THK ORCHID U'ORLD. 
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Cattleya Fabia gloriosa, from Lieut.-Col. 
Sir George Holford. — One of the darkest 
forms of this popular hybrid. 
Cattleya Fabia "Sunset," from Lieut.-Col. 
Sir George Holford. — A very distinct flower, 
the colouring being particularly soft and of 
varying sunset hues. 
Cattleya Hardyana " La Perle," from Lieut.- 
Col. .Sir George Holford. — Flowers large, 
sepals and petals pure white, labellum ricli 
[lurple, but ha\'ing very large areas of light 
yellow on the side lobes. 
Cattleya Venus var. Princess, from Messrs. 
Charlesworth and Co. — A very distinct variety 
with flowers of a peculiar greenish-yellow 
hue, the labellum marked with dark crimson- 
purple. 
Cattleya Oberon (Fabia x Hardyana), from 
E. R. Ashton, Esq., Tunbridge Wells. — A 
\ery pretty hybrid with the petals marbled 
over their outside area with purple ; lip bright 
purple with the flat part of golden hue. 
Cypripedium Muriel (Euryades x Cynthia), 
from Sir George Holford. — A grand hybrid 
of the Euryades section, but somewhat larger 
and thicker set. 
Cypripedium Glebelands (Lathamianum x 
insigne Chantinii), from J. Gurney Fowler, 
Esq. — A large flower with the upper half of 
the broad dorsal white, the lower half hand- 
somely spotted. 
Brasso-Cattleya Mdm. Jules Hye " Ashton's 
variety," from E. R. Ashton, Esq., Broadlands, 
Tunbridge Wells. — The well-developed lip of 
this hybrid is deeply fringed and of a light 
greenish tint, sepals and petals pinkish-mauve. 
Lielio-Cattleya Walter Gott, from Messrs. 
Sander and Sons. — The finest form of this 
hybrid. Flowers large, of good shape, rosy- 
crimson in colour. 
Odontoglossum eximium " McBean's 
variety," from Messrs. J. and A. McBean, 
Cooksbridge. — A very beautiful and perfectly- 
formed flower, the segments blotched with 
dull purple, lip slightly pandurate at the 
apex. 
Laelio-Cattleya Golden Fleece, from Sir 
George Holford. -The segments of this 
hybrid are somewhat narrow, but the golden- 
yellow colour is magnificent. 
November igth, ^gi2. 
Members of the Orchid Committee present : 
Sir Harry J. Veitch (in the chair), and Messrs. 
Jas. O'Brien (hon. sec), Gurney Wilson, R. A. 
Rolfe, R. G. Thwaites, F. J. Hanbury, F. 
Sander, A. McBean, C. H. Curtis, J. Charles- 
worth, J. Cypher, W. H. Hatcher, J. Shill, 
W. P. Bound, W. H. White, C. J. Lucas, W. 
Bolton, R. Brooman- White, de B. Crawshay, 
and T. Armstrong. 
His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, 
Blenheim Palace, was awarded a Gold Medal 
and a Silver Lindley Medal for a magnificent 
group of Vanda coerulea, staged in excellent 
style. The numerous plants had all been 
grown from small imported pieces and the 
leaves were comparatively free from blemish. 
Many of the varieties were of a rich blue 
colour, and gave ample proof that the cultural 
details were correctly carried out. The fore- 
ground was effectively filled with various 
albino Cypripediums. 
Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Bush Hill 
Park, received a Silver Flora Medal for an 
extensive group of choice species and hybrids. 
Notable plants included an elegant hybrid 
between Cattleya labiata and C. Luedde- 
manniana, several richly coloured C. Fabras, 
C. labiati alba, the useful Dendrobium 
formosum, and the pretty Epidendium 
xanthmum. 
Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 
Heath, secured a Silver Banksian Medal for 
a small group of select plants, including 
Odontioda Constance (Od. Clytie x Odon- 
tioda Bradshavvias), a crimson-purple blotched 
flower ; the new Oncidioda Majorie (C. 
Noezliana x Oncidium Forbesii), of reddish- 
buff colour with the apex of the lip very 
broad and oi } ellowish-buff colour ; Oncidium 
h)bridum (tigrinum x lameiligerum) with 
clirome }ellow lip, the sepals and petals 
almost covered with brown blotches ; and 
several excellent Cypripediums. 
Messrs. J. Cypher and Sons, Cheltenham, 
received a Silver Banksian Medal for an 
attractive group of Cypripediums, the best 
including Corona, Charlesianum, Leander, 
and varieties of insigne. 
Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, 
