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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[August, igi2. 



J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, South 

 Woodford, received a Gold Medal for an 

 excellent exhibit of Selaginellas and Orchids. 

 The latter nicluded Odontoglossum ardentis- 

 simum with a branched spike of 50 flowers, 

 the brightly coloured Anguloa Cliftonii, and 

 albino Cattleyas. 



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

 Berks, was awarded a Large Silver Cup for a 

 very effective group containing several fine 

 Odontoglossum hybrids, Cattleya Mossiae 

 Wagneri, a beautiful form of La?lio-Cattleya 

 Aphrodite and L.-C. Rubens var. The Kaiser, 

 a grand hybrid which obtained an Award of 

 Merit. 



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

 (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander), Tetbury, Glos., 

 received a Silver Flora Medal for a magnifi- 

 cent specimen of Cattleya Warscewiczii Low's 

 variety, with six spikes bearing together 22 

 flowers. C. Warscewiczii Othello, a grand 

 form, and C. Artemis (Ins x Gaskelliana) were 

 also shown m excellent style. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 

 Heath, received a Gold Medal for the finest 

 trade exhibit. In the centre were numerous 

 specimen plants of Phalaenopsis Rimestadiana, 

 their graceful spikes of white flowers showing 

 to advantage over a mass of the red-flowering 

 Epidendrum vitellmum. Besides many excel- 

 lent hybrids there was a strong plant of 

 Grammangis Ellisii with a spike of 24 flowers, 

 the scarce Oncidium Classianum, the interest- 

 ing Peristeria elata, and Sobralia macrantha 

 alba. 



Messrs. Mansell and Hatcher, Rawdon, 

 Yorks, were awarded a Silver Cup for a well- 

 arranged exhibit of Orchids, the Laslio- 

 Cattleyas being of great beauty. Saccolabium 

 Blumei with two long drooping flower spikes, 

 Dendrobium Lowii with its bright-yellow 

 flowers, and the curious D. revolutum were 

 staged in good form. A new Orchid, Cypri- 

 pedium Chas. J. Catt (Godefroyae leucochilum 

 X Chamberlainianum), and Laslio-Cattleya 

 bletchleyensis King George were much 

 admired. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Bush Hill 

 Park, Enfield, received a Silver-gilt Flora 

 Medal for an extensive and very effective 



exhibit of various Orchids. It contained the 

 rare Lselia tenebrosa Walton Grange var., a 

 well-flowered Chysis bractescens, several very 

 dark varieties of Cattleya gigas, the white 

 Cattleya Mrs. Myra Peeters, and the scarce 

 Broughtonia sanguinea. 



Messrs. Jas. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, had 

 many Orchids in their superb group of foliage 

 plants which was awarded the " Coronation " 

 Challenge Cup. The varieties included Brasso- 

 Cattleya Marion, Cattleya Mossias Wagneri, 

 Disa luna, and the elegant Laelio-Cattleya 

 Canhamiana alba. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, 

 exhibited the curious Catasetum tenebrosum, 

 Laelio-Cattleya Martinettii Vesuvius, of excel- 

 lent colour, the blue flowering Bollea Lalindei, 

 and Miltonia vexillaria Lambeauiana with 

 numerous flowers. 



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

 Heath, staged some well-grown Orchids, all 

 excellent varieties. Cypripedium callosum 

 Sanderse, C. I'Ansonii, a good Cattleya 

 Mossiae Wagneri, and the elegant Coelogyne 

 pandurata were much admired. 



Mr. H. A. Tracy, Orchid Nursery, Twicken- 

 ham, received a Silver Flora Medal for a good 

 group containing the pretty Odontoglossum 

 Eleanor, Cypripedium niveum, several excel- 

 lent varieties of Cattleya Mendelii, and 

 various botanical Orchids. 



Mr. Harry Dixon, Spencer Park Nursery, 

 Wandsworth Common, was awarded a Silver 

 Flora Medal for a well arranged exhibit con- 

 sisting of good varieties of Cattleya gigas, 

 Odontioda Floryi, Cattleya Mossiae Wagneri 

 with several good flowers, and various 

 Odontoglossum hybrids. 



Messrs. Armstrong and Brown, Tunbridge 

 Wells, exhibited a well-flowered plant of 

 Promenaea citrina, the pretty Cypripedium 

 Vipanii, and a hybrid between C. Youngianum 

 and Fairrieanum.. 



Messrs. J. and A. McBean, Cooksbridge, 

 showed Miltonia vexillaria Rotundia, a very 

 elegant variety, and Cattleya Warscewiczii 

 Gladiator, a very large flower of good colour 



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

 exhibited Odontoglossum percultum King- 

 George, a large flower handsomely marked 



