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THE ORCHID WORLD. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
August 30, igio. 
Orchid Committee present : J. Gurney 
Fowler, Esq. (in the chair), and Messrs. 
Jas. O'Brien (hon. sec), A. Dye, W. H. 
White, W. H. Hatcher, H. G. Alexander, J. 
Charlesworth, Walter Cobb, F. J. Hanbury, 
Henry Little, R.G.Thwaites, Harry J. Veitch, 
de B. Crawshay, and Gurney Wilson. 
J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, South 
Woodford (gv., Mr. J. Davis), showed Cattleya 
Rhoda, Fowler's variety (Iris x Hardyana), a 
fine variety with flowers more like Hardyana, 
and quite as large. Petals and sepals prim- 
rose-yellow, the lip deep rosy purple. 
Francis Wellesley, Esq., Wcstfield, Woking 
(gr., Mr. Hopkins), exhibited Cattleya Lady 
Chance ; Lslio-Cattleya, Mrs. Philip Hen- 
rique, a very fine dark-coloured flower, re- 
minding one of L.-C. Dominiana ; and L.-C. 
Mrs. Phayre (see " New Plants"). 
Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 
Heath, were awarded a Silver Flora Medal 
for a good group containing many fine hy- 
brids, those of special merit being Sophro- 
Laelio-Cattleya Marathon ; the newOncidioda 
Charlesworthii (see page 8) ; Laelio-Cattleya 
Venus Leeana ; and some fine Brasso- 
Cattleyas. 
Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park 
(gr., Mr. Collier), exhibited a very interesting 
group, in .which we noticed Sigmatostalix 
radicans, Cirrhopetalum guttulatum, Masde- 
valHa Chimjera, the distinct Maxillaria striata, 
and Polystachya paniculata. 
De Barri Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Seven- 
oaks (gr., Mr. Stables), showed several fine 
Odontoglossums, such as Odontoglossum 
Theodora (Rossii x triumphans) ; a very well- 
blotched Od. crispum ; the remarkable Od. 
Lambeauianum Starlight, which has flowers 
covered with small rose-coloured spots ; and 
a large, good-shaped crispum named Mrs. de 
B. Crawshay. 
Messrs. Stuart, Low and Co., Bush Hill 
Park, Endfield, were awarded a Silver Flora 
Medal for a large group. It contained a 
large variety of botanical orchids, such as 
Cyrtopodium jDunctatum, Cirrhopetalum ]Mas- 
tersianum, Bulbophyllum barbigerum, and B. 
papillosum with small purple flowers. Some 
excellent Laelio-Cattleya calhstoglossa, Catt- 
leyas superba, Hardyana, and Gaskelliana 
Princess, the latter being a white form, and 
the pretty Pilumna nobilis. 
Lieut. -Col. Sir George Holford, K.C.V.O. 
(gr., Mr. H. G. Alexander), exhibited Laelio- 
Cattleya Lustre magnifica, L.-C. Golden 
Oriole var. tigrina, and Cattleya Hardyana 
Holford's variety, the last two obtaining 
Awards of Merit. 
H. S. Goodson, Esq., Fairlawn, Putney (gr., 
Mr. G. E. Day), was awarded a Silver Flora 
Medal for a group which contained many fine 
things, one of which was the marvellous Catt- 
leya Rhoda Fairlawn variety, which secured a 
First-class Certificate ; others were Cattleya 
Gaskelliana alba with six flowers, some fine 
C. Adula, a well-flowered plant of Cypripe- 
dium Wiertzianum, the distinct Od. Good- 
soniae, and several excellent hybrids. 
Mr. Ed. V. Low, Vale Bridge, Haywards 
Heath, received a Silver Banksian Medal for 
a well-staged group, chiefly composed of 
Cattleya Adula, the Vale Bridge variety ob- 
taining an Award of Merit. Some well- 
grown Cypripedium Maudiae and the beautiful 
Odonto. LTro-Skinneri album were also 
included. 
Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, Ltd., Royal 
Exotic Nursery, King's Road, Chelsea, 
showed a fine form of Cattleya Hardyana, 
remarkable for the fact that the amount of 
yellow on the lip varied on each flower. 
Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, put 
up a fine group, which won for them a Silver 
Flora Medal. It contained the fine Dendro- 
bium Sanderae, a good Laelio-Cattleya Henry 
Greenwood, the rare natural hybrid Vanda 
amaena (coerulea x Roxburghii), Coelogyne 
Micholitzii, Odontioda Devossiana, and many 
other rare and striking things. 
Messrs. J. and A. A. McBean, Cooksbridge, 
exhibited the large pure white ardentissimum 
album. 
