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pleasing effect. Odontoglossums included 

 Dora and Aireworth " Orchid Dene var." 

 Cattleya Mendelii " Mrs. Ashman," a charming 

 variety with white sepals and petals and 

 slight purple flush on the labellum, was one 

 of several choice plants. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 

 Heath, were awarded a Silver Cup for a 

 choice selection of Odontoglossum hybrids 

 and Cattleyas. Laelio-Cattleya Cowanii 

 " Yellow Prince," and L.-C. Canhamiana alba 

 were both excellent. Miltonia Queen 

 Alexandra and Oncidium macranthum were 

 shown with an abundance of flowers. 



Mr. C. F. Waters, Deanlands Nursery, 

 Balcombe, received a Silver Flora Medal for 

 a good group of Odontoglossums and 

 Cattleyas. C. Warscewiczii Sanderiana 

 carried a spike of 5 flowers, and there were 

 dark forms of Mendelii. Laelio-Cattleyas 

 included the pretty Canhamiana alba and the 

 richly coloured Martinetti. Vanda coerulea 

 and Oncidium flexuosum added a finishing 

 touch of colour. 



Messrs. Armstrong and Brown, Tunbridge 

 Wells, staged a choice selection of Odonto- 

 glossum hybrids, Masdevallia Harryana 

 Leyswood var., several good Brassavola 

 hybrids and a well-flowered plant of Cattleya 

 Warscewiczii. 



Mr. Harry Dixon, Spencer Park Nursery, 

 Wandsworth, staged some well flowered 

 plants of Cochlioda Noezliana, a choice form 

 of Cattleya Mossiae Wageneri, the curious 

 Bulbophyllum Lobbii Colossus, Cypripedium 

 callosum Sanderae, as well as a varied 

 selection of species and hybrids. 



J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Pembury, exhibited 

 a large form of Laelio-Cattleya Canhamiana 

 alba. 



W. Waters Butler, Esq., Southfield, 

 Edgbaston, showed Cattleya Warscewiczii 

 Southfield var., and C. Clymcne, both 

 excellent flowers. 



H. Dundee Hoojjer, Esq., Ardvar, Torquay, 

 exhibited Odontoglossum coronarium with a 

 spike of 27 flowers. 



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ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



July 14th, 1914. 



Members of the Orchid Committee present : 

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

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

 Bart., Gurney Wilson, W. Bolton, C. J. Lucas, 

 S. W. Flory, W. H. White, E. H. Davidson, 

 J. E. Shill, W^ H. Hatcher, W. Cobb, T. 

 Armstrong, R. A. Rolfe, and C. H. Curtis. 



First-class Certificates. 



Odontoma Charlesworthii (O. LTro-Skinneri 

 X M. vexillaria), from Messrs. Charlesworth 

 and Co. See page 251. 



Aliltonia vexillaria Rev. W. Wilks (vexil- 

 laria gigantea x vexillaria Queen Alexandra), 

 from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Pembury. — An 

 immense flower of light rose colour, the disc 

 on the base of the labellum being pale yellow. 

 Probably the largest Miltonia yet seen. The 

 spike carried 6 flowers. 



Odontoglossum percultum King George, 

 from F. Menteith Ogilvie, Esq., Oxford. — A 

 very beautiful hybrid which carried a spike of 

 12 large silvery white flowers handsomely 

 blotched with rose-violet. This variety 

 received an Award of Merit, July 2nd, 191 2. 



Award of Merit. 



Brassct-Cattleya llene The Dell var. (C. 

 aurea x B.-C. Mad. Chas. Maron), from Baron 

 Bruno Schroder, Englefield Green. — A truly 

 beautiful flower of large proportions, the 

 segments of soft rose purple, the broad, 

 fringed labellum having a large orange-yellow 

 area on each of the side lobes. 



Cultural Commendation 



To Mr. J. Davis (Orchid grower to J. 

 (iurney Fowler, Esq.) for a well-cultivated 

 specimen of Cattleya Warscewiczii with 22 

 large flowers of rich purple colour. 



To Mr. W. H. White (Orchid grower to 

 Elisabeth Lady Lawrence) for Odonto- 

 glossum Pescatorei, a specimen plant with s 

 many-flowered spikes. 



THE ORCHID WORLD 



