July, 1914-] 



THE ORCHID WORLD. 



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G. W. Bird, Esq., Manor House, West 

 Wickham, exhibited Odontioda Phyllis (Odm. 

 Lambeauianum x Oda. Bradshawisej, a very 

 pretty and interesting result ; also Od. 

 ardentissimum Manor House var., a large 

 flower well blotched. 



Col. Stephenson R. Clarke, C.B., Borde 

 Hill, Cuckfield, showed Odontoglossum 

 Ethelreda (triumphans x Edwardii), with rich 

 purple coloured flowers having a shining 

 appearance. 



Sir Montagu Turner, Bedford, Havering, 

 Essex, sent Cattleya Mendelii flowers with 

 white sepals and petals. 



W. P. Burkinshaw, Esq., Hessle, Hull, 

 showed Brasso-Cattleya Rex (C. Rex x B. 

 Digbyana), with yellowish-green flowers. 



Richd. G. Thwaites, Esq., Streatham, 

 showed a very good form of Cattle} a Mossiae 

 Wageneri, L.-C. Cowanii of rich colour, and 

 L.-C. Ingramii, with broad segments. 



June if)th, 1914. 



Members of the Orchid Committee present : 

 Sir Harry J. Veitch (in the chair), Mr. Jas. 

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

 Bart., Messrs. F. Sander, Gurney Wilson, 

 R. A. Rolfe, J. Wilson Potter, Stuart Low, 

 F. J. Hanbury, R. G. Thwaites, T. Armstrong, 

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

 Bound, A. Dye, E. H. Davidson, W. H. White, 

 S. W. Flory, W. Bolton, H. G. Alexander, and 

 C. II. Curtis. 



First-class Certifk ate. 



Odontoglossum King Arthur, from Messrs. 

 J. and A. McBean, Cooksbridge. — A magnifi- 

 cent hybrid of the illustrissimum class. The 

 spike carried six large flowers of rose-tinted 

 ground, and with large rosy-crimson blotches 

 on the broad sepals and petals. The labellum 

 equally well developed and coloured. 



Ctilturai, Commendation 



To Mr. Balmforth, Orchid grower to F. 

 Menteith Ogilvie, Esq., The Shrubbery, 



Oxford, for four plants of Cypripedium 

 Lawrenceanum Hyeanum, having a total of 

 17 flowers. 



His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, 

 Blenheim Palace, was awarded a Silver Flora 

 Medal for a neat group of more than a dozen 

 plants of Cattleya Mossias Wageneri, with 

 numerous flowers ; C. Mossiae Reineckiana 

 excelsa, and Laelio-Cattleya Canhamiana of 

 distinct kinds. Along the front were many 

 well grown plants of Cypripedium bellatulum 

 and C. niveum. 



Ernest R. Ashton, Esq., Broadlands, 

 Tunbridge Wells, received a Silver Flora 

 Medal for a ver)- well arranged e.xhibit of 

 choice Orchids, including Laelio-Cattleya 

 Lady Miller with 17 flowers, L.-C. Aphrodite, 

 and the new L.-C. Teucra (Martinetti x 

 Mossiae). The interesting Odontonia 

 brugensis, with a spike of 1 5 flowers, 

 Miltonioda Harwoodii, and the attractive 

 Masdevallia Harryana Leysvvood var. were in 

 good form. Miltonias included the handsome 

 Charlesworthii and choice forms of vexillaria, 

 while Odontiodas were represented by Diana 

 and the new Ashtonii (O. Armstrongiae x C. 

 Noezliana). Several well grown Cattleyas 

 were also staged, C. Mossiae bearing i i large 

 flowers. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Jarvis Brook, 

 Sussex, were awarded a Silver Flora Medal 

 for a large group, in which were well-flowered 

 ]ilants of Dendrobium Dalhousieanum and D. 

 formosum giganteum, several rosy varieties of 

 Miltonia vexillaria, good plants of Phalae- 

 nopsis amabilis, the curious Masdevallia 

 muscosa and Brassavola cucuUata. Excellent 

 forms of Cattleya Mendelii and C. Mossiae, as 

 well as B.-L. Helen were also included, 

 while some rare botanical species attracted 

 attention. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Hay wards 

 Heath, secured a .Silver Banksian Medal 

 for some choice plants, including Miltonia 

 ("harlcsworthii, M. Bleuana rosea, Odonto- 

 glossum cordatum aureum, several good 

 hybrids, L.-C. Canhamiana alba, and the 

 pretty Dendrobium mutabile. 



Messrs. Hassall and Co., Southgate, showed 

 several good examples of white Cattleya 



