The Scientific Notebooks of German Orchidologist Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kränzlin

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Silver Flora Medal.

To. H. S. Goodson, Esq., Fairlawn, Putney (gr. Mr. G. E. Day), for Cattleyas, Laelio-Cattleyas, &c.

To Messrs. Hugh Low, Enfield, a group of several white-flowered Cattleyas, &c.

To E. Ashton, Esq., The Broadlands, Camden Park, Tunbridge Wells (gr. Mr. Young), for well-grown Cattleyas, &c.

Silver Banksian Medal.

To J. S. Moss, Esq., Bishop's Waltham, for a group of Cattleya Dowiana aurea.

To Clement Moore, Esq., Hackersach, New Jersey, U.S.A., for cut spikes of white and coloured forms of Cattleya labiata.

First-class Certificate.

To Vanda coerulea Charlesworthii (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Charlesworth, Hayward's Heath. A true albino, the flowers being pure white, without a trace of colour. (Fig. 127.)

Award of Merit.

To Laelio-Cattleya × 'Lustre' gigantea (C. Luddemanniana × L.-C. callistoglossa) (votes, unanimous), from Lieut.-Col. G. L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O., Westonbirt (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander). Plant dwarf; flower large and of firm substance; sepals and petals white, tinged and mottled with rose; lip large, claret-purple, lighter towards the front.

To Laelio-Cattleya × 'Ortrude' superba (L. anceps × C. Dowiana aurea) (votes, unanimous), from Lieut.-Col. G. L. Holford. A showy flower with cream-white sepals and petals, tinged with rose, and ruby-red lip with golden lines from the base.

To Brasso-Cattleya × 'Madame Hye' superba (B. Digbyana × C. Harrisoniana) (votes, unanimous), from Lieut.-Col. G. L. Holford. A finely formed flower, white tinged with lilac.

To Brasso-Cattleya × Digbyano-Mossiae 'Queen Alexandra,' Glenthorne variety (B. Digbyana × C. Mossiae Wageneri) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Wilson, Hayward's Heath. A large pure-white flower of fine shape.

Botanical Certificate.

To Saccolabium dasypogon, from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. (gr. Mr. W. H. White). A dwarf species with short clusters of yellow flowers and white bearded lip.

To Masdevallia Ortgiesiana, from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. A tufted plant with flowers an inch long on slender scapes, white with purple stripes.

Other Exhibits.

W. Waters Butler, Esq., Edgbaston: Cattleya Hardyana alba, Southfields variety, and C. Labiata.

Messrs. Cypher: a group.

R. G. Thwaites, Esq. (gr. Mr. Black): hybrid Cattleyas.

Mrs. Joad, Worthing: Renanthera coccinea.

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Messrs. Heath, Cheltenham, staged a small group.

Sir Frederick Wigan, Bart. (gr. Mr. W. H. Young), showed Chysis lævis superba.

Jeremiah Colman, Esq., showed hybrid Dendrobiums.

Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. (gr. Mr. W. H. White), sent fine specimens of Dendrobium × Wiganiæ album and other hybrids.

De B. Crawshay, Esq., again showed the very fine Odontoglossum triumphans 'Lionel Crawshay,' O. t. Crawshayanum, and O. × Andersonium Youngi.

ORCHID COMMITTEE, MARCH 20, 1906.

Mr. J. GURNEY FOWLER in the Chair, and twenty-eight members present.

Awards Recommended:—

Silver-gilt Flora Medal.

To Baron Sir H. Schröder, Bart., The Dell, Egham (gr. Mr. H. Ballantine), for a fine group of Orchids, including the rare Odontoglossum Pescatorei Schröderianum and Veitchianum.

To Messrs. Charlesworth, Bradford, for a fine group, including hybrid Odontoglossums.

Silver Flora Medal.

To Messrs. Jas. Cypher, Cheltenham, for a group of Dendrobiums, Odontoglossums, &c.

Silver Banksian Medal.

To Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, for a group.

To Messrs. Hugh Low, Enfield, for a group.

First-class Certificate.

To Odontoglossum × Lambeauianum (Rolfeae ardentissinum × crispum 'Madams Falcke') (votes, unanimous), from M. A. A. Peeters, Brussels. Flower large and with broad segements, pale rose, heavily blotched on the sepals and petals with rose-purple.

Award of Merit.

To Cypripedium villosum 'The Premier' (votes, unanimous), from Francis Wellesley, Esq., Westfield, Woking (gr. Mr. Hopkins). A massive form of thicker substance than typical villosum, and fine colour.

To Lælio-Cattleya × 'Sunray' var. superba (L. cinnabarina × C. superba) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Charlesworth. Flowers several on erect spikes, orange-colour, with crimson front to the labellum.

To Cypripedium × aureum Hyeanum (nitens Sallieri Hyeanum × Spicerianum) (votes, unanimous), from F. Menteith Ogilvie, Esq., The Shrubbery, Oxford (gr. Mr. Balmforth). A large greenish flower with chocolate-purple band up the dorsal sepal, and white upper half.

Cultural Commendation.

To Mr. W. H. White, Orchid-grower to Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., for Phalænopsis Aphrodite, with eighty flowers and buds on a branched spike.

