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THE ORCHID WORLD. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
25th October, 19 10. 
Orchid Committee i^resent : Harry J. 
Veitch, Esq. (in the chair), and Messrs. James 
O'Brien (hon. sec), Stuart Low, R.G.Thwaites, 
A. A. McBean, J. Charlesworth, C. H. Curtis, 
H. G. Alexander, W'. H. White, Gurne\' 
Wilson, C. Ccokson, F. Sander, F. Menteitli 
Ogilvie, Walter Cobb, J. Cypher, W. H. 
Hatcher, A. Dye, H. Ballantine, C. J. Lucas, 
F. J. Hanbury, and Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart. 
Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 
Heath, were awarded a Silver Flora Medal 
for an excellent group, all the plants showing- 
good culture. A variety of Vanda coerulea 
had eighteen flowers, Odontoglossum Pesca- 
torei 150, and a fine plant of O. grande had 
sixteen flowers. There were also good plants 
of Lselio-Cattleya luminosa, Cattleya Enid, 
C. aurea, C. Empress Frederick, and Oncidium 
tigrinum. The curious Lycaste gig'antea was 
represented by a specimen with seven flowers. 
Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, 
received a Silver Flora Medal for a large 
group, in which we notioed many special 
varieties : the new Oncidium Sanderae, which 
differs from O. Papilio chiefly in having a 
very pronounced bristle development on each 
side of the column ; the pretty f^amium Ber- 
keleyi, Houlettia Sanderae, Dendrobium Bul- 
lenianum, and Miltonia Regnellii purpurea. 
In the centre of this group was a large plant 
of Cypripedium insigne Sanderae with twenty- 
five flowers. Two new hybrids were also 
included, for description of which see " New 
Plants." 
Messrs. Mansell and Hatcher, T^td., Rawdon, 
Yorks.,were awarded a Silver Banksian Medal 
for an attractive group containing many good 
plants of Cattleya hybrids, such as Mrs. Pitt, 
Da\isii, Armstrongiae and Fabia, Brasso- 
Cattleya Digbyano-gigas, B.-C. Digbyano- 
Mendelii, Cypripedium Baron Schroder, C. 
Penelope, and several other well-known 
varieties. 
Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Bush Hill Park, 
Enfield, were awarded a Silver Flora Medal 
for a large group containing many well- 
flowered Oncidiumis, several good varieties of 
Cattleya labiata, Cynoches chlorochilon, a 
good Miltonia vexillana Leopoldii, and the 
very pretty Odontioda Seymouri, which had 
much impro\ed since its last appearance. 
Mr. E. V. Low, Vale Bridge, Haywards 
Heath, rece.ved a Silver Banksian Medal for 
a group containing many beautiful albino 
forms of Cattleya labiata, including Ccok- 
sonise. Daphne, Amesiana, and Empress. 
Laelia pumila Queen Alexandra, having a 
slate-blue lip, Cypripedium Olympic (Lee- 
anum Clinkaberryanum x Sallien Hyeanum), 
and Cyp. Wivelsfieldense (Fascinator x Lee- 
anum Clinkaberryanum) were also shown. 
Messrs. Armstrong and Brown, Tunbridge 
W^ells, received a Silver Banksian Medal for 
a small group of good things. Three varieties, 
all from the same seed pod, were shown of 
the pretty Cattleya Armstrongiae, several 
excellent C. Fabia, Cypripedium Gaston Bul- 
teel, C. Germaine Opoix, and C. insigne 
Sanderae. 
Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., V.M.H., Gatton 
Park (gr. Mr. Co'llier), sent a number of very 
interesting plants, one being a new Spatho- 
glo'ttis hybrid (see " New Plants ") ; a hybrid, 
not yet named, between Odontoglossum 
Edwardii and O. sceptrum ; Coelogyne sul- 
phurea, Bulbophyllum ornatissimum, a fine 
plant of Odontioda Bradshawiae, and a large 
specimien of the W'indmill Orchid Cirrhope- 
talum refractum with ten flower spikes. 
Lieut.-Col. Sir George L. Holford, K.C.V.O. 
(gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander), exhibited Laelio- 
Cattleya Barbarossa Westonbirt variety (L.-C. 
callistoglossa x C. Trianae Imperator), a large 
flower, sepals and petals rose tinted, hp dark 
ruby-purple ; also Odontioda Bradshawiae 
W^estonbirt variety (see Awards). 
Messrs. James and A. A. McBean, Cooks- 
bridge, received a Silver Banksian Medal for 
a group containing several good varieties of 
Cattleya aurea, one of which had cream-white 
■sepals and petals, with the lip deep crimson, 
but showing a light cream-coloured margin 
round the outside. 
Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, 
brought a large group of decorative plants, 
