THE ORCHID WORLD. 
281 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
August 1st, igi I. 
Members of the Orchid Committee present : 
Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart, (in the chair) , 
and Messrs. Tas. O'Brien (hon. sec), Gurney 
Wilson, J. Charlesworth, Stuart Low, F. T- 
Hanbury, C. H. Curtis, W. Cobb, W. H. 
Hatcher, T- E. Shill, A. Dye, H. G. Alexander, 
W. H. White, J. Wilson Potter, and W. 
Bolton. 
Mrs. Bischoffsheim, The Warren House, 
Stanmore (gr. Mr. Taylor), exhibited a 
superb group of Disa grandiflora. Over 100 
plants were included, many having five flowers 
on a spike. A iSilver-gilt Flora Medal was 
awarded and a Cultural Commendation to 
the grower, Mr. Taylor. 
Baron Bruno Schroder, The Dell, Egham 
(gr. Mr. J. E. Shill), exhibited a large plant 
of Mormodes luxata eburnea with a long 
spike of 1 3 creamy-white flowers havingi 
the usual median splash of purple on the 
labellum. 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O., 
Burford /(gr. Mr. W. H. White), showed a 
good plant of Laelia Bella (majalis x pur- 
purata), with large, rosy-lilac flowers ; also 
the small flowering Eria mysorensis, and the 
elegant Catasetum apterum. 
Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., V.M.H., Gatton 
Park (gr. Mr. Collier), showed a number of 
well grown Orchids. The most interesting 
were : Dendrobium ciliatum, |the pretty red 
flowering D. arachnites, Eulophia maculata, 
several plants of the yellow iSpathoglottis 
Fortunei, Cycnoches chlorochilon, Cirrhope- 
talum pulchrum, the elegant Zygopetalum 
Roeblingianum, and the orange -coloured 
Laelia monophylla. 
H. S. Goodson, Esq., Fairlawn, Putney 
(gr. Mr. G. E. Day), was awarded a Silver 
Flora Medal for an effective group con- 
taining many specimens. The following 
were specially noticedi : Cattleya Warsce- 
wiczii Frau Melanie Beyrodt, with a very 
large flower ; Odontioda Ernest Henry Fair- 
lawn variety, which has received a First-class 
Certificate ; Brasso-Cattleya Madame Jules 
Hye ; many very fine varieties of Cattleya 
Warscewiczii ; Cypripedium Dayanum ; Catt- 
leya Gaskelliana alba, with seven flowers ; 
Sophro-Laslio-Cattleya Elissa (S.-L. Grat- 
rixias x C. Hardyana) with richly-coloured 
flowers ; the pretty Anguloa eburnea ; and 
Cattleya Elvina Herbert Goodson. 
E. H. Davidson, Esq., Borlases, Twyford 
(gr. Mr. F. Cooper), exhibited a pretty Variety 
of Cattleya Caduceus (granulosa x Gas- 
kelliana) having' a large flower with a long 
isthmus to the lip, the side lobes of which 
are flushed with purple and reflexed'. Also 
a distinct hybrid between Cattleya Gaskel- 
liana 'and Cattleya Schilleriana. 
The Rev. J. Crombleholme, Clayton-le- 
Moors, Accrington, exhibited Cyprilpedium 
Ossulstonii Crombleholme's variety, a distinct 
flower with the upper part of the dorsal sepal 
pure-white. 
Richard G. Thwaites, Esq., Chessington, 
Streatham Hill (gr. iMr. J. M. Black), staged 
a number of the mauve-tinted 'Ddontioda 
Thwaitesii, also Odontioda Wilsonii (C. vul- 
canica x O. Pescatorei), and four plants of 
the handsome Laslio-Cattleya Rubens. 
W. James, ;Esq., West Dean Park, 
Chichester (gr. Mr. W. H. Smith), received 
a iBronze Banksian Medal for a small group 
of Disa grandiflora. 
Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 
Heath, were awarded a Silver Banksian 
Medal for an excellent selection of choice 
Orchids. Those of special merit included 
Mormodes luxata punctata, a large form of 
Anguloa eburnea, the elegant Bollea coelestis, 
Laslio-Cattleya callistoglossa, L.-C. eximia, 
the new Oncidioda Charlesworthii with 86 
flowers on one spike, the bright-yellow 
Spathoglottis Fortunei, Odontoglossum 
Othello, Cattleya Gaskelliana alba, the grace- 
ful Platyclinis filiformis, one of which had 
13 flower spikes, a strong plant of Zygope- 
talum Roeblingianum with its bluish-purple 
lip, Cattleya gigas with eight flowers on two 
spikesi, and Stanhopea oculata with a pretty 
spike of seven flowers. 
