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Messrs. Hassall and Co., Southgatc, showed 

 Brasso-Cattleya Menda, a fine white flower of 

 good shape, and an Odontioda of unknown 

 parentage, but having the red centre margnied 

 with a broad band of rose-purple. 



Messrs. Flory and Black, Slough, exhibited 

 Laslio-Cattleya luminosa I^angley var., with 

 rich coppery-red sepals and petals and 

 crimson-purple lip ; the new Odontioda 

 Simone (Oda. Bradshawiae x Od. Vuylstekei), 

 with chocolate-red markings on a yellow 

 ground. Cirrhopetalum picturatum Langley 

 var., a fine form, was also shown. 



February i6th, 191 5. 

 Members of the Orchid Committee present: 

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

 Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Sir Harry J. Veitch, 

 Messrs. James O'Brien (hon. sec), de B. 

 Crawshay, Stuart Low, Gurney Wilson, F. J. 

 Hanbury, Pantia Ralli, R. G. Thwaites, R. A. 

 Rolfe, W. Cobb, J. Cypher, H. G. Alexander, 

 W. H. Hatcher, J. E. Shill, S. W. Flory, W. 

 Bolton, A. McBean, J. Charlesworth, C. H. 

 Curtis and J. Wilson Potter 



Awards of Merit. 



Odontoglossum sandhurstiense (coronarium 

 X Edwardii), from C. J. Phillips, Esq., The 

 Glebe, Sevenoaks. — A very interesting hybrid, 

 with a horizontal spike of 1 1 dark crimson-red 

 flowers, in form closely resembling the 

 coronarium parent. 



Cymbidium Schlegelii Fowler's var. (insigne 

 X Wiganianum), from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., 

 Pembury. — The plant carried an erect spike 

 of large flowers tinged with rose-purple, the 

 broad labellum much spotted. 



Odontioda Patricia (Odm. Phoebe x Oda. 

 Charlesworthii), from Messrs. Charlesworth 

 and Co. — A very beautiful result, in which the 

 flowers are of an intense crimson-red colour. 



General Exhibits. 



Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, 

 Surrey, was awarded a Silver Flora Medal 

 for an attractive group of specially fine 



Cy 111 bic hums, including W'l lodhaiiisiaiium 

 (eburneo-Lowianum x Lowianum concolor), 

 Queen of Gatton (Lady Colman x Sanderi), 

 and excellent plants of grandiflorum. A good 

 specimen of Anguloa Cliftonii was also shown. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 

 Heath, were awarded a Silver Flora Medal 

 for a well-arranged exhibit of Odontoglossum 

 hybrids, of which Dora and eximium were 

 the best ; also the rare Coelogyne spar.sa, 

 Brasso-Cattleya Cliftonii, Odontioda Made- 

 line, various Cymbidiums, and several varieties 

 of Cattleya Octave Doin. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, 

 secured a Silver Banksian Medal for an 

 interesting group, in which were good forms 

 of Cattleya Trianae, Laelio-Cattleya Mauri- 

 tania, the pretty Saccolabium bellinum, the 

 sweet-smelling Dendrochilum glumaceum, 

 excellent Cypripediums and Phalaenopsis 

 Stuartiana. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Jarvisbrook, 

 Sussex, secured a Silver Banksian Medal for 

 a selection of Cattleyas, including Octave 

 Dom, Trianas and Percivaliana alba. Oncidioda 

 Cooksoniae, of rich red colour, Cymbidium 

 hybrids, Laslio-Cattleyas luminosa and Doris 

 in variety, and a fine specimen of Laelia 

 anceps. 



Messrs. J. and A. McBean, Cooksbridge, 

 were awarded a Silver Banksian Medal for 

 an attractive exhibit of Laelia anceps, the 

 varieties Hilliana and Schroderiana being 

 specially good ; also Cymbidium Alexander! 

 and C. Schlegelii, various Odontiodas and the 

 new Sophro-Cattleya Andromeda. 



C. J. Phillips, Esq., Sevenoaks, exhibited 

 Cattleya Trianas " Lord Kitchener," one of 

 the finest varieties yet seen, the flower being 

 of perfect shape and thick substance. 



Pantia Ralli, Esq., Ashtead Park, showed 

 the choice Brasso-Cattleya Menda, which has 

 previously received a First-class Certificate, 

 also Odontoglossum crispo- Wiganianum var. 

 Buttercu]:), of rich yellow with a few reddish 

 spots. 



J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Pembury, exhibited 

 Cypripedium Ernest Read, a large flower with 

 broad and flat segments. 



