The Scientific Notebooks of German Orchidologist Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kränzlin

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bulb bore two spikes, 5 feet 6 inches in length, the one with twenty-four flowers, the other having eleven branches bearing forty-nine flowers.

To Mr. W. H. White (gr. to Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart.), for Platyclinis filiformis, with about one hunderd spikes.

Diploma Awards:—

Lælio-cattleya × elegans and hybrids.

First Diploma: Lælio-Cattleya × elegans Turneri, from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq.

Second Diploma: Lælio-cattleya × 'Berthe Fournier,' from Messrs. Charlesworth.

Cattleya Warscewiczii and hybrids.

First Diploma: Lælio-Cattleya × Nysa gloriosa, from Jeremiah Colman, Esq.

Second Diploma: Lælio-Cattleya × bletchleyensis, from Jeremiah Colman, Esq.

Other Exhibits.

Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., showed a small group of rare Orchids.

J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. (gr. Mr. Davis), showed Cattleya × Wavriniana in fine condition, and other hybrids.

C. J. Lucas, Esq. (gr. Mr. Duncan), staged a small group of hybrids.

F. Du Cane Godman, Esq. (gr. Mr. Moody), sent Satyrium carneum.

M. Jules Hye de Crom, Ghent, showed Miltonia × Hyeana (× Blenana × vexillaria Leopoldii).

ORCHID COMMITTEE, AUGUST 28, 1906.

Mr. J. Gurney Fowler in the Chair, and thirteen members present.

Awards Recommended:—

Silver-gilt Flora Medal.

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

Silver Flora Medal.

To Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, for a group in which fourteen spikes of Arachnanthe Lowii were displayed.

To Jeremiah Colman, Esq. (gr. Mr. Bound), for a group principally of Lælio-Cattleya × Nysa.

Silver Banksian Medal.

To R. I. Measures, Esq., Camberwell (gr. Mr. Smith), for a group.

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

To Messrs. Stanley, Southgate, for a group.

First-Class Certificate.

To Cattleya × Iris 'Countess of Morley' (bicolor × Dowiana aurea) (votes, unanimous), from Major G. L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O. (gr. Mr. [Alexander]

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(gr. Mr. G. E. Day). Sepals and petals white. Lip like C. Warscewiczii, ruby-crimson, with a light yellow blotch on each side of the tube. (Fig. 157.)

Award of Merit.

To Dendrobium taurinum Colmanii (votes, unanimous), from Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart. (gr. Mr. Collier). Sepals white, reflexed, petals longer and narrower, erect, twisted, rose-pink; lip large, white with rose margin. Philippine Isles.

To Cirrhopetalum Fascinator (votes, unanimous), from Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., V.M.H. Allied to C. appendiculatum, but larger. Upper sepal and petals greenish, striped and fringed with purple; lower sepals closely approached, six inches long, ending in slender blades, the basal part broad, whitish with purple warted centre.

To Cypripedium × 'Cynthia' (Charlesianum × Charlesworthii) (votes, 16 for, 4 against), from Lieut.-Col. G.L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O. (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander). Dorsal sepal white with thin dotted lines of rose. Petals and lip greenish, tinged with purple. (Fig. 158.)

To Cypripedium × Faire-Maude (Fairrieanum × Maudiae) (votes, 12 for, 3 against), from Mrs. N. C. Cookson, Oakwood, Wylam (gr. Mr. H. J. Chapman). Resembling a large, dark C. × 'Juno,' with a very fine dark rose-tinted and striped dorsal sepal.

Other Exhibits.

Lieut.-Col. G. L. Holford: hybrid Orchids.

Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., V.M.H : rare species.

Ed. Rogerson, Esq., Manchester: Cypripedium × 'Priam.'

Baron Sir H. Schröder: Cattleya × Lamberhurst hybrid (intermedia × citrina).

H. T. Pitt, Esq.: Cattleya × newingtonense ('Mrs. W. J. Whiteley' × Harrisoniana).

Monsieur Mertens: hybrid Odontoglossums.

W. Thompson, Esq.: two hybrids.

F. Menteith Ogilvie, Esq.: Sophrocattleya × 'Doris.'

R. Brooman-White, Esq.: Odontoglossums.

Mr. A. W. Jensen: Odontoglossum Harryanum.

Messrs. Armstrong & Brown: Laeliocattleyas.

J. Forster Alcock, Esq.: Cypripedium × 'Baron Schröder,' var. NewHall-Hey.

ORCHID COMMITTEE, OCTOBER 26, 1909.

Mr. J. GURNEY FOWLER in the Chair, and nineteen members present.

Awards recommended:—

Gold Medal.

To Lieut.-Col. G. L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O., Westonbirt, Tetbury (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander), for a magnificent group, principally hybrid Cattleyas raised at Westonbirt, among which were sixty plants of