THE ORCHID WORLD. 
Heath, showed Cymbidium insigne, Odonto- 
glossum crispum Purity, a large flower, O. 
crispum Jeanette, some excellent varieties of 
Cattleya Schroderae, C)^ripedium Roths- 
childianum, and a good selection of Den- 
drobiums including D. pallens, Burford variety, 
and D. Wardianum hololeucum. 
Messrs. J. and A. A. McBean, Cooksbridge, 
staged a group of very well grown Orchids 
including a fine variety of Odontoglossum 
named " John Bull," a good shaped O. arden- 
tissimum, Miltonia vexillaria, and several good 
Cattleya Mendelii and Schroderae. 
Messrs. Hassall and Co., Southgate, 
exhibited a neat group of excellent varieties 
of Odontioda Charlesworthii, Oncidium pul- 
chellum, Dendrobium Brymerianum, and the 
dwarf form of Epidendrum Stamfordianum. 
R. G. Thwaites, Esq., Streatham (gr. Mr. 
J. M. Black), showed Odontoglossum Thomp- 
sonianum with a large spike of bloom, O. 
Clytie, and some excellent Odontoglossums. 
Mr. Tracy, Twickenham, exhibited a 
curious species of Gongora imported from 
Peru. The plant bore three spikes of yellow 
flowers with brown spotting. 
Messrs. Duchesne and Lanthoine, Water- 
mael, Brussels, exhibited a strong plant of the 
elegant Miltonia vexillaria Memoria G. D. 
Owen. 
Mons. H. Graire, Amiens, showed Odonto- 
glossum Rossianas flavescens ; the flowers 
were cream-yellow spotted with red, the lip 
being white. 
AWARDS. 
Awards of Merit. 
Odontoglossum ramos-Edwardii, from Sir 
Trevor Lawrence, Bart. See " New Plants." 
Dia-Cattleya Sanderae (Cattleya Mendelii 
X Diacrium bicornutum), from Messrs. 
Sander and Sons. A very pretty hybrid, the 
flowers are of good shape, white, with slight 
rose markings on the lip. 
Cultural Commendations. 
Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, were 
awarded a Cultural Commendation for a large 
plant of Maxillaria Sanderiana with about 
fifty large flowers. 
Lieut. -Col. H. Powys Greenwood! Whitsbury 
House, Salisbury, received a Cultural Com- 
mendation for a large specimen of Cymbidium 
eburneum. 
May 9th, 191 1. 
Members of the Orchid Committee present : 
J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. (in the chair), and 
Messrs. Jas. O'Brien (hon. sec), Harry J. 
Veitch, R. Brooman- White, F. Sander, Clive 
Cookson, Gurney Wilson, W. H. Hatcher, 
A. A. McBean, F. M. Ogilvie, Walter Cobb, 
W. P. Bound, J. Cypher, H. G. Alexander, 
J. Charlesworth, A. Dye, T. Armstrong, W. H. 
White, F. J. Hanbury, J. W. Potter, W. Bolton, 
and de B. Crawshay. 
Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, were 
awarded a Silver Flora Medal for an excellent 
group containing many very fine varieties of 
Cattleya Schrodera?, several of them ex- 
hibiting a large amount of orange colouring 
in the throat. The group also contained a 
selection of Odontiodas, Coelogyne nervosa, 
Trichosma suavis alba, and several Brasso- 
Cattleyas. 
Messrs. Hugh Low and Co., Bush Hill 
Park, received a Silver Banksian Medal for 
a very good group of species and hybrids. 
Those principally noted were the pretty 
Dendrobium crepidatum, the yellow Oncidium 
ampliatum majus, Cattleya Bertheauana, a 
curious Gongora, Lycaste macrophylla, and 
many hybrid Odontoglossums. 
Messrs. Cypher and Sons, Cheltenham, 
were awarded a Silver Banksian Medal for a 
well arranged group consisting of several 
excellent varieties of Miltonia vexillaria, the 
scarce Cattleya Skinneri alba, Laelio- Cattleya 
Dominiana, hybrid Odontoglossums, and a 
selection of the scarlet Odontiodas. 
J. S. Moss, Esq., Bishop's Waltham (gr. 
Mr. Kench), was awarded a Silver Banksian 
Medal for a very interesting group of Orchids. 
In it was a series of seedlings raised from 
Odontoglossum crispum crossed with O. 
bellatulum, and showing much variation. A 
large specimen plant of Odontoglossum 
Maritana (Sceptrum x Rolfea;) with richly- 
coloured flowers was also included. 
Francis Wellesley, Esq., Westfield, Woking 
(gr. Mr. Hopkins), exhibited Brasso-Laelio- 
Cattleya King Emperor. See " New Plants." 
