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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



April 2nd, 191 2. 



Members of the Orchid Committee present : 

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

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

 Veitch, Gurney Wilson, R. A. Rolfe, R. G. 

 Thwaites, F. Sander, F. M. Ogilvie, T. 

 Armstrong, A. McBean, T- Charlesworth, 

 W. H. Hatcher, J. E. Shilf. A. Dye, H. G. 

 Alexander, W. H. White, J. Wilson Potter, 

 Clive Cookson, W. Bolton, C. J. Lucas, 

 R. Brooman-White, de B. Crawshay, J. S. 

 Moss, and F. J. Hanbury. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, were 

 awarded a Silver-gilt Medal for a large group 

 containing many fine forms of Cattleya 

 Schroderae, a well flowered plant of Miltonia 

 St. Andre, and a good selection of Leelio- 

 Cattleyas. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 

 Heath, were awarded a Silver Flora Medal 

 for some excellent Orchids. Mention must 

 be made of Laslio-Cattleya Feronia, Sarco- 

 chilus Fitzgeraldii, the curious Dendrobium 

 senile, and several good Odontoglossum 

 hybrids. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Bush Hill 

 Park, were awarded a Silver Flora Medal 

 for an excellent selection of Dendrobiums 

 and bright yellow Oncidiums. Some good 

 varieties of Cattleyas Schroderae, and various 

 Cymbidiums were also shown. 



Messrs. Hassall and Co., Southgate, 

 received a Silver Banksian Medal for some 

 interesting Orchids. Cattleya Trianae Back- 

 housiana, Odontioda Zephyr, and Cymbidium 

 eburneum were specially good. 



Messrs. J. and A. McBean, Cooksbridge, 

 received a Silver Banksian Medal for a very 

 effective group containing an excellent 

 variety of Odontioda Charlesworthii, the 

 pretty Phaius Norman, the blue-lipped 

 Zygopetalum Perrenoudii, and Cattleya gigas. 



R. G. Thwaites, Esq., Chessington, 

 Streatham (gr. Mr. J. M. Black), exhibited 

 a group of Odontiodas for which a Silver 

 Banksian Medal was awarded. The varieties 



included CooksoniiE, Sanderas, Zephyr, and 

 Charlesworthii. 



Lieut.-Col. Sir George Holford, Westonbirt 

 (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander), exhibited Cattleya 

 Olaf " Westonbirt var." 



Arthur Legge, Esq., Homefield, Worthing, 

 exhibited seedling varieties of Dendrobium 

 nobile of good shape and colour. 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, 

 Dorking, showed several very pretty Masde- 

 vallias, and a number of yellow flowering 

 Dendrobiums. 



Messrs. Armstrong and Brown, Tunbridge 

 Wells, showed an excellent hybrid Cypri- 

 pedium between C. Prewettii and C. Ger- 

 maine Opoix, the broad dorsal sepal was 

 greenish-brown flushed with purple. A well 

 flowered plant of the elegant Coelogyne 

 pandurata was also shown. 



de Barri Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, 

 Sevenoaks, exhibited a good rose tinted 

 form of Odontoglossum Lambeauianum. 



Mr. E. V. Low, Vale Bridge, Haywards 

 Heath, showed Cattleya Trianae Empress of 

 India, a good variety, C. Schroderje The 

 Kaiser, with an apricot-yellow throat, and 

 the elegant C. Luddemanniana Stanleyi. 



F. M. Ogilvie, Esq., The Shrubbery, 

 Oxford, exhibited Brasso-Cattleya Cliftonii 

 magnifica, an albino form of Cypripedium 

 Antigone, and Miltonia Bleuana rosea, a very 

 large form. 



Mrs. Norman Cookson, Oakwood, Wylam, 

 exhibited Odontoglossum percultum pallidum, 

 O. p. fuscum, and O. crispum nigrum. 



E. PI. Davidson, Esq., Borlases, Twyford, 

 Berks., exhibited Lycaste Skinneri alba, of 

 excellent form. 



Francis Wellesley, Esq., Westfield, 

 Woking, showed Cattleya Trians F. McBean, 

 a large light tinted flower, the lip being 

 magenta-purple. 



Messrs. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, showed 

 Laelio-Cattleya Dominiana langle)-ensis, and 

 two others which obtained awards. 



Mr. C. F. Waters, Balcombe, Sussex, 

 showed good varieties of Cattleya Mendehi. 



