I40 THE ORCHIO WORLD. 



should be, the place where horticulturists may 

 obtain the correct name for the various 

 Orchids. Why then are we expected to be 

 practical in the way suggested by The Field. 

 To merely call the plant m question Cattleya 

 Vesuvius would be to ig-nore all its generic 

 history, and if the art of the hybridist is to be 

 thus disregarded surely it is time others called 

 out shame ! We have a right to expect the 

 work of all horticulturists to be correctly 

 reported. Article i of the Rules of Horti- 

 cultural Nomenclature adopted by the Sub- 

 section on Nomenclature at the International 

 Congress at Brussels, 1910, clearly states that 

 " no one has the right to alter a name, or 

 combination of names, without weighty 

 reasons, founded upon a very thorough 

 knowledge of the facts or upon the necessity 

 of abandoning a nomenclature contrary to the 

 rules." 



Cattleya A. Dim mock. — This elegant 

 and useful hybrid between Cattleya auiea and 

 Cattleya Lawrenceana has recently flowered 

 in the collection of Clement Moore, Esq., 

 Hackensack, New Jersey, U.S.A. The 

 flowers are not very large, but the colour is 

 intense throughout, and although Mr. Moore 

 possesses some of the finest hybrids he con- 

 siders this ranks among his best. A cut 

 flower has recently arrived from America in 

 excellent condition, and should the plant 

 flower annually at this period of the year, it 

 will make a most excellent variety for cutting 

 purposes. The spike partakes very much of 

 the character of C. Lawrenceana, and comes 

 well away from the apex of the bulb with a 

 long stem bearing numerous flowers. The 

 plant, which is a rampant grower, was recently 

 awarded the First Prize for a hybrid Orchid 

 by the Horticultural Society of New York. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



February 6th, 191 2. 

 Members of the Orchid Committee present : 

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

 Jeremiah Colman, Bart., and Messrs. Jas. 

 O'Brien (hon. sec), Harry J. Veitch, R. 

 Brooman-White, W. Bolton, Walter Cobb, 

 Gurney Wilson, W. H. White, A. Dye, H. G. 

 Alexander, J. E. Shill, W. H. Hatcher, J. 

 Cypher, T. Armstrong, A. McBean, C. H, 

 Curtis, F. J. Hanbury, and R. A. Rolfe. 



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

 Westonbirt (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander), ex- 

 hibited Sophro-L^lio-Cattleya Marathon var. 

 Vesuvius, having a spike of six beautiful rose 

 red flowers with a rich ruby lip ; Cypripedium. 

 Helen IL ' Holford's variety," and Odonto- 

 glossum Merlin (see Awards). 



Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., V.M.H., Gatton 

 Park, Reigate, exhibited Odontoglossum Col- 

 lieri (Phoebe x ardcntissimum), a very di.stinct 

 purple-blotched flower, petals slightly pointed, 

 column and lip white, the latter having a few 

 purple markings. 



Francis Wellesley, Esq., W^estfield, Woking, 

 exhibited the scarce Brasso-Cattleya Welles- 

 leyac (C. Mossias Wagneri x B. glauca), an 

 elegant pure white flower, slightly fragrant ; 



Cypripedium Duchess of Argyll (Druryi x 

 Leeanum), a large flower of good shape and 

 colour ; Cyp. Memoria Mostynii superbum 

 (aureum surprise x Actseus), a very distinct 

 greenish-yellow flower with a white margin 

 to the dorsal ; Cyp. Waterloo ; and Cyp. 

 Wellesleyae (Venus x insigne " King 

 Edward ") 



J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, South 

 Woodford, staged Odontoglossum crispuin 

 Olive, a prettily spotted variety, and the 

 elegant Odontoglossum Memoria Lily 

 Neumann. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 

 Heath, received a Silver Banksian Medal for 

 some rare Orchids including Catasetum 

 Randii, Vanda teres alba, Odontioda Charles- 

 worthii, the new Ljelio-Cattleya Ixion, and 

 Odontoglossum Doris. 



Messrs. James Cypher and Sons, Chelten- 

 ham, were awarded a Silver Banksian Medal 

 for a good group of Cypripediums ; included 

 in it were strong plants of Bridgei and 

 Beeckmanii. Interesting species of Masde- 

 vallia and varieties of Laelia anceps were also 

 shown. 



Messrs. J. and A. McBean, Cooksbridge, 



