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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(gr. Mr. Alexander). Flowers partaking strongly of C. granulosa, green with whitish, distinctly trilobed lip which is striped with purple, and has both the front and side lobes fringed.

To Cattleya × 'Maggie Raphael' alba (Trianaei alba × Dowiana aurea) (votes, unanimous), from Major G. L. Holford. Sepals and petals white, lip rose-crimson veined with gold.

To Phaio-Calanthe × Colmanii Phaius × ('Norman' × Calanthe Regnieri Stevensi) (votes, unanimous), from Jeremiah Colman, Esq., Gatton Park (gr. Mr. Bound). Flowers white with a slight green tint on the sepals, and a few purple lines at the base of the lip.

Other Exhibits.

Francis Wellesley, Esq., Westfield, Woking, showed Cypripedium Aeson giganteum in fine condition, and other hybrids.

Major G. L. Holford showed several new hybrids.

De B. Crawshay, Esq., sent Odontoglossum crispum Poultoni and O. × 'Queen Alexandra.'

J. Wilson Potter, Esq., sent Laelia cinnabarina × Jongheana.

Mr. H. A. Tracy showed Cypripedium xanthimum (Leeanum × insigne variety).

Messrs. Hugh Low & Co. staged a group.

Messrs. Heath & Sons, Cheltenham, showed hybrid Cypripediums.

J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., sent Cypripedium × 'Ernest Read' (parentage unrecorded).

Messrs. Linden, Brussels, showed two beautiful blotched forms of Odontoglossum crispum raised from seeds.

M. Jules Hye de Crom, Ghent, sent Cypripedium × Lathamianum primatum.

M. Mertens, Ghent, showed various Orchids.

Messrs. Sander & Sons sent three fine forms of Vanda Sanderiana.

ORCHID COMMITTEE, JANUARY 22, 1907.

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

Awards Recommended.

Silver Flora Medal.

To Major G. L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O., Westonbirt, Tetbury (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander), for an elegant arrangement of White Laelia anceps.

To F. Du Cane Godman, Esq., South Lodge, Horsham, for a group of fine specimens of Lycaste Skinneri.

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

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

To Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, for a group of hybrids and interesting species.