 Odontoglossum crispum Mrs. T. Zarifi, a very 

 large and handsome flower, the segments 

 marked with reddish-purple. 



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

 (gr. Mr. G. Day), sent Brassocattla?lia Joan 

 " Golden Queen," with golden-orange flowers, 

 and S.-C.-L. Marathon Goodson's var., a fine 

 hybrid. 



F. M. Ogilvie, Esq., The Shrubber}', 

 Oxford, exhibited Cattleya Empress 

 Frederick alba, a beautiful hybrid with the 

 labellum showing a large area of golden- 

 yellow, and Lycaste Skinneri alba, a large 

 and bold xariety. 



W. Clark, Esq., Boscombe, staged 



Laelio-Cattleya luminosa ("lark's \ ar., a buff- 

 yellow flower, the petals flushed with 

 rose-purple, the labellum purple, and with 

 darker lines. 



Messrs. E. H. Davidson and Co., Orchid 

 Dene, Twyford, staged several excellent 

 Orchids, including Laelio-Cattleya Feronia 

 superba, of rich colour, Cattleya Empress 

 h'rederick, a fine variety, Brasso-Laelia Helen, 

 with very large flowers, and the handsome 

 Odontoglossum Aircworth Borlases var. 

 Two excellent forms of Brasso-Cattleya 

 Digbyano-Mendelii were also included in the 

 group. 



