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Obchid Committee. 

 EoYAL International Horticultural Exhibition, May 22, 1912. 

 Baron Bruno Schr'oder in the Chair, and fifteen members present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



First-class Certificate. 



To Laeliocattleya x 'Lustre' var. * Lavengro ' (L.-c. x callisto>- 

 glossa X G. Luddemanniana) , from Lieut. -Col. Sir George L. Holford, 

 K.C.V.O., Westonbirt (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander). Mowers large, 

 deep rose-pink. Lip purplish crimson, with yellow lines from the 

 base. ■ (Fig. 132.) 



To Dendrohium Dalhousianum luteum, from Lieut. -Col. Sir George 

 L. Holford. Flowers sulphur yellow with maroon disc to the lip. 



To Cattleya Mendelii ' Queen Mary,' from Lieut. -Col. Sir George 

 L. Holford. A charming white variety with a pale rose flush on the 



lip. 



To Cattleya x * Dirce ' magnifica {' Miss Harris ' var. * Vulcan ' x 

 Warscewiczii), from Lieut. -Col. Sir George L. Holford. In its firm 

 substance and outline this partakes strongly of its ancestor C. Schil- 

 leriana, but is of broader proportions. Colour light purple with darker 

 veining. (Fig. 129.) 



To Brassocattleya X 'The King' (parentage unrecorded), from 

 Lieut. -Col. Sir George L. Holford. Flowers over nine inches across; 

 deep rose purple with white disc to the fringed lip. 



To Laelia pmpurata Schrdderae, from Baron Bruno Schroder, The 

 Dell, Englefield Green (gr. Mr. J. E. Shill). A fine pure white 

 variety with a deep rose ray in the middle of the lip. (Fig. 130.) 



To Odontioda x * Mrs. F. M. Ogilvie ' {Odontoglossum x amahile 

 ' Eoyal George ' x Odontioda x Vuylstekeae) , from F. M. Ogilvie, 

 Esq., The Shrubbery, Oxford (gr. Mr. Balmforth). Flower equal in 

 size to Odontoglossum cris'pum; white, heavily marked with bright red 

 and slightly flushed with rose. 



To Odontioda x ' Queen Mary ' {Odontioda x Vuylstekeae x Odon- 

 toglossum X eximium), from Messrs. Charlesworth. Flower of fine 

 shape, deep red with clear white margin, and markings on the sepals. 

 (Fig. 133.) 



To Odontoglossum x ' Her Majesty ' (parentage unrecorded), from 

 Messrs. Charlesworth. A showy hybrid with dark purple blotching 

 on a white ground; crest red and yellow. (Fig. 134.) 



To Miltonia x Hyeana var. * Vogelzang ' (Bleuana x vexil- 

 laria), from Monsieur Firmin Lambeau, Brussels. Flowers large, and 

 of fine shape; white, with a distinct yellow disc to the lip. 



To Odontoglossum x eximium ' Excelsior ' {cris'pum x ardentissi- 

 mum), from Monsieur Charles Vuylsteke, Ghent. Sepals and petals 

 violet-purple with white margin and tips. Lip white with large red 

 blotches 



