THE 
ORCHID WORLD. 
OCTOBER. 1912. 
NOTES 
Medals for Orchids. — At the Carlisle 
and Cumberland Horticultural Society's 
Show, Sept. 4th and 5th, a Silver Medal was 
awarded to Sir Benjamin Scott, Mayor of 
Carlisle, for a well-grown group of Orchids. 
At the Glasgow and West of Scotland Horti- 
cultural Centenary Show, September 4th, 5th, 
and (ith, Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons were 
awarded a Gold Medal, and Messrs. Sander 
and Sons received a First-class Certificate of 
Merit for collections of choice Orchids. 
Orchid Prizes. — In connection with the 
Brussels Exliibition, October 26th, 27th and 
28th, Mons. Firmin Lambeau is giving a Gold 
Medal value 100 francs for the best collection 
of Cattleya and La^lio-Cattleya hybrids, and 
Mons. Ch. Dietrich offers a Gold Medal of 
equal value for the finest collection of 25 
species, varieties or hybrids. Three Gold 
Medals are also offered for the best tables 
decorated with Orchid flowers. The Man- 
chester Orchid Society has received a hand- 
some Silver Trophy, the gift of Mr. Eric F. 
Davidson, which will be awarded for Odonto- 
glossums and their hybrids. 
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MaXILLARIA TENUIFOLIA. — Amateurs will 
find this species one of the easiest to grow, for 
it is in no way very particular as to the tem- 
perature or atmosphere of the house. A 
somewhat shady place in a greenhouse where 
the temperature ranges from 50 to 70 degrees 
will always ensure the plant making satis- 
factory growth. This species is a native of 
Mexico, where it was found by Theodore 
Hartweg, an excellent naturalist, employed by 
the Royal Horticultural Society, in Mexico, 
upon a mission which would have produced 
most important additions to our gardens had 
not his collections been detained at Tampico 
in consequence of the French blockade of that 
port. This plant, which flowered so long ago 
as 1839 in the Society's garden at Chiswick, 
has upright stems upon which are man\- bulbs, 
the flowers appearing from the axils of the 
scales covering the stem. The individual 
blossoms are about an inch and three-quarters 
across, of dull yellow colour heavily spotted 
with crimson, the apices of the segments being 
almost entirely covered with the same colour. 
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CypripediujM Godefroy.E. — Introduced 
from Cochin China by M. Godefroy, of 
Augentieul, near Paris, this species first 
flowered m November, 1883, and at the 
Orchid Show and Conference held by the 
Royal Horticultural Society, 1885, Mr. Wm. 
Lee, of Downside, Leatherhead, received a 
First-class Certificate for a strong plant which 
he exliibited on the occasion. Like niveum 
and concolor, it gTows wild on the calcareous 
rocks on the side of a mountain, where it 
obtains a considerable amount of sunshine. 
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