May, 19 r4.] 



THE ORCHID WORLD. 



and Jarvis Brook, secured a Silver Flora 

 Medal for an extensive exhibit, containing 

 the blue flowering Dendrobium Victoria 

 Regina, D. Wardianum, D. Brymerianum and 

 a specimen D. suavissimum. Several well- 

 flowered plants of D. thyrsiflorum, the elegant 

 Cattleya Parthenia Prince of Wales and the 

 distinct Odontioda Zephyr. 



Messrs. J. and A. McBean, Cooksbridge, 

 secured a Silver Flora Medal for a group of 

 exceedingly well-grown Orchids. These 

 comprised Cattleya Lawrenceana with 9 

 flowers on a spike, C. Schroderae with 6, and 

 strong plants of C. Mossiae. Oncichum 

 McBeanianum (superbiens x macranthum), 

 Lslio-Cattleya Helius, and good Miltonias 

 were also shown. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, 

 received a Silver Banksian Medal for 

 an interesting exhibit, including Cattle}'a 

 Clementinas (Aclandise x aurea), Dendrobium 

 densiflorum superbum, exceedingly fine, 

 Vanda coerulescens, good examples of 

 Cattleya Schroderae, choice Masdevallias and 

 several new hybrids. 



de Barri Crawshay, Esq., Sevenoaks, 

 exhibited Odontoglossum Titania, with 

 reddish-brown colour and crmison lip, O. 

 Leonidas, bright yellow with light brown 

 spots, and O. harvengtense, with brown 

 blotching on a yellow ground. 



Messrs. Hassall and Co., Southgate, 

 exhibited an excellent variety of Cattleya 

 Dusseldorfei Unfline. 



Messrs. Armstrong and Brown, Tunbrirlge 

 Wells, were awarded a Silver Banksian Medal 

 for an exhibit of spring flowering hybricb, 

 the best being Laelio-Cattleya Myra, L.-C. 

 Canhamiana alba, Cypripedium Maudia>, C. 

 Cupid and C. Venus. Miltonias were in fine 

 form, and the interesting Bulbophyllum 

 barbigerum attracted much attention. 



Messrs. Cypher and Sons, Cheltenham, 

 were awarded a .Silver Banksian Medal for a 

 pleasing group, in the centre of which was 

 Dendrobium Jamesianum with 20 large 

 flowers on one bulb. The rare Vanda 

 crerulescens, Chysis bractcscens and Miltonia 

 Bleuana were well shown, and there were 

 strong plants of Oncidium Marshallianum. 



Messrs. Flory and Black, Slough, secured 

 a Silver Banksian Medal for a number of 

 interesting plants, amongst which were Disa 

 polygonoides and D. Luna, also the pretty 

 D. sagittalis. Laelia anceps Bull's alba, the 

 elegant Coelogyne Lawrenceana, the scarce 

 Cattleya aurantiaca and good blotched 

 Odontoglossums were well staged. 



Richd. G. Thwaites, Streatham, was awarded 

 a Silver Banksian Medal for a neat exhibit, 

 including the pretty Odontoglossum Edna 

 (Rossii rubescens x ardentissimum), the inter- 

 esting" Dendrobium Frederickii (fimbriatum 

 X Thwaitesiae), with a spike of 3 flowers 

 resembling the former parent, several choice 

 Odontiodas and an elegant variety of Brasso- 

 Cattleya Mrs. J. Leemann. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 

 Heath, staged a choice selection of Orchids, 

 the best being Odontioda Elsie (C. Noezliana 

 X O. Charlesworthii), Odontoglossum crispum 

 xanthotes, O. Pescatorei Charlesworthii, 

 La?lio-Cattleya Lucia, orange-yellow, and 

 several very fine Sophronitis hybrids. 



-Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, 

 exhibited the elegant Odontioda Vuylstekeae 

 " Lady Colman," Coelogyne Lawrenceana, 

 the Gatton Park variety of Dendrobium 

 Brymerianum, and D. Nestor. 



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

 Westonbirt, showed Sophrocattla^lia St. 

 Arilda (.S.-L. Phroso x L.-C. Goldcrest), a very 

 charming flower of delicate salmon-buff 

 colour; also Suphro-Cattleya Ihwaitcsii the 

 F.C.C. variety, with ruby-crimson petals and 

 bright yellow throat. 



MANCHESTERORCHID SOCIETY. 



March 2()th, 191 4. 



Members present : Z. A. Ward, Esq. (in the 

 chair), Messrs. J. Bamber, J. Cypher, A. (]. 

 Ellwood, J. Evans, A. Hanmer, W. H. 

 Hatcher, J. liowes, J. Lupton, D. McLeod, 

 W. J. Morgan, C. Parker, W. Shackleton, H. 

 Thorp, G. Weatherby, and H. Arthur 

 (Secretary). 



A Silver-gilt Medal was awarded to 

 J. Leemann, Esq., Heaton Mersey, for a fine 



