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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



a distinct form with soft rose-coloured flowers 

 suggesting the influence of C. aurea, and thus 

 a form of Hardyana. 



J. McCartney, Esq., Bolton, exhibited 

 Odontoglossum Holmesii in the class for one 

 hybrid. 



Francis Wellesley, Esq., Westfield, Woking, 

 exhibited Cattleya Mossias Graham White, 

 and Lrelio-Cattleya The Sultan (lona nigTCS- 

 cens X L.-C. bletchleyensis), an extremely 

 dark flower. 



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

 stead, exhibited Odontoglossum Lambeau- 

 ianum Brockhurst variety, a fine variety with 

 a good spike carrying 1 7 flowers. 



Awards made b}- the Orchid Committee of 

 the Royal Horticultural Committee. 



Members present : Baron Bruno Schroder, 

 Chairman, and Messrs. jas. O'Brien, hon. sec, 

 Gurney Wilson, J. C)-pher, H. G. Alexander, 

 W. H. White, H. Chapman, E. Ashworth, J. 

 Charlesworth, de Barri Crawshay, W. Cobb, 

 R. G. Thwaites, W. Bolton, J. E. Shill, W. 

 Thompson, F. J. Hanbury, Stuart Low, G. F. 

 Moore, and .Sir Fred. Moore. 



First-class Certificates. 



Cattleya Mendelii Queen Mary, from 

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

 Westonbirt (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander). — A 

 very beautiful flower with pure white sepals 

 and petals of good shape, the labellum having 

 a slight rose flush of colour. The spike 

 carried three flowers. 



Brasso-Cattleya The King, from Lieut.-Col. 

 Sir George Holford. — An enormous flower of 

 unrecorded parentage, but probably having a 

 considerable amount of Cattleya Mossias. 



Dendrobium Dalhousieanum luteum, from 

 Lieut.-Col. Sir George Holford. — A well 

 grown plant carrying a number of creamy- 

 yellow flowers with dark maroon blotches on 

 the side lobes of the labellum. 



Cattleya Dirce magnifica, from Lieut.-Col. 

 Sir George Holford. — A very richly coloured 

 purple flower of good shape and thick sub- 

 stance, with the petals slightly splashed at the 

 tips with a darker shade of purple. The 

 plant carried a spike of four flowers, and was 

 also awarded the Cup presented by Messrs. 



Wm. Bull and Sons for the finest Cattleya 

 hybrid in the Show exhibited by an amateur. 



Laslio-Cattleya Lustre variety Lavingo, 

 from Lieut.-Col. Sir George Holford. — A 

 good hybrid between C. Lueddemanniana and 

 L.-C. callistoglossa. 



Laslia purpurata .Schroderiana, from Baron 

 Bruno Schroder (gr. Mr. .Shill). — A very dis- 

 tinct variety of this Brazilian species. 



Miltonia Hyeana Vogelzang, from Mons. 

 Firmin Lambeau, Brussels. — A very large 

 creamy-white flower with a slight amount of 

 rose-purple in the centre. 



Odontioda Miss Ogilvie (Od. amabile Royal 

 George x Odontioda Vu\lsteke3e, from F. 

 Menteith Ogilvie, Esq., The .Shrubbery, 

 O.xford. — A large flower with white ground 

 heavily blotched with scarlet-red. 



Odontoglossum eximium variety Excelsior 

 (ardentissimum x crispum), from Mons. Ch. 

 Vuylsteke, Loochristi, Belgium. — One of the 

 best forms of this handsome h)'brid. 



Odontoglossum Her Majesty, from Messrs. 

 Charlesworth and Co., Ha^'wards Heath. — A 

 very fine flower, of good shape and of a rich 

 purple colour, the labellum being specialh- 

 well developed. 



Odontioda Queen Mary (O. Vuylstekeas x 

 Od. eximium), from Messrs. Charlesworth and 

 Co. — A very remarkable and handsome 

 hybrid. The centre and larger part of all the 

 segments is a solid scarlet-red blotch. A 

 marginal line of the same colour runs round 

 the .sepals and petals. 



Odontoglossum amabile variety Duke of 

 Portland, from Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. 

 Albans. — A large flower of rose ground colour 

 handsomely blotched with purple. 



Odontoglossum eximium variety King 

 George, from Messrs. Sander and Sons. — One 

 of the finest Odontoglossum hybrids. The 

 broad sepals and petals being almost entirel)- 

 covered with purple blotches. Labellum 

 white at the apex and pandurate in shape. 

 Column very dark. 



Miltonia Jules Flye de Crom (Hyeana x 

 vexillaria), from Mons. Jules Hye de Crom, 

 Belgium. — A beautiful, pure white flower with 

 a rich purple blotched centre, having radiating 

 lines of the same colour. 



