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Messrs. Flory and Black exhibited B.-L.-C. 

 Morna superba, with 2 large flowers of clear 

 light rose colour ; L.-C. Bola, with 4 

 handsome flowers ; and a choice variety of 

 L.-C. Barbarossa. 



Nov. 23rd, 191 5. 

 Members of the Orchid Committee present: 

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

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

 sec), Stuart Low, R. A. Rolfe, F. J. Hanbury, 

 Pantia Ralli, R. G. Thwaites, T. Armstrong, 

 W. Cobb, J. Charlesworth, J. Cypher, W. H. 

 Hatcher, C. H. Curtis, H. G. Alexander, 

 S. W. Flory, A. Dye, J. W. Potter, Wm. Bolton 

 and Gurney Wilson. 



First-class Certificates. 



La?lio-Cattleya Alex (L.-C. Tunis x C. 

 aurea), from Messrs. Stuart Low and Co. — 

 A richly coloured flower of coppery-ted 

 colour, the labellum ruby-crimson. 1 he 

 spike carried three large flowers, with all the 

 segments well-set and proportionately broad. 



Awards of Merit. 



Cypripedium lona (bellatulum x Fairrie- 

 anum), from R. Windsor Rickards, Esq., Usk 

 Priory, Monmouthshire. — An improvement 

 on the variety previously certificated, the 

 segments being effectively lined and spotted 

 with crimson-purple. 



Cypripedium Priory Beauty (Earl of 

 TankerviUe x ?), from R. Windsor Rickards, 

 Esq. — A noble flower, with the large round 

 dorsal sepal boldly spotted with dark 

 chocolate, the broad petals and large lip 

 mahogany-brown. 



Cypripedium Swallowtail (Fairrieanum x 

 Mons. le Curte), from R. Windsor Rickards, 

 Esq. — A very pretty hybrid, with the dorsal 

 sepal and the petals evenly spotted with 

 dark purple. The habit of Fairrieanum is 

 plainly visible in the habit of the petals. 



Laslio-Cattleya King Manoel, from J. 

 Gurney Fowler, Esq. — This hybrid is 

 noteworthy on account of its rich reddish 

 coloration ; the crimson lip has a bright 

 yellow isthmus. 



Cattleya Maggie Raphael alba (Triana? 



alba X aurca), from Messrs. Armstrong and 

 Brown. — One of the best varieties of this 

 elegant winter flowering hybrid. The broad 

 petals, as well as the sei)als, being pure 

 white. 



Other Exhibits. 



R. Windsor Rickards, Esq., Usk Priory, 

 Monmouthshire, was awarded a Silver 

 Flora Medal for an excellent exhibit of 

 Cypripediums, including a very large variety 

 of Rossettii ; the elegant Satyr (Beryl x 

 Hera Euryades) ; Dreadnought, an excellent 

 flower ; as well as several others of a 

 meritorious kind. The Usk Priory variety 

 of L.-C. luminosa, with cream-yellow sepals 

 and petals, as well as the new Cattleya 

 Amiel (Dusseldorfei x fulvescens), and a fine 

 form of B.-C. Cliftonii were all included. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co. received a 

 Silver Flora Medal for an extensive exhibit, 

 in which were B.-L.-C. Cooksonii, with 

 orange-red flowers ; L.-C. Salonika ; the 

 pretty Odontoglossum Ceres ; Odontioda 

 Joan ; Miltonia vexillaria Hesperia, with a 

 blotched hp ; and well-flowered plants of 

 Trichopilia Gouldii and T. suavis. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons obtained a 

 .Silver Banksian Medal for a group of 

 interesting species, including Saccolabium 

 calceolare, Masdevallia macrura, and 

 Coelogyne Mooreana. Novelties were to be 

 seen in Cattleya .Snow Queen (Gaskelliana 

 alba X Suzanne H. de Crom) and Cattleya 

 Peacock (fulvescens x Hardyana). 



Messrs. Cypher and Sons were awarded 

 a Silver Banksian Medal for a neat exhibit 

 of Cypripediums, embracing fine varieties of 

 Rossettii, Dreadnought, Oberon, and Niobe. 

 A special feature was the extensive display 

 of choice varieties of Leeanum. 



J. Gurnc)' Fowler, Esq., Pembury, exhibited 

 several very choice specimens, including 

 L.-C. Mrs. Evelyn Norrie, with golden-yellow 

 sepals and petals, the broad labellum deep 

 crimson ; L.-C. Nelthorpe Beauclerk ; 

 C}-pripedium Leeanum " J. G. Fowler" ; 

 C. Ernest Read, a bold flower, as well as 

 Cattleya Luegeee with a spike of 4 large 

 flowers. 