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To Messrs. J. Cypher & Sons, Cheltenham, for a group of Cypripediums.

Silver Flora Medal.

To Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, for a good group.

[black and white illustration] FIG. 86—CYPRIPEDIUM × LEEANUM 'CORONA. (Journal of Horticulture.)

Bronze Banksian Medal.

To Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Enfield, for a group.

First-Class Certificate.

To Cattleya × Fabia Goodsonii (labiata × Dowiana aurea) (votes, unanimous), from H. S. Goodson, Esq., Fairlawn, Putney (gr. Mr. G. E. [Day]

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ORCHID COMMITTEE, NOVEMBER 21, 1905.

Mr. H. J. VEITCH in the Chair, and eighteen members present.

Awards Recommended:—

Silver Flora Medal.

To Messrs. Charlesworth, Bradford, for a group of hybrid Orchids.

To M. Chas. Vuylsteke, Loochristy, Ghent, for hybrid Odontoglossums.

To Messrs. Jas. Veitch, Chelsea, for a group.

Silver Banksian Medal.

To Messrs. Low, Enfield, for a selection of Cypripediums, Cattleyas, &c.

To Messrs. Stanley, Southgate, for a group.

First-class Certificate.

To Cypripedium × 'The Baron' (Hitchensiæ × nitens 'Sander's variety) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Sander, St. Albans. Dorsal sepal white, spotted with dark rose and with a green base. Petals and lip yellowish, tinged and marked with purple.

Award of Merit.

To Disa pulchra 'Tring Park variety' (votes, unanimous), from the Right Hon. Lord Rothschild, Tring Park (gr. Mr. A. Dye). Inflorescence a foot in height and bearing ten pale-lilac pink flowers bearing a resemblance to those of a gladiolus. Native of Griqualand East, South Africa.

To Mormodes Badium (votes, unanimous), from the Right Hon. Lord Rothschild. The type plant, bearing an erect inflorescence of ruby-red flowers. The yellow variety was shown from Tring Park, January 12, 1897, and was voted an Award of Merit.

To Cypripedium × Thalia giganteum (insigne Chantinii × 'Baron Schröder) (votes, 9 for, 3 against), from Francis Wellesley, Esq., Westfield, Woking (gr. Mr. Hopkins). Dorsal sepal broader and rounder than in any previously shown; white, with a green base and many spotted lines of rose-purple colour. (Fig. 62.)

To Cattleya 'Mrs. Pitt' var. magnifica (Harrisoniana × Dowiana aurea) (votes, 12 for, 2 against), from Major G. L. Holford, Westonbirt (gr. Mr. Alexander). Sepals and petals rose-pink; lip orange, darkest in the centre.

To Odontoglossum × Hallio-crispum Theodora (Hallii × crispum roseum) (votes, unanimous), from De B. Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks (gr. Mr. Stables). Flowers equal to a good O. crispum, primrose-yellow, spotted with red-brown.

To Odontoglossum × Phœbe (cirrhosum × crispum) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Charlesworth. Flowers nearest to those of O. cirrhosum, but with broader and shorter segments; white, tinged with pink and evenly spotted with reddish-brown.

Cypripedium × Actaeus chardwarense (insigne × Leeanum) (votes, unanimous), from G. F. Moore, Esq., Bourton-on-the-Water (gr. Mr. Page). Flowers nearest to C. insigne; greenish with white upper half to the dorsal sepal, which has a green base and some purple blotches.

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To Mr. W. P. Bound, gr. to Jeremaih Colman, Esq., Gatton Park, for Odontoglossum crispum 'Mary Colman,' with three spikes.

To Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Turnbridge Wells, for a finely flowered Odontoglossum naevium.

Other Exhibits.

Major G. L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O., staged one of the finest groups ever seen at the Temple Show, and secured the Veitchian Cup.

Messrs. Sander & Sons had a group covering 200 square feet.

Messrs. Charlesworth & Co. staged a similar group.

Jeremiah Colman, Esq. (gr. Mr. Bound), staged an extensive group.

Messrs. William Bull & Sons had a group of Cattleyas, Laelias, &c.

Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Enfield, staged an effective group.

[black and white illustration] Fig. 38.—ODONTOGLOSSUM CAERULEUM. (Journal of Horticulture.)

H. S. Goodson, Esq., Putney (gr. Mr. Day), had a select group.

Messrs. Jas. Cypher & Sons, Cheltenham, staged a fine group of Miltonia vexillaria and other Orchids.

Mr. Robson, Altrincham, showed a selection of Odontoglossums.

J. Rutherford, Esq., Beardwood, Blackburn (gr. Mr. Lupton), showed white Cattleyas.

Francis Wellesley, Esq. (gr. Mr. Hopkins), sent Cattleya Mossiae 'Miss Mary Knollys,' a fine variety.

Messrs. Jas. Veitch & Sons showed two of their new Brasso-CattLaelia × Veitchii and the fine white C. Mossiae 'Rosalind.'

H. L. Bischoffsheim, Esq. (gr. Mr. Doig), had a fine display of Cattleya Mossiae and Laelia purpurata.

R. Ashworth, Esq., Manchester (gr. Mr. Pidsley), staged a selection of Odontoglossus crispum.