JOURNAL 



OF THE 



Royal Hoetioultural Society. 



Vol. XXXVIII. 1913. 

 Part III. 



OECHID CONFEEENCE. 



Wednesday, November 6, 1912. 

 Chairman : Mr. J. Gurney Fowler. 



PEOGEAMME. 



Morning Session — 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

 Papers. 



"The Physioiogy of Fertilization." Professor F. Keeble, M.A., 

 Sc.D., of University College, Eeading. 



"The Application of Genetics to Orchid Breeding." Major 0. 0. 

 Hurst, F.L.S., Director of the Burbage Experiment Station, 



Hinckley. 



Afternoon Session — 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. 

 Papers. 



" Some Epiphytic Orchids." Mr. H. G. Alexander, Orchid- 

 grower to Lieut. -Col. Sir George Holford, K.C.V.O. 



"Albinism in Orchids." Mr. H. G. Thwaites, F.E.H.S. 



Morning Session. 



Mr. J. Gurney Fowler, in opening the proceedings, said : It is 

 now nearly two years since a certain number of growers suggested to 

 the Council of the Eoyal Horticultural Society that it would be a 



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