THE ORCHID WORLD. 



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AWARDS. 

 First-class Certificates. 



Cymbidium Pauwelsii " The Dell variety" 

 (Lowianum x insigne), from Baron Bruno 

 .Schroder, The Dell, Egham (gr. Mr. J. E. 

 Shill). A very attractive hybrid, the large 

 flowers are creamy-white, with faint purple 

 lines on the sepals and petals, the lip being 

 blotched with red. The plant was well 

 grown and carried a spike of 20 flowers. 



Laslio-Cattleya Trimyra (Trianae x Myra), 

 from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O., 

 Burford. A beautiful orange-yellow flower 

 of good size. 



Laslio-Cattleya McBeaniana (L. anceps 

 Schroderiana x C. Schroderae). A remark- 

 ably distinct hybrid. The large flower has 

 white sepals and petals of good form and 

 size, the lip is marked with crimson-purple 

 on the front, the throat being yellow. 



Awards of Merit. 



Odontoglossum His Majesty (parentage 

 unknown), from Lieut.-Col. Sir George 

 Holford, K.C.V.O. (gr. Mr. Alexander)."A 

 noble flower, handsomely marked with 

 chocolate-purple blotches. 



Cypripedium Roger Sander (Godefroyas 

 X glaucophyllum). — A distinct hybrid inter- 

 mediate in size and colour, the labellum 

 spotted rose-purple. 



Laelio-Cattleya Invincible var. Orama 

 (Dominiana x bletchleyensis), from Messrs. 

 Jas. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea. — A richly 

 coloured flower, the lip being specially good. 



Lselio-Cattleya Frederick Boyle " Veitch's 

 variety " (L. anceps Sanderiana x C. 

 Trianae). — A delicately tinted hybrid, the 

 broad margin to the front of the lip is rose- 

 purple. From Messrs. Jas. Veitch and Sons. 



Odontioda Cooksoniae "Cobb's variety" 

 (O. ardentissimum x C. Noezliana), from 

 Walter Cobb, Esq., Normanhurst, Rusper. — 

 One of the prettiest of the Odontiodas, of a 

 deep red colour, margined with rose, the apex 

 of the lip white. 



April 1 6th, igi2. 

 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, F. Sander, H. G. 

 Alexander, H. J. Chapman, T. Armstrong, 

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

 W. P. Bound, A. Dye, W. H. White, F. Peeters, 

 J. Wilson Potter, J. S. Moss, F. J. Hanbury, 

 J. Cypher;, C. J. Lucas, Stuart Low, R. G. 

 Thwaites, and R. A. Rolfe. 



Mrs. Norman Cookson, Oakwood, Wylam 

 (gr. Mr. Chapman), received a Silver Flora 

 Medal for an effecti\'e group of Odonto- 

 glcssums and Odontiodas, many of the 

 blotched flowers being of excellent shape and 

 colour. 



Baron Bruno Schroder, The Dell, Engle- 

 field Green (gr. Mr. J. E. Shill), showed 

 Cattleya Schroderae Empress, a fine specimen 

 with eleven large flowers. 



Francis Wellesley, Esq., Westfield, Woking, 

 exhibited Laelio-Cattleya Bertram and L.-C. 

 Mrs. Henriques, the latter a hybrid of C. 

 Hardyana. 



J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, South 

 Woodford, exhibited two distinct varieties of 

 Cattleya Schroderae and two Orchids which 

 obtained awards. 



J. T. Bennett-Poe, Esq., Holmewood, 

 Cheshunt, sent a well grown spike of Cym- 

 bidium Lowianum " Holmewood variety," with 

 24 flowers. 



A. Warren, Esq., The Cedars, Epsom, sent 

 a white form of brides virens. 



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

 Park, showed Odontioda gattonensis, of good 

 form and colour. 



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

 exhibited Cattleya Schroderae alba " Borlases 

 variety," one of the whitest forms, and of good 

 shape. 



F. D. Godman, Esq., South Lodge, Hor- 

 sham, staged Laelio-Cattleya Endymion 

 (luminosa x callistoglossa), Odontoglossum 

 Godmanii, and Pleione yunnanensis. 



Mons. Firmin Lambeau, Brussels, showed 

 Miltonia Hyeana Vogelzang, a very large 

 flower, almost pure white, with a slight rose 

 flush on the base of the petals. 



