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THI-: ORCHID WORLD. 



[July, ICJ14. 



chance to prolong" their flowering season by 

 selecting a few plants and placing them in 

 extra heat and moisture before the general 

 batch. And, also, a few plants can be kept 

 back b\' leaving them m a cool and dry house 

 for several weeks longer than would otherwise 

 be considered necessary. 



In the Borde Hill collection a lean-to house 

 facing south has been provided specially for 

 Dendrobiums, and here they obtain an 

 abundance of bright light and other necessary 

 conditions, consequently excellent results are 

 obtained. However, there are many gardens 

 in which suitable conditions exist without 

 having the advantage of a whole house for 

 their cultivation. — E. Johnson, Borde Hill 

 Gardens, Cuckfield , Sussex. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



June 3rd, 1914. 



Members of the Orchid Committee present : 

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

 O'Brien (hon. sec), Sir Jeremiah Colman, 

 Bart., Sir Harry J. Veitch, Messrs. de B. 

 Crawshay, Gurney Wilson, W. Bolton, R. A. 

 Rolfe, F. Sander, J. Wilson Potter, T. Arm- 

 strong, A. McBean, W. Cobb, J. Charlesworth, 

 W. H. Hatcher, J. E. Shill, C. H. Curtis, A. 

 Dye, E. H. Davidson, and S. W. Flory. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 

 Heath, were awarded a Silver Flora Medal 

 for an exhibit of choice species and hybrids. 

 The best were Miltonia Charlesworthii, 

 Cattleya Mossias Silver Queen, C. M. 

 Wageneri "King Edward VII." and a 

 specimen Dendrobium acuminatum. Sophro- 

 nitis hybrids were well represented. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, 

 received a Silver Flora Medal for an inter- 

 esting group in which were the curious 

 Ornithocephalus grandiflorus, Dia-Cattleya 

 Sandera?, JEndes japonica and Angraecum 

 Leonis. Hybrids included good varieties of 

 L.-C. Fascinator, L.-C. Sylph, the elegant 

 Cypripedium Roger Sander, and Adioda St. 

 Fuscien. 



H. T. Pitt, Esq., Rosslyn, Stamford Hill, 

 was awarded a Silver Flora Medal for a very 

 pretty exhibit containing the curious Masde- 

 \allia muscosa, several Bulbophyllums, 

 Brassia maculata, excellent forms of Miltonia 

 Bleuana, Cattleya Piftias and the elegant 

 Cymbidium Sappho (Lowianum Pitt's var. x 

 I'Ansonii), raised at Rosslyn. 



Messrs. Armstrong and Brown, Tunbridge 

 Wells, secured a Silver Flora Medal for a neat 

 group m which were several good Masde- 

 vallias, the scarce Paphinia cristata, several 

 promising Odontoglossum hybrids, including 

 O. Leonidas magnificum and O. Mauretania. 

 A varied selection of Brassavola hybrids, 

 Odontiodas and others was also shown. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Jarvis Brook, 

 Sussex, were awarded a Silver Flora Medal 

 for an extensive group containing many fine 

 forms of Cattleya Mossiae and Mendelii, 

 several being albinos. L.-C. Domos (L.-C. 

 Dominiana x C. Mossi^e), a most promising 

 hybrid with broad segments of rich colour, 

 was an attractive plant. The curious Cattleya 

 intermedia coerulea and various Oncidiums 

 were also included. 



Messrs. J. and A. McBean, Cooksbridge, 

 secured a Silver Banksian Medal for some 

 excellent hybrids, the best being L.-C. 

 Helius, of yellow tints, B.-C. Irene, of rose 

 colour with broad segments, and Oncidioda 

 Cooksonia?. Cattleya Mossiae Wageneri 

 carried eight large flowers. Od. crispum 

 xanthotes McBean's var. was very fine. 



Messrs. Hassall and Co., Southgate, were 

 awarded a Silver Banksian Medal for a choice 

 selection of white-petalled Cattleyas, as well 

 as Miltonias of the vexillaria type The new 

 Cattleya Sibyl (iridescens x aurea) was also 

 shown. 



Messrs. Flory and Black, Slough, exhibited 

 their new B.-C.-L. Albatross, a large flower 

 of much promise, L.-C. Gladiator, of good 

 colour, albino forms of C. Mossia;, and various 

 Miltonias. 



Baron Bruno Schroder, Englefield Green, 

 showed Odontoglossum crispum The Dell 

 Sunrise, a remarkable form in which the thick 

 white flower has a very narrow line of reddish 

 pigment round the edge of the petal. 



