April, T913.] 
THE ORCHID WORLD. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
March 4th, 191 3. 
Members of the Orchid Committee present : 
J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. (m the chair), Mr. Jas. 
O'Brien (hon. sec), Sir Jeremiah Cohnan, 
Bart, Sir Harry J. Veitch, and Messrs. J. S. 
Moss, Stuart Low, Gurney Wilson, F. Sander, 
R. G. Thwaites, F. J. Hanbury, F. M. Ogilvie, 
T. Armstrong, A. McBean, W. Cobb, J. 
Charlesworth, J. Cypher, W. H. Hatcher, 
W. P. Bound, J.' E. Shill, H. G. Alexander, W. 
Bolton, de B. Crawshay, W. H. White, A. Dye, 
S. Flory, and C. Cookson. 
Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, 
were awarded a Silver Floral Medal for an 
interesting group containing Odontoglossum 
princeps (crispum Luciani x Lawrenceanum), 
an elegant flower, many excellent forms of 
Cattleya Schroderje and Tnanse, distinct 
varieties of Lycaste Skmneri, and some 
Dendrobiums of more than ordinary merit. 
Cymbidium insigne was also shown. 
Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 
Heath, were awarded a Silver Banksian Medal 
for a good group in which were various 
hybrids, the rare Phaius simulans, known in 
gardens as P. tuberculosus, several species of 
Sarcochilus, and the interesting Odontoma 
Cybele. 
Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Enfield, 
secured a Silver Banksian Medal for an 
extensive group. Cymbidium Wiganianum, 
Ansellia africana and Cypripedium macro- 
chilum were well shown. Dendrobiums 
included Wardianum and the scarce linguae- 
forme, and Cattleya Suzanne Hye de Crom 
was in good form. 
Messrs. J. Cypher and Sons, Cheltenham, 
were awarded a Silver Banksian Medal for 
a pretty group, containing the elegant 
Angraecum sesquipedale, many good Dendro- 
biums, Masdevallias in variety, and albino 
forms of Lycaste Skinneri and Cattleya 
Trian^. 
Messrs. Hassall and Co., Southgate, staged 
a neat group, in which we noticed Brasso- 
Cattleya Menda, an excellent variety ; B.-C. 
Digbyano-MossijE " Queen Alexandra," and 
several good Odontoglossum species and 
hybrids. 
Messrs. Armstrong and Brown, Tunbridge 
Wells, showed several plants of Dendrobium 
Sibyl, which had been raised from crassinode x 
Linawianum. 
Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, 
exhibited the new blush-white Dendrobium 
bigibbum " Lady Colman," Zygopetalum 
rostratum, the pretty Cirrhopetalum pictur- 
atum, and Acanthophippium bicolor. 
E. H. Davidson, Esq., Orchid Dene, 
Twyford, showed Brasso-Cattleya Cliftonii 
var. Dora, a very large and elegant white 
flower ; Odontoglossum Twyford Gem (Rossii 
rubescens x formosum), a pleasing hybrid ; and 
several Odontiodas. 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O., 
showed a fine spike of Eulophiella Peetersiana, 
which had been m flower at Burford for a 
month, and a fine specimen of Sophro-Laslia 
Psyche. 
H. S. Goodson, Esq., Fairlawn, Putney 
(gr. Mr. G. Day), showed Odontoglossum 
percultum var. Mrs. Goodson, a creamy-yellow 
flower slightly spotted ; O. ardentissimum 
var. Herbert Goodson, previously received 
F.C.C. ; and O. Capt. Humphrey, probably a 
Uro-Skinneri cross. 
Pantia RaUi, Esq., Ashstead Park (gr. Mr. 
S. Fames), sent Sophrocattlaelia Marathon 
" Ashstead Park var.," a very good form of 
excellent colour, and Oncidioda Cooksonias. 
F. Menteith Ogilvie, Esq., The Shrubbery, 
Oxford, showed Odontioda Charlesworthii 
" The Shrubbery variety," one of the best of 
its kind, with a spike of 17 flowers; and 
Odontoglossum Harwoodii " The Shrubbery 
variety," of which a coloured plate was given 
in our issue of January last. 
Walter Cobb, Esq., Normanhurst, Rusper, 
sent Odontoglossum Lawrenceanum " Cobb's 
var.," of excellent shape ; Odontioda Cook- 
soniae ; and a very fine variety of Sophronitis 
grandiflora. 
Messrs. J. and A. McBean, Cooksbridge, 
staged Odontoglossum eximium " Alpha," 
which obtained a First-class Certificate ; 
