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THE ORCHID WORLD. 
[January, 1913: 
crispum ; no sign of the latter parent was 
visible. 
Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, were 
awarded a Silver Flora Medal for an attrac- 
tive exhibit of excellent Cypnpediums, the 
rare Govenia Gardmeri, Lycaste lanipes, 
several Cattleya and Laslio-Cattleya varieties, 
and other hybrids. 
H. T. Pitt, Esq., Rosslyn, Stamford Hill, 
obtained a Silver Banksian Medal for a very 
pretty group of various species and hybrids, 
including Odontoglossum ardentissimuni 
" Pitt's var.," Miltonia Bleuana, the rare 
Maxillaria Hub.schii, and many good Laelio- 
Cattleyas. 
Messrs. J. Cypher and Sons, Cheltenham, 
secured a Silver Banksian Medal for a well- 
arranged group containing Laelio-Cattleya 
Rubens, the white Calanthe Harrisii, Zygo- 
petalum crinitum, and a dark form of Laelia 
anceps Schroderee. 
Messrs. J. and A. McBean, Cooksbridge, 
showed the new Cymbidium Doris and a very 
fine form of Wiganianum. Several promising 
Cattleya seedlings and Cypripediums were 
also exliibited. 
Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 
Heath, staged a number of attractive Cypri- 
pediums, in the centre of which was a grand 
specimen Angraecum sesquipedale. 
Messrs. Hassall and Co., Southgate, 
exhibited a selection of choice Cypripediums 
and a good specimen of Vanda suavis. 
E. H. Davidson, Esq., Orchid Dene, Twy- 
ford, staged Laelio-Cattleya Myrrha (L.-C. 
Gottoiana x C. aurea), sepals and petals prim- 
rose-yellow, the latter freckled with rose at 
the tips. Lip dull purple. 
His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, Blen- 
heim Palace (gr. Mr. Hunter), sent Cypri- 
pedium Beatrice (aureum Hyeanum x Memoria 
Jerninghamiae), a large flower with the white 
dorsal flushed in the centre with purple. 
J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, South 
Woodford, exhibited the elegant Cypripedium 
Leeanum " J. Gurney Fowler," Odonto- 
glossum Lambeauianum, and Odontioda 
Latona. 
Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Bush Hill 
Park, Enfield, staged Cypripedium Eva 
(aureum Hyeanum x Memoria Jerninghamiae). 
Messrs. .Swan and Price, Keyfield Nursery, 
.St. Albans, staged a small group of choice 
Cypripediums. 
AWARDS. 
First-class Certificates. 
Lslio-Cattleya Golden Oriole " var. Ruby " 
(L.-C. Charlesworthii x C. aurea), from Lieut.- 
Col. Sir George Holford, K.C.V.O., Weston- 
bitt (gr. Air. H. G. Alexander). — A very 
remarkable and beautiful result, m which the 
3ellow flower is almost covered with rich 
claret-red colour, the petals being more 
heavily covered than the sepals. 
Odontioda Latona " Fowler's variety " 
(Odontioda Bradshawiac x Odontoglossum 
cnspo-Harryanum), from J. Gurney Fowler, 
Esq., Glebelands, South Woodford. — A very 
sui prising result in which the scarlet-red 
colour of the former parent is almost 
eliminated. The ground colour is white, the 
sepals and petals having a broad rose margin, 
the inner parts heavily blotched with mauve 
having a slight reddish tinge. The lip has a 
large reddish blotch, and the crest is yellow. 
Awards of Merit. 
Cypripedium Viking (Buchanianum x 
illustre), from Lieut.-Col. Sir George Holford, 
K.C.V.O. — A very distinct hybrid having a 
broad, wax-like dorsal sepal with a violet- 
purple band up the centre. Petals and hp 
Indian yellow tinged with brown. 
Cypripedium Eurybiades (Euryades x Alci- 
biades), from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., 
K.C.V.O., Burford.— A large, bold flower 
having a pure white dorsal marked with 
emerald-green at its base, and evenly spotted 
with purple. Lip and petals yellowish and 
tinged with dark purple. 
Sophrocatttelia Carna (L.-C. Cappei x 
S.-L. heatonensis), from Messrs. Charles- 
worth and Co. — A very remarkable combina- 
tion of coloration, flower of large size, and 
exhibiting varied tints of bright magenta-rose. 
Cultural Commendation 
to Mr. W. H. White, Orchid grower to Sir 
Trevor Lawrence, Bart., for a fine specimen 
of Sigmatostalix radicans. 
