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acuminatum, a distinct variety of Cattleya 

 Mossiae Wageneri, C. M. vestalis, with a 

 briglitly-coloured lip, and several good 

 Odontoglossum hybrids. 



H. S. Goodson, Esq., Fairlawn, Putney, 

 showed two varieties of Odontioda Joan, one 

 with a spike of 14 richly-coloured flowers, and 

 Odontoglossum crispum Ernestii. 



E. R. Ashton, Esq., Broadlands, Tunbridge 

 Wells, exhibited Miltonia Charlesworthii, a 

 well-cultivated plant with four spikes of large 

 flowers. 



June 22nd, 191 5. 



Members of the Orchid Committee present : 

 Sir Harr\' J. Veitch (in the chair). Sir 

 Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Messrs. J. Gurney 

 Fowler, Jas. O'Brien (hon. sec), Gurney 

 Wilson, Pantia Ralli, T. Armstrong, R. A. 

 Rolfe, W. Cobb, F. Menteith Ogilvie, 

 J. Charlesworth, W. H. Hatcher, A. Dye, 

 S. W. Flory, W Bolton, R. Brooman- White, 

 C. J. Lucas and J. Wilson Potter. 



Awards of Merit. 



Odontioda Red Cross (Oda. Cooksonias x 

 Odm. ardentissimum), from J. Gurney Fowler, 

 Esq., Pembury. A very pleasing hybrid, 

 with an erect spike of reddish flowers, the 

 petals very round, the hp light rose, marked 

 with scarlet. 



Laelio-Cattleya Canhamiana " Fowler's 

 var." (L. purpurata x C. Mossiae), from J. 

 Gurney Fowler, Esq. A grand variety, with 

 the labellum well developed and of rich 

 purple colour. This hybrid was originally 

 raised thirty years ago, and the present 

 example shows that improvement is still 

 possible when carefully selected parents are 

 used. 



Other Exhibits. 



Wm. Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange, 

 Stone, was awarded a Silver Banksian Medal 

 for a group of well-grown Odontoglossums 

 including crispum Palatine, of excellent 



sha])e ; Red Monarch, while ground heavily 

 blotched with reddish-puri)k' ; Lorr;iinc, with 

 red blotches ; .Souche/., of rich coloration ; 

 and Dorothy Arkle, a fine cxam])le with a 

 niany-flowercd s])ike. The elegant Dendro- 

 Imuiii Schiit/.ei was also shown in fine 

 condition, the large white flowers having a 

 greenish blotch at the base of the lip. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Bush Hill 

 I-'ark, were awarded a Silver Banksian 

 Medal for an interesting group containing 

 Saccolabium Blumei, the curious Seleni- 

 pedium caudatum, Phalaenopsis amabilis, 

 I?.enanthera Imschootiana, with several 

 splendidly grown spikes of red flowers, 

 Oncidium pulvinatum, and Cattleya Whitei, 

 of rich rose-purple coloration. 



Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, 

 Surrey, exhibited Cattleya Mendelii " Lady 

 Colman," a pure white flower with light 

 lavender colour on the hp ; the new 

 Epidendrum fragrocarpum (fragrans x 

 prismatocarpum), with erect spikes of 

 greenish-yellow flowers ; L.-C. Canhamiana 

 alba ; Odontioda Margaret (Bradshawias x 

 ardentissimum) ; and several attractive 

 varieties of Odontioda Papilio, the best 

 having scarlet-red blotches and a prominent 

 }ellow crest on the labellum. 



J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., showed Odonto- 

 glossum Ceres, with a spike of three whitish 

 flowers, the petals heavily spotted with red ; 

 Cattleya Mossiae Wageneri, of good shape ; 

 C. Mendelii albens, of light rose tint with 

 whitish lip ; and Brasso-Cattleya Princess 

 Elizabeth, a very large flower of rosy-mauve 

 colour. 



R. G. Thwaites, Esq., Chessington, 

 Streatham Hill, exhibited a selection of 

 Cattleya Mossiae Wageneri, raised true from 

 seed ; various examples of Laelio-Cattleya 

 Cowanii, and L.-C. Canhamiana " Lady 

 Wigan," with two spikes, one of which 

 showed an unusual amount of rose-purple 

 suffusion in all the segments. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, ex- 

 hibited Laelio-Cattleya Gottoiana Imperator, 

 a vigorous plant with a spike of five large 

 flowers, the broad petals and other segments 

 suffused with rose. 



