The Scientific Notebooks of German Orchidologist Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kränzlin

cxcvi [196] PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

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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W. M. Appleton, Esq., Weston-super-Mare, sent hybrid Cypripediums.

Mr. H. Schuster, Brussels, showed a selection of Lælio-Cattleyas including Lælio-Cattleya × bellula (L. pumila × C. maxima).

ORCHID COMMITTEE, OCTOBER 9, 1906.

Mr. J. Gurney Fowler in the Chair, and twenty-one members present.

Award Recommended:—

Silver Flora Medal.

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

[black and white illustration] Fig. 84.—CATTLEYA × 'MRS. J. W. WHITELY,' 'ROSSLYN VARIETY.' (Journal of Horticulture.)

Silver Banksian Medal.

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

To Messrs. Heath & Sons, Cheltenham, for Dendrobiums and Cypripediums.

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ORCHID COMMITTEE, DECEMBER 11, 1906

Mr. HARRY J. VEITCH in the Chair, and nineteen members present.

Awards Recommended:—

Gold Medal.

To G. F. Moore, Esq., Chardwar, Bourton-on -the-Water (gr. Mr. Page), for a very fine group of Cypripediums &c.

Lindley Medal.

To Mr. C. J. Salter, gr. to Mrs. Haywood, Reigate, for eighteen large specimens of Masdevallia tovarensis, each with over one hundred spikes of white flowers.

Silver Flora Medal.

To Jeremiah Colman, Esq., Gatton Park (gr. Mr. Bound), for a group of Cypripediums and Calanthes.

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

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

Silver Banksian Medal.

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

To Messrs. J. W. Moore, Ltd., Rawdon, for a group.

Bronze Banksian Medal.

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

First-class Certificate.

To Cattleya × Dusseldorfei 'Undine' (intermedia alba × Mossiæ Wageneri) (votes, unanimous), from Major G. L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O., Westonbirt, Tetbury (gr. Mr. Alexander). A pure white variety of good size.

To Cypripedium × Actæus langleyense (insigne Sanderæ × Leeanum giganteum) (votes unanimous), from Major G. L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O. The variety raised by Messrs. Veitch, and to which an A.M. was given January 23, 1900. Flowers large, dorsal sepal pure white, with a small green base and a few purple lines.

To Cypripedium × Troilus eboraicum (insigne 'Harefield Hall' × nitens variety) (votes, 11 for, 4 against), from J. H. Craven, Esq., J.P., Keighley (gr. Mr. Corney). Flowers closely resembling C. insigne 'Harefield Hall.'

To Cælogyne Mooreana (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans. A fine flower, pure white with yellow disc and papillæ on the lip, and as large as C. cristata.

Award of Merit.

To Cymbidium × Wiganianum, 'Westonbirt variety' (eburneum × Tracyanum) (votes, unanimous), from Major G. L. Holford. Flowers ivory-white, with dotted lines of light purple.

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R. Briggs-Bury, Esq. (gr. Mr. Wilkinson), sent Odontoglossum × 'Vuylstekei variety.'

Francis Wellesley, Esq. (gr. Mr. Hopkins), showed Lælio-Cattleya × 'Miss Gilberta Blount' (L.-C. × Ingrami × C. × Mantini), L.-C. Norba superba, Cypripedium × 'Abraham Lincoln' ('Niobe' × orphanum) and other Orchids.

De B. Crawshay, Esq. (gr. Mr. Stables), sent Odontoglossum × crispodinei (crispum × Coradinei).

[black and white illustration] Fig. 61.—CYPRIPEDIUM × TRIUMPHANS. (Journal of Horticulture.)

Norman C. Cookson, Esq., showed Lælia × 'De Geestiana' (flava × Jongheana alba) with white sepals and petals.

F. M. Ogilvie, Esq., Oxford (gr. Mr. Balmforth) showed Cattleya × Portia magnifica.

R. I. Measures, Esq., Camberwell (gr. Mr. Smith), showed a selection of cut spikes of hybrid Orchids.

Messrs. Cowan, Gateacre, showed a fine white Cattleya labiata with pale-rose lip.

Messrs. William Bull, Chelsea, showed varieties of Cattleya × Iris, Odontoglossum crispum and others.