The Scientific Notebooks of German Orchidologist Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kränzlin

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[Mr. G. E.] Day). A very fine form with large magenta-rose flowers with rubycrimson lip. The specimen bore two spikes of four and five flowers respectively.

Award of Merit.

To Cypripedium × Leeanum 'Corona' (insigne var. × Spicerianum) (votes, unanimous), from G. F. Moore, Esq., Chardwar, Bourton-on-theWater (gr. Mr. Page). A fine form with a large white dorsal sepal, bearing some purple lines and a green base.

To Cypripedium × 'Stephanos' (Pollettianum × œnanthum superbum) (votes, unanimous), from the Rev. J. C. B. Fletcher, Mundham Vicarage, Chichester. Upper sepal white, with a green base and some feathered purple lines; petals and lip yellow, heavily tinged with brownish-purple.

Other Exhibits.

The Hon. Walter Rothschild, M.P. (gr. Mr. Dye), sent Cattleya × Germania inversa.

Francis Wellesley, Esq., Westfield (gr. Mr. Hopkins), sent several new hybrid Orchids.

Leopold de Rothschild, Esq. (gr. Mr. Hudson), showed the white Vanda cærulea albens.

Major G. L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O., Westonbirt (gr. Mr. Alexander), showed the fine white Cattleya labiata Amesiana with five flowers on one spike.

J. Bradshaw, Esq., Southgate (gr. Mr. Whitelegge), sent Odontoglossum × ambile Charlesworthii.

From the Royal Horticultural Society's Gardens, Wisley, four forms of Cypripedium × Euryades were shown.

W. M. Appleton, Esq., Weston-super-Mare, sent Cypripedium × Leeanum Appletonianum.

M. Chas. Maron, Brunoy, France, showed two white forms of Cattleya × Fabia.

M. Mertens, Ghent, staged a small group.

Diploma Awards.

Cypripedium Fairrieanum.

First Diploma: To Cypripedium Fairrieanum, dark variety (Sander).

Cypripedium Fairrieanum (hybrids).

First diploma: To Cypripedium 'Germaine Opoix,' 'Westfield var.' (C. × 'Madame Coffinet' × C. Fairrieanum), from Francis Wellesley, Esq. (gr. Mr. Hopkins). The fine hybrid which secured a F.C.C. November 6.

To Cypripedium × 'Baron Schröder' punctatum (œnanthus superbum × Fairrieanum), from Francis Wellesley, Esq.

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Habit dwarf. Flowers five ona short spike, white, tinged with green on the speals.

Cultural Commendation.

To Mr. May (gr. to J. B. Joel, Esq., Potter's Bar), for a very large specimen of Cypripedium Rothschildianum with three spikes, each of five flowers and one bud.

Other Exhibits.

The Right Hon. Rothschild (gr. Mr. Dye) sent the finely coloured Lælia purpurata, 'Tring Park variety.'

The Right Hon. Lord Auckland (gr. Mr. Matthews) showed cut spikes of Lissochilus Krebsii.

Frances Wellesley, Esq. (gr. Mr. Hopkins), sent Lælia purpurata 'Mrs. R. A. H. Mitchell,']] Cattleya-Skinneri 'Minnie,' Cypripedium Lawrenceanum 'Majestas,' and Lælio-Cattleya × Lucia 'Westfield variety.'

Messrs. Hugh Low staged a small group.

Messrs. John Cowan showed Odontoglossum crispum 'Edith Bolton.'

John S. Moss, Esq., sent a good spotted Odontoglossum crispum.

ORCHID COMMITTEE, TEMPLE SHOW, MAY 30, 1905.

Mr. N. C. Cookson in the Chair, and twenty-seven members present.

[For the Cups and Medals awarded by the Council, see page xxiii [23] ].

Awards Recommended:—

First-class Certificate.

To Cattleya citrina maxima (votes, unanimous), from the Marquis de Wavrin, Somerghem, Belgium (gr. M. de Geest). Flowers very large, rich yellow, fragrant.

To Zygopetalum Ballii (votes, unanimous), from Elijah Ashworth, Esq., Harefield Hall (gr. Mr. Holbrook). Probably a natural hybrid of Zygopetalum rostratum, and resembling the garden hybrid Z. × Roeblingianum. Flowers white, with purple markings up each of the segments, and at the base of the lip. (Fig. 49.)

To Odontoglossum × amabile 'Ixion' (Harryano-crispum × crispum) (votes, unanimous) from M. Chas. Vuylsteke, Loochristy, Ghent. A fine blush-white flower, with reddish-rose markings on the sepals and petals. (Fig. 50.)

Award of Merit.

To Odontoglossum × Lawrenceanum 'Adonis' (triumphans × Rolfeæ) (votes, unanimous), from M. Chas. Vuylsteke. A fine yellow flower, heavily barred with chocolate-purple. Lip white, with purple marks around the crest.

To Odontoglossum × loochristyense 'Arddarroch variety' (crispum × triumphans) (votes, unanimous), from R. Brooman-White, Esq., Garelochhead, N. B. Flowers large, the basal ground-colour of the segments whitish, the apical halves yellow, both colours blotched with chestnut brown.

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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.