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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



(Euryades x nivcum), Calaiithe Harrisii, and 

 C. Cooksoniae. 



F. Du Cane Godman, Esq., Horsham, sent 

 Sophro-Laelio-Cattleya Alice (S.-L. heaton- 

 ense x C. Mrs. Pitt). 



The Rev. J. C. B. Fletcher, Mundhani 

 Vicarage, Chichester, sent Bulbophyllum 

 Medusa; alba, Catasetum Gnomus, and 

 Epidendrum species. 



E. H. Davidson, Esq., Borlases, Twyford, 

 exhibited Odontioda Dora, and Cypripedium 

 Venus. 



C. J. Lucas, Esq., Warnham Court, ex- 

 hibited a nearly white variety of Brasso- 

 Cattleya Digbyano-Mendelii. 



Gurney Wilson, Esq., Haywards Heath, 

 exhibited an interesting peloriate form of 

 Cattleya labiata. 



AWARDS. 



First-class Certificates. 



Cattleya Ashtonii alba (Harrisoniana x 

 Warscewiczii), from Messrs. Sander and Sons. 

 — A large good shaped flower, the lip being- 

 broad and with bright orange-yellow in the 

 throat. 



Calanthe Cooksonias (Harrisii x vestita), 

 from Mrs. N. C. Cookson, Oakwood, Wylam 

 (gr. Mr. H. J. Chapman). — The largest and 

 best pure-white Calanthe hybrid, a great 

 advance on the parents. 



Cypripedium .Sibyl superbum (Francisiae 

 x Fairrieanum), from Mrs. Cookson. — iSee 

 illustration p. 5 1. 



Cattleya Venus lutescens (Iris x aurea), 

 from Messrs. J. and A. A. McBean, Cooks- 

 bridge. — A very large variety with lemon 

 yellow sepals and petals, and a broad lip. 



Certificate of Appreciation. 



Odontocidium Fowlcrianum (Odonto- 

 glossum cirrhosum x Oncidium Forbesii), 

 from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. (gr. Mr. Davis). 

 — An extremely pretty hybrid, the sepals and 

 petals blotched with chocolate-red on a yel- 

 lowish ground. The labellum is large. 



yellow in the centre, and marked with bright 

 red. 



November 21st, igii. 



Members of the Orchid Committee present : 

 J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. (in the chair), Mr. 

 James O'Brien (hon. sec), and twenty-five 

 members present. 



His Grace the Duke of Alarlborough, 

 Blenheim Palace (gr. Mr. Hunter), was 

 awarded a Gold Medal for a magnificent 

 collection of well-grown plants of Vanda 

 coerulea, Cypripedium insigne Simders, one 

 specimen having as many as 34 flowers, and a 

 large variety of other Orchids 



H. S. Goodson, Esq., Fairlawn, West Hill, 

 Putney (gr. Mr. Day), received a Silver 

 Flora Medal for a grand show of Cypri- 

 pedium insigne Sonderas, the plants being 

 exceedingly well flowered. Other Orchids 

 in this exhibit included Cypripedium Maudiaj, 

 Cattleya labiata Schofieldiana, with white 

 sepals and petals, and several fine varieties 

 of Laslio-Cattleyas. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 

 lieath, were awarded a Silver Flora Medal 

 for a group of Epidendrum vitellinum majus, 

 the orange red colour being very effective. 

 Vanda Sanderiana, Cattleya labiata James 

 Lowther, a pure-white variety with a slight 

 suffusion of rose on the labellum, and several 

 good Cattleyas were also shown. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, 

 received a Silver Flora Medal for a large 

 group of autumn flowering hybrids, the very 

 rare Coelogyne Swaniana, LaElio-Cattleya 

 Sapphirata, and many others. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Bush Hill 

 Park, were awarded a Silver Banksian Medal 

 for a group containing many excellent Catt- 

 leyas and their hybrids, a good .selection of 

 interesting botanical species, and other rare 

 Orchids. 



Messrs. James Cypher and Sons, Chelten- 

 ham, received a Silver Banksian Medal for a 

 grand collection of Cypripediums, notable ex- 

 amples being Felicity, and albino forms of 

 insigne. 



Mr. E. V. Low, Haywards Heath, obtained 

 a Silver Banksian Medal for a very effective 



