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dark lip ; and three varieties of Cattleya 

 Drapsiana. 



Elizabeth, Lady Lawrence, Burford, 

 showed Lcelio-Cattleya Anzac (L.-C. Clive x 

 L.-C. bletchleyensis), with 2 flowers, having 

 broad petals of purple colour, the labelluni 

 maroon with a velvety finish. 



Pantia Ralli, Esq., Ashtead Park, Surrey, 

 exhibited S.-L.-C. Ashteadensis (S.-L.-C. 

 pumeximia x C. Bowringiana), with a spike 

 of 4 flowers of good shape and rich colour. 



H. T. Pitt, Esq., Stamford Hill, staged 

 Brasso-Cattleya William Pitt, a well-formed 

 large flower of rose-purple colour. 



R. G. Thwaites, Esq., Streatham Hill, 

 exhibited Sophro-Cattleya Blackii " The 

 Cardinal," a bright red flower. 



Walter Cobb, Esq., Rusper, showed 

 Cattleya Ftibia, Cobb's variety, very dark and 

 of good shape. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 

 Heath, were awarded a Silver Flora Medal 

 for a group containing the pretty Trichopilia 

 Gouldii ; Cattleya lucida, with a spike of 7 

 flowers ; the new Laslio-Cattleya Salonica 

 (L.-C. Fascinator x C. Warscewiczii F. M. 

 Beyrodt), with white sepals and petals and 

 deep purple labellum ; Odontoglossum grande 

 aureum ; as well as other interesting hybrids. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, 

 obtained a Silver Flora Medal for an extensive 

 collection of rare species, the Cirrhopetalums 

 and Bulbophyllums being of more than 

 ordinary interest. Hybrids included Cattleya 

 Fabia alba, Ljelio-Cattleya Walter Gott and 

 Cypripedium Maudis. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Jarvisbrook, 

 were awarded a Silver Flora Medal for a 

 varied collection of Cattleya hybrids, the best 

 being C. Hardyana, C. Peetersii perfecta and 

 C. Boadicea. Good varieties of C. labiata 

 alba and Vanda coerulea were also shown. 



Messrs. Hassall and Co., Southgate, 

 obtained a Silver Flora Medal for a selection 

 of their new strain of Cattleya Adula, C. Sybil 

 with SIX richly coloured flowers, C. Fabia alba, 

 C. Peetersii, and Cypripediums in variety. 



Messrs. J. and A. McBean, Cooksbridge, 

 were awarded a Silver Flora Medal for an 

 attractive exhibit, in which were excellent 



Odontoglossums and Cymbidiums, the kittcr 

 including a i6-flowered spike of C. Doris. 

 Other meritorious plants were L.-C. Baroness 

 Schroder, Cattleya Katie (fulvescens x aurea), 

 richly coloured C. Fabia and a varied selection 

 of Odontiodas. 



Messrs. Flory and Black, Slough, staged 

 good forms of their new L.-C. Soulange, one 

 being a model flower with effective purple 

 marbling on the lip. Good varieties of L.-C. 

 luminosa and C. Peetersii were also exhibited. 



Messrs. Armstrong and Brown, Tunbridge 

 Wells, staged S.-L.-C. Salonica (L.-C. warn- 

 hamensis x C. Fabia) with a pleasing flower 

 of rose-pmk colour. 



November 9th, 1915. 

 Members of the Orchid Committee present: 

 J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. (in the chair). Sir 

 Harry J. Veitch, Messrs. Jas. O'Brien (hon. 

 sec), Pantia Ralli, F. J. Hanbury, J. W. 

 Potter, F. M. Ogilvie, T. Armstrong, W. 

 Cobb, J. Cypher, W. H. Hatcher, Gurney 

 Wilson, W. P. Bound, C. H. Curtis, A. Dye, 

 S. W. Flory, W. H. White, J. Charlesworth 

 and A. McBean. 



First-class Certificate. 



Odontoglossum Pembury (gandavense x 

 eximium), from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., 

 Brackenhurst, Pembury. — A very attractive 

 hybrid, with a spike of 1 1 whitish flowers 

 decisively blotched with claret-purple, the 

 large lip having the apex white. 



Awards of Merit. 



Vanda luzonica, from Messrs. Sander and 

 Sons, St. Albans. — An interesting species 

 from the Island of Luzon, and in habit 

 resembling V. tricolor. The erect spike bore 

 6 whitish flowers, the sepals and petals having 

 a narrow rose-purple line at their base, the 

 front lobe of the lip violet-purple. 



Brasso-Cattleya Admiral Jellicoe " Broad- 

 lands variety " (B.-C. Digbyano-Mossiae x 

 C. Lord Rothschild), from E. R. Ashton, Esq., 

 Camden Park, Tunbridge Wells. — A large 

 flower of excellent formation and rose-pink 



