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THE ORCHID WORLD. 
Lieut.-Col. Sir George L. Holford, K.C.V.O., 
Westonbirt (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander), exhi- 
bited Cypripedium Act^us var. Undine, a 
good specimen plant with nine flowers, Cyp. 
Rossettii magnificum with a very large flower, 
and two other plants which obtained Awards 
of Merit. 
Francis Wellesley, Esq., Westfield, Woking 
(gr. Mr. Hopkins), sent Laelio-Cattleya Ophir 
Westfield variety, Cypripedium Lady Gains- 
borough, C. Waterloo, and C. etoniense. 
Pantia Ralli, Esq., Ashtead Park (gr. Mr. 
Hunt), exhibited a very fine variety of Catt- 
leya Dusseldorfei Undine. 
Samuel Larkin, Esq., The Ridgeway, 
Haslemere (gr. Mr. Hale), sent a well-grown 
plant of Odontoglossum crispo-Harryanum, a 
pretty variety of Laelio-Cattleya Bella, and a 
nice piece of Miltonia Bleuana. 
R. G. Thwaites, Esq., Streatham (gr. Mr. 
Black), exhibited a very good variety of Catt- 
leya Maggie Raphael alba and Sophro- 
Cattleya Saxa (S. grandiflora x C. Trianas). 
Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 
Heath, exhibited Miltonia Warscewiczii leu- 
cochila, Odontoglossum Ceres magnificum, 
Laelio-Cattleya Sunray with a grand spike of 
bloom, and Cypripedium Victor Hugo (La- 
thamianum x variablis), a good hybrid ; the 
dorsal sepal is white with a small blotch of 
green at the base and a median streak of 
rose colour. 
Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, King's 
Road, Chelsea, showed Cypripedium Clionia 
(Actaeus x insigne Harefield Hall), C. insigne 
Crusader (insigne Sanders x Harefield Hall), 
and C. Gertrude (glaucophyllum x Hera 
Euryades). 
Messrs. Armstrong and Brown, Tunbridge 
Wells, exhibited some interesting crosses 
from Cypripedium Fairrieanum, all of which 
are new, C. Coruna (Leeanum x Fairrieanum), 
C. Bayonne (Prewettii x Fairrieanum), C. Am- 
boyna (Goultenianum x Fairrieanum), and C. 
Dauphine (Cassandra x Fairrieanum). 
Messrs. J. and A. A. McBean, Cooksbridge, 
exhibited a very fine variety of Sophro- 
Cattleya Doris. 
A. Harrison, Esq., Lyndhurst, Watford, 
sent a pretty and distinct hybrid named 
Laslio-Cattleya Ethelreda Harrison. 
F. J. Hanbury, Esq., Brockhurst, East 
Grinstead, sent a flower of Laslio-Cattleya 
cornuta. 
AWARDS. 
First-class Certificate. 
Odontoglossum Ceres magnificum (Rossii 
rubescens x Rolfeae), from Messrs. Charles- 
worth and Co., Haywards Heath. A very 
beautiful Iiybrid. The flowers are of good 
size, and remind one of a glorified Rossii 
rubescens. 
Awards of Merit. 
Cypripedium Dante rotundiflorum (Hera 
Euryades x Charlesworthii), from Lieut.-Col. 
Sir George L. Holford, K.C.V.O. A well- 
formed flower, the dorsal sepal displaying a 
large amount of white. 
Cypripedium Gaston Bulteel, from Mr. E. 
V. Low, Vale Bridge, Haywards Heath. A 
well-grown plant of this splendid Cypri- 
pedium. The dorsal sepal is flat, very broad, 
and beautifully marked with rosy purple. 
Laslio-Cattleya Pauline (L.-C. Ophir x C. 
labiata alba), from Lieut.-Col. Sir George L. 
Holford, K.C.V.O. See page 74. 
Miltonia Warscewiczii leucochila, from 
Messrs. Charlesworth and Co. A very dis- 
tinct variety ; the sepals and petals are light 
purple, white at the margins. 
Cultural Commendation 
to Mr. J. Collier (gr. to Sir Jeremiah Colman, 
Bart., V.M.H., Gatton Park), for a fine plant of 
Odontioda Bradshawiae bearing a branched 
spike of thirty-six flowers. 
IS p %^ 
We understand that Messrs. .Sander and 
Sons have purchased a portion of the world- 
famed collection of orchids formed by the 
late Baron Sir Henry Schroder, Bart., C.V.O., 
V.M.H. A large number of specimens from 
this famous collection have been presented to 
the Royal Horticultural Society's garden at 
Wisley by the present owner. Baron Bruno 
Schroder, he keeping for his own collection 
the remainder, which includes the unique 
plants of Odontoglossums and Cypripediums, 
etc. 
