THE ORCHID WORLD. 



received a Silver Banksian Medal for an 

 attractive g^roup containing Cattle)'a choco- 

 ensis alba, Odontioda Charlesworthii, Cym- 

 bidium Lowio-eburneum, and its yellow 

 variety aunferum, several excellent varieties 

 of Laelia anceps, and a richly coloured Bras- 

 savola hybrid. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Bush Hill 

 Park, received a Silver Banksian Medal for a 

 good group of various Orchids. Mention 

 must be made of the elegant Saccolabium 

 bellinum, Cypripedium Lady Dillon, a very 

 fine flower, the dark Pleurothallis Roezlii, the 

 bright yellow Oncidium cheirophorum, and a 

 distinct variety of Cattleya Trianae. 



Messrs. W. Baylor Hartland and Sons, 

 Cork, received a Silver Flora Medal for a 

 large group of Odontoglossum hybrids and 

 good Cypripediums. 



Mr. W. A. Manda, South Orange, New 

 Jersey, U.S.A., and St. Albans, exhibited 

 Cattleya Trianas American Beauty with broad 

 petals having a well-defined median streak of 

 purple colour, C.-T. Abe Lincoln, a dark 

 variety of good form, and a large plant of the 

 same species with curiously-deformed flowers. 



Messrs. Hassall and Co., Southgate, staged 

 Lycaste Skinneri alba, a broad-petaled variety 

 of excellent quality, Odontqg'lossum Solon 

 (ardentissimum x Adrianae), Od. percultum, 

 Cypripedium aureum laskense, and C. chry- 

 sotoxum Victor, a very fine variety. 



From Tracy's Nursery, Twickenham, came 

 a fine form of Oncidium anthocrene. 



AWARDS. 



First-class Certificates. 



Odontoglossum Merlin, from Lieut. -Col. 

 Sir George Holford, K.C.V.O., Westonbirt, 

 (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander). — An extremely 

 beautiful form. The flowers are 3^ inches 

 across, the glistening-white segments are very 

 broad and handsomely marked with rose- 

 purple blotches, the column having a very 

 much darker blotch of purple. Although the 

 parentage is uncertain there is little sign of 

 hybridity, and the plant may not incorrectly 

 be described as an excellent variety of Odon- 

 toglossum crispum. 



Award of Merit 



Odontoglossum Memoria Lily Neumann 

 (parentage unknown), from J. Gurney Fowler, 

 Esq., Glebelands, South Woodford. — An 

 attractive hybrid with good shaped flowers 

 marked with claret-purple, the tips being 

 white slightly tinged with rose. 



February 20th, 191 2. 



Members of the Orchid Committee present : 

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

 Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Sir George Holford, 

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

 Veitch, de Barri Crawshay, C. J. Lucas, R. 

 Brooman- White, Gurney Wilson, J. S. Moss, 

 R. A. Rolfe, Stuart Low, T. Armstrong, A. 

 McBean, W. Cobb, J. Cypher, J. Charlesworth, 

 T. E. Shill, W. H. Hatcher, A. Dye, C. H. 

 Curtis, W. P. Bound, H. G. Alexander, W. H. 

 White, and W. Bolton. 



Sir George Holford, K.C.V.O., Westonbirt 

 (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander), received a Gold 

 Medal for an extremely fine and beautifully 

 arranged group of Orchids, many of the plants 

 being large spvecimens. Laelia anceps and 

 its numerous varieties were well represented ; 

 Cypripediums included Boltonii, Rossettii 

 magnificum, and the elegant Alcibiades 

 magnificum ; Laelio-Cattleyas included Tigris, 

 a very beautiful form, Pizarro (L. Jongheana 

 X C. aurea), and other early spring flowering 

 hybrids ; Sophro-Laelias were represented by 

 the richly coloured Orpetii ; and the species 

 by Cattleya Percivaliana Charlesworth's var., 

 and C. Trianae Hydra. 



Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, 

 Reigate, exhibited the handsome Dendrobium 

 Lady Colman, D. Golden Ray (Othello Col- 

 manas x signatum aureum), a large yellow 

 flower with a, dark chocolate-brown throat, and 

 a hybrid Cymbidium between Lowianum x 

 Hookerianum, with greenish-yellow flowers. 



W. H. St. Quintin, Esq., Scampston Hall, 

 Rillington, York (gr. Mr. F. C. Puddle), 

 showed Dendrobium Cybele album (see 

 p. 122). 



W. Cobb, Esq., Normanhurst, Rusper, 

 staged Cattleya Trianae Cobbii, a distinct 

 variety, Odontioda Bradshawias Cobb's var., 



