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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



January gth, i()i 2. 

 Memrers of the Orchid Committee present : 

 J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. (m the chair), and 

 Messrs. James O'Brien (hon. sec), Harry J. 

 Veitch, Gurney Wilson, J. Wilson Potter, R. 

 Brooman-White, de B. Crawshay, W. H. 

 White, A. Dye, H. G. Alexander, J. E. Shill. 

 W. H. Hatcher, J. Cypher, W. P. Bound, 

 Walter Cobb, J. Charlesworth, A. McBean, 

 T. Armstrong", F. J. Hanbur\-, C. H. Curtis, 

 J. S. Moss, Stuart Low, and Sir Jeremiah 

 Colman, Bart. 



Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, 

 Reigate, was awarded a .Silver Banksian 

 Medal for a good group, in the centre of which 

 was a magnificent specimen of Dendrobium 

 speciosum nitidum having 36 trusses of bloom. 

 Several excellent varieties of Laslio-Cattleya 

 Epicasta, Crelia bella with numerous purple 

 tinted flowers, and Phaio-Calanthe rosea were 

 also shown m excellent form. 



Francis Wellesley, Esq., Westfiekl, Woking, 

 exhibited many very good Cypripediums, the 

 best being C. Miss A. Willan (Leeanum x 

 Sallieri), C. Memoria Mostjnii, and C. San- 

 Acta?us " Westfield var." 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Is^.C.V.O., 

 Burford, Dorking, exhibited a well flowered 

 plant of Maxillana arachnites, Cypripedium 

 Hera " Burford var.," and C. Eury-biades 

 (Euryades x Alcibiades). 



Lieut.-Col. Sir George Holford, K.C.V.O., 

 Westonbirt (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander), sent 

 Cattleya Peetersii "Westonbirt var.," a 

 beautiful flower with white sepals and petals 

 and a deep-rose coloured hp with gold veining, 

 Cyp. nitens-Leeanum aureum, and Cyp. 

 Bronzino, a good hybrid of unrecorded parent- 

 age. 



de Barri Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, .Seven- 

 oaks, exhibited Larlia anceps Schrriderar 

 rosefieldiense, L. a. Seuenacca, and the elegant 

 Cymbidium rosefieldiense. 



F. J. Hanbury, Esq., Brockhurst, East 

 Grinstead, showed Cypripedium J. F. Alcock, 

 a good hybrid. 



G. Hanbury, Esq., Blythewood, Buraham, 

 exhibited two specimens of Calanthe' vestita. 



Earl Stanhope, Chevening" Park, showed 

 Calanthe vestita grandiflora. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Ha\-war(ls 

 Heath, were awarded a Silver Banksian Medal 

 for a group containing; the new Odontioda 

 .Schroderi (O. Bradshawiae x O. crispum), a 

 very rich red coloured flower, the elegant 

 Cattleya Octave Doin, and other interesting 

 ]i\'brids. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, were 

 awarded a Silver Flora Medal for a large 

 group containing many excellent Orchids. 

 Cyjiripedium Golden Oriole (insigne Sander- 

 ianum x Dreadnought) and Cyp. Jucundum 

 were specially good. Other plants included 

 Cymbidium Holfordianum, several gcod 

 Phalasnopsis, and many botanical sj^ecimens. 



Messrs. .Stuart Low and Co., Bush Hill Park, 

 Enfield, were awarded a .Silver Flora Medal 

 for an interesting group containing several 

 good Calanthes, Cattleya Percivaliana alba, 

 Sophro-Cattleya Saxa, and many excellent 

 Cypripediums. 



Messrs. Armstrong and Brown, Tunliridge 

 Wells, were awarded a .Silver Flora Medal for 

 a good group of C\-pripediums and Cattleyas, 

 C. Maggie Rajihael alba being very attractive. 

 Some good Calanthes and Masdevallias, and a 

 distinct variety of Odontioda Bradshawiae 

 were also shown. 



Messrs. Jas. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, 

 secured a Silver Flora Medal for an attractive 

 grouji of the blue Zygopetalum Mackyi, on 

 each side of which were several albino forms 

 of Cypripedium insigne and good Odonto- 

 glossums. 



Messrs. J. and A. McBean, Cooksbridge, 

 were awarded a Silver Flora Medal for a very 

 lirettv group of Laplia anccjjs Schrodera?, the 

 long graceful flower spikes being much 

 admired. .Sophro-Cattleya Thwaitesii, a good 

 variety of Odontioda Charlesworthii, and 

 several Cypripedium Inbrids were also 

 included. 



Messrs. J. Cypher and Sens, Cheltenham, 

 received a Silver Flora Medal for an excellent 

 group of Cypripediums, the principal varieties 

 including Mrs. Godman, Leeanum Corona, 



