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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



Medals for Orchids. — At the recent 

 Carlisle and Cumberland Horticultural Show 

 Gold Medals were awarded to Sir Benjamin 

 Scott, Linden House, Stanwix, Carlisle, and 

 to Messrs. Mansell and Hatcher, Ltd., Raw- 

 don, Yorks. 



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Three-Spurred Orchid. — At the Scien- 

 tific Committee meeting" of the Royal 

 Horticultural .Society, August 2gth, Mr. 

 Bolting Hemsley showed a drawing of a 

 British Orchid found on Reigate Hill in the 

 third week of April last. Beside other abnor- 

 malities, it had three spurs, but no pollen. 

 Although somewhat resembling Habenaria 

 viridis it was impossible to connect it with 

 any British species, and its early flowering was 

 unaccountable. As three-spurred Orchids 

 are rarely found, it is interesting to note 

 similar instances recorded by Mr. Botting 

 Hemsley in IQOS (Journ. Linn. .Soc, vol. 

 xxxviii., p. 39 1 ) ; in one specimen, a Platan- 

 thera, the additional spurs were developments 

 of the lateral sepals. A second specimen was 

 an example of true peloria, all the spurred 

 organs being of the inner or petal series. In 

 both examples all the flowers on the spike 

 were transformed, and the ovary was not 

 twisted. Mr. Sommier, of Florence, also de- 

 scribes an example of false peloria (Bullettino 

 della Societa Botanica Italiana, n. 6, July, 

 1898, p. 186) in which two extra spurs were 

 produced by the lateral sepals, all the flowers 

 being transformed. The specimen was 

 Platanthera bifolia, gathered in a wood in the 

 neighbourhood of Florence. 



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Obituary. — We much regret to announce 

 the death on August 31st of Mr. John Rob- 

 son, Altrincham, Cheshire. For more than 

 fifty years Mr. Robson had been a grower of 

 Orchids. As far back as March 20th, 1866, 

 he exhibited at the Royal Horticultural 

 Society a group of Odontoglossums for which 

 a " Special Certificate " was awarded. On the 

 same day he also received a First-class Cer- 

 tificate for Dendrobium thyrsiflorum. The 



original cards announcing these awards are 

 still preserved. 



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Royal International Exhibition. — In 

 addition to the classes in Division III. already 

 published, there are in Division IX. three 

 " Open " classes reserved for New Orchids 

 which must not be in commerce nor have been 

 previously exhibited publicly. Class 334 is 

 for one Orchid, species, in flower; class 335, 

 one Orchid, variety of a species, in flower ; 

 class 336, one Orchid, hybrid, in flower. Medals 

 or Certificates will be awarded to any suffi- 

 ciently meritorious new or rare Orchids. The 

 awards will be made according to the " Rules 

 for judging" cf the Royal Horticultural Society. 

 The Gardener s Clironielc Cup is offered for 

 the best new plant, not necessarily an Orchid, 

 which has not been exhibited previously. 



Cattleya labiata Alice Brilton. 

 Jl beautiful snow-white variety in the collection oj 

 Clement Moore. Esq., Hackensack, N.J., U.S.A. 



