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THE ORCHID WORLD. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
March 28th, 191 1. 
Members of the Orchid Committee present : 
J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. (in the chair), and 
Messrs. James O'Brien (hon. sec), Harry J. 
Veitch, Gurney Wilson, R. G. Thwaites, F. M. 
Ogilvie, F. Sander, T. Armstrong, Walter 
Cobb, J. Cypher, W. H. Hatcher, A. Dye, 
W^ H. White, H. Ballantine, J. S. Moss, 
W. Bolton, C. Cookson, Stuart Low, H. G. 
y\lexander, and de B. Crawshay. 
Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 
Heath, were awarded a Silver-gilt Flora 
Medal for a very good group containing 
many of their fine hybrids. The centre was 
composed of Dendrobium Jamesianum with 
an abundance of white flowers, around which 
were good plants of Phaius Norman. A dark 
Laelio-Cattleya Dominiana, Lycaste Skinneri, 
L. gigantea, Odontoglossum Dora, O. Harry- 
anum, and Cymbidium insigne were shown 
in good form. Other special plants were the 
new Odontoglossum lanthe, O. Jasper, two 
fine varieties of Miltonia vexillaria, and the 
pretty Cynorchis Kewensis. 
Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., V.M.H., Gatton 
Park (gr. Mr. Collier), received a .Silver Flora 
Medal for a very pretty group of Orchids. 
At the back were several strong plants of 
Odontoglossum Thompsonianum with grace- 
ful sprays of flowers. The curious Bulbo- 
phyllum tremulans, Coelogyne Sanderae, Den- 
drobium Beckleri, and a number of hybrids 
derived from Diacrium bicornutum proved of 
great interest. 
Mrs. Norman Cookson, Oakwood, W>'lam 
(gr. Mr. H. J. Chapman), was awarded a Silver 
Flora Medal for an excellent group of 
Orchids, all of which were raised at Oak- 
wood. Several good forms of Odontoglossum 
crispum, O.percultum, O.Titania, O.eximium, 
and a large selection of the best Odontiodas 
were much admired. Odontoglossum Pesca- 
torei Cooksonianum, with all its segments 
well marked with purple, was also shown. 
Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, 
received a Silver Flora Medal for an excellent 
group containing many rare Orchids — the 
pretty Zygopetalum discolor, Houlettia 
Sanderi, the curious Scuticaria Hadwenii, seve- 
ral good varieties of Cattleyas, a large form of 
Odontioda chelseiensis, and a very distinct 
form of Cypripedium caudatum. The Odon- 
toglossums included a fine eximium and cris- 
pum Prince George, a splendid varietv with 
a spike of tweh^e flowers, all richly marked. 
Messrs. Armstrong and Brown, Tunbridge 
Wells, were awarded a Silver Flora Medal 
for a very good group containing a fine selec- 
tion of Dendrobiums, those specially noted 
being the pure white virginale, chessington- 
ense, Ashworthiae, and Ballianum. Several 
good hybrid Odontoglossums, Brasso-Cattleya 
Mrs. J. Leemann, a grand variety of Laelio- 
Cattleya Mrs. Temple, and some interesting 
Cypripediums were also included. 
Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Bush Hill 
Park, secured a Silver Banksian Medal for a 
good group. A pure white variety of Catt- 
leya Schroderas, C. Trianae with a slate- 
coloured lip, Lycaste lanipes, the bright )-el- 
low Oncidium concolor, Odontioda Zeph\r, 
O. Bradshawiae, and O. Thwaitesii were much 
admired. .Some excellent varieties of Den- 
drobium Wardianum were exhibited with a 
profusion of bloom. 
Samuel Larkin, Esq., The Ridgeway, 
Haslemere (gr. Mr. Hale), was awarded a 
Silver Banksian Medal for a group of good 
Orchids. Included in it were Odontoglossum 
Hallio-crispum, Oncidium Kramerianum, the 
pure white Saccolabium Harrisonianum, two 
large plants of Vanda tricolor, Cattleya 
Trianas, and a very dark variet)' of Cym- 
bidium Lowianum. 
Mr. E. V. Low, Yale Bridge, Haywards 
Heath, was awarded a Silver Banksian Medal 
for a good group of Orchids. Cattleya 
.Schroderae The Kaiser, a variety of good 
shape and with an orange lip, C. Schroderae 
Ayesha, very fine and distinct, and Cattleya 
Parthenia Prince of Wales, Odontoglossum 
crispum Luciani (still one of the best cris- 
pums), and several Cypripediums and Den- 
drobiums were also included. 
Messrs. Hassall and Co., Southgate, received 
a Banksian Medal for a group of well-grown 
