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THE ORCHID WORLD. 
[June, 1913. 
received a Silver Cup for a tastefully- 
arranged group in which were strong plants of 
Dendrobium Thwaitesiae Veitch's var., with 
numerous flowers ; several batches of Cypri- 
pedium callosum Sanderas. Cymbidium 
Alexanderi, a fine variety of Maxillaria 
Sanderiana, bright Oncidiums, several well- 
flowered Brasso-Cattleyas, many flowered 
plants of Masdevallia Veitchiana, Vanda 
teres, Epidendrum O'Brienianum, Laslio- 
Cattleya Wellsiana, and L.-C. Hyeana, with a 
large number of well-developed flowers. 
E. H. Davidson, Esq., Twyford, received a 
Silver Cup for a neat exhibit of Laelio- 
Cattleya Aphrodite, the pretty Trichopilia 
Backhouseana, good varieties of Cattleya 
Mendelii, Vanda teres, and blotched 
Odontoglossums. 
Messrs. Hassall and Co., Southgate, were 
awarded a Silver-gilt Medal for a good 
exhibit of Odontoglossums and Cattleyas, the 
latter including Schroderas alba, and Skinneri 
alba with 22 flowers. Dendrobium Bronck- 
hartii, several Odontiodas of excellent colour, 
and Laelio-Cattleya G. S. Ball, with 
coppery-yellow blooms, were well staged. 
Odontoglossum Aireworth, the yellow O. 
luteopurpureum Vuylstekeanum, and Miltonia 
vexillarias were also noticed A good form 
of Cattleya Dusseldorfei Undine was in a 
prominent position. 
Mr. S. Flory, Twickenham, received a Silver 
Flora Medal for a nice group, in which we 
noticed many fine forms of Cattleya Men- 
delii, the white Laelia purpurata " Queen 
Alexandra," the elegant Cypripedium Roths- 
childianum, C. Olivia, and a pretty group of 
Anasctochili. 
Mr. Harry Dixon, Spencer Park Nursery, 
Wandsworth Common, was awarded a Silver 
Banksian Medal for a neat group containing 
a specimen Miltonia vexillaria, a distinct 
variety of Cattleya Mossiag, with purple- 
splashed petals, C. intermedia alba, the 
elegant Coelogyne pandurata, Cymbidium 
insigne, Brasso-Ljelia Jessopi, with orange- 
yellow flowers, and a good form of Odontioda 
Charlesworthii. 
Mr. C. F. Waters, Deanlands Nursery, 
Balcombe, secured a Silver Banksian Medal 
for a selection of Odontoglossum crispum, 
Cattleya Mossias Reineckiana C. Mendelii, a 
good form of Cypripedium bellatulum, and 
Miltonia vexillaria. 
W. P. Burkinshaw, Esq., Hessle, Hull, 
showed Miltonia Bleuana Hessle variety, with 
a dark ray-like disc, and Cattleya Luedde- 
manniana Schroderiana, with white sepals 
and petals. 
Mr. John Evans, Key Green, Congleton, 
Cheshire, exhibited Odontoglossum Ruby 
Gem, a large flower with reddish-purple 
blotches and a marginal line of the same 
colour ; and O. Evansi^, a grand hybrid with a 
spike of 16 large flowers handsomely blotched. 
Mons. Jules Hye de Crom, Ghent, staged 
Miltonia Hyeana Eureka, a large white 
flower, flushed with rose, and having a dark 
ray-hke blotch of crimson-purple on the crest. 
AWARDS. 
Members of the Committee present: — Sir 
Harry J. Veitch (in the chair), Mr. Jas. 
O'Brien (hon. sec). Sir Jeremiah Colman, 
Bart., Messrs. Gurney Wilson, H. G. Alex- 
ander, F. Sander, J. Shill, J. Cypher, H. J. 
Chapman, F. M. Ogilvie, R. G. Thwaites, J. 
S. Moss, W. H. Hatcher, S. Flory, Stuart Low, 
W. Cobb, A. Dye, W. P. Bound, Wilson 
Potter, C. J. Lucas, R. Brooman-White, W. H. 
White, E. Ashworth, F. J. Hanbury, W. Bolton, 
de Barn Crawshay, and J. Gurney Fowler. 
First-class Certificates. 
Odontoglossum Othmarschen (parentage 
unknown), from Baron Bruno Schroder, The 
Dell, Englefield Green (gr. Mr. J. E. Shill).— 
A very beautiful hybrid, with large flowers 
almost covered with claret-purple blotches. 
Lselio - Cattleya Britannia Westonbirt 
variety (L.-C. Canhamiana x C. Warscewiczii), 
from Lieut.-Col. Sir George Holford, 
K.C.V.O. (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander).— This 
plant carried seven immense flowers, with rose 
sepals and petals, and deep purple labellum. 
Laelio-Cattleya Sylvia " Princess Victoria 
Louise " (Ascania x Hippolyta), from Messrs. 
Charlesworth and Co. — A very fine result. 
Flower of good shape, with canary-yellow 
