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group containing the elegant Laelio-Cattleya 

 Feronia ; Odontioda Thwaitesii, a very large 

 form ; Laslio-Cattleya Venus var. Golden 

 Queen, a good form with very bright yellow 

 sepals and petals ; a very dark variety of 

 Odontioda Schroderi, and other hybrids. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haj-Avards 

 Heath, exhibited Vanda Sanderiana, the rare 

 Stanhopea convoluta, Cypripediura Rosettii, 

 and the pretty golden flowered Platyclinis 

 filiformis. 



Mr. Sidney Flory, Tracy's Nursery, Twick- 

 enham, staged Cattleya Gaskelliana alba, 

 Dendrobium regium, and a distinct variety 

 of Brasso-Lselia Helen. 



AWARDS. 



First-class Certificates. 



Laelio-Cattleya Glaucus (L. purpurata x 

 L.-C. Rubens), from Lieut.-Col. Sir George 

 Holford, K.C.V.O., Westonbirt (gr. Mr. 

 H. G. Alexander). — A very bright and elegant 

 hybrid of dark rosy-mauve colour, the lip 

 ruby-crimson. The finest variety of this 

 hybrid. 



Laf^lio-Cattleya Godmanii (C. Iris x L.-C. 

 callistoglossa), from F. du Cane Godman, 

 Esq., South Lodge, Horsham. — A very large 

 and richl}- coloured hybrid. Sepals and petals 

 dark purplish-rose, lip rub}--crimson, witli well 

 defined yellow discs. 



Awards of Merit. 



Leelio-Cattleya luminosa var. Mandarin 

 (L. tenebrosa Walton Grange variety x C. 

 Dowiana aurea), from Lieut.-Col. Sir George 

 Holford, Westonbirt. — A very distinct flower 

 with brigEt chrome-yellow sepals and petals, 

 the lip claret-purple. 



Brasso-Cattleya Ilene (C. Dowiana x 

 B.-C. Mdme. Chas. Maron), from Messrs. Jas. 

 Veitch and Sons, Chelsea. — A beautiful flower 

 with broad erect sepals and petals of a clear 

 rose colour. The wide fringed lip light rose 

 with yellow centre. 



Odontoglossum Empress Eugenie (paren- 

 tage unrecorded), from E. H. Davidson, Esq., 



[September, 1912. 



Borlases, Twyford. — A good large flower of 

 excellent form and substance. Sepals and 

 l>etals light rose with a few purple spots. 



Odontoglossum Fletcherianum nigrescens 

 (Edwardii x cirrhosum), from Messrs. Jas. 

 and A. McBean, Cooksbridge. — The darkest 

 Odontoglossum hybrid vet obtained. Sepals 

 and jDetals velvety black, lip bronzy-chocolate 

 with white tip and very bright yellow crest. 



Cultural Commendation 



to Mr. H. G. Alexander, Orchid grower to 

 Lieut.-Col. Sir George Holford, lor a 

 magnificent plant of Cattleya Tacitus (bicolor 

 Grossii x Germania superba) with a tall 

 spike of nine flowers. 



August 27th, igi2. 

 Members of the Orchid Committee present : 

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

 Messrs. Jas. O'Brien (hon. sec). Sir Jeremiah 

 Colman, Bart., Sir Harry J. Veitch, de Barn 

 Crawshay, W. Bolton, Gurney Wilson, A. Dye, 

 H. G. Alexander, J. E. Shill, W. H. Hatcher, 

 W. Cobb, A. McBean, T. Armstrong, F. J. 

 Hanbury, Stuart Low, and R. A. Rolfe. 



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

 Berks, was awarded a .Silver-gilt Flora Medal 

 for an extensive group of excellent Orchids. 

 Included in it were strong plants of Cattleya 

 aurea, C. Lord Rothschild alba, Laelio-Cattleya 

 Colmaniana, a very beautiful variety with dis- 

 tinct dark-purple veining, and several Mil- 

 tonias. Odontoglossum Rolfeae, Od. Ceres, 

 with beautifully tinted flowers, and Cypri- 

 pediura Hassallii were also noticed. 



H. T. Pitt, Esq., Stamford Hill, N., was 

 awarded a Silver Banksian Medal for a 

 very effective group containing Cypripedium 

 Wootonii, C. Charles Rickman, C. Felicity, 

 and C. Baron Schroder ardens. Interesting 

 species were represented by Catasetum fim- 

 briatum and Brassia brachiata. The elegant 

 Houlletia Brocklehurstiana and several new 

 hybrids were in prominent positions. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, 

 received a Silver Flora Medal for a large 

 group of rare species and other Orchids. The 



THE ORCHID WORLD. 



