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and Victor Hugo. Several Masdevallias, 

 Lycaste lasioglossa, and Calanthe Harrisii 

 were shown in good form. 



Mr. E. Low, Vale Bridge, Haywards 

 Heath, was awarded a Silver Banksian Medal 

 for some excellent specimens of Cyi)ripediums. 

 A pure-white variety of Dendrobium 

 I'halasnopsis, and the curious Bulbophyllum 

 Siamense were also shown. 



Messrs. Hassall and Co., Southgate, were 

 awarded a Bronze Banksian Medal for a group 

 containing good examples of Cattleya Albert- 

 iana, Odontoglossum Dora, O. laudatum, and 

 the brig^it LeBlio-Cattleya Charlesworthii. 



AWARDS. 



First-class Certificate 



La?lio-Cattleya Bella alba (L. j^urpurata x 

 (". labiata), from Baron Bruno Schroder, 

 Englefield Green (gr. Mr. J. E. Shill).— A 

 very beautiful hybrid with six large flowers 

 having pure-white sepals and petals and a rich 

 crimson-purple lip. 



Awards of Merit. 



Cypripedium San - Actaeus " Westfield 

 variety," from Francis Wcllesley, Esq., West- 

 field, Woking. — A good hybrid with a large 

 pure white dorsal prettily spotted with purple. 



Laelio-Cattleya Mrs. W. Hopkins (L.-C. 

 Haroldiana x L. lona nigricans), from Fran- 

 cis Wellesley, Esq. — A very distinct hybrid 

 with yellowish sepals and i>etals and a violet- 

 crimson lip . 



Odontoglossum crispum " Queen of the 

 Morn," from Walter Cobb, Esq., Normanhurst, 

 Rusper. — A large and beautiful rose-tinted 

 flower of the true Pacho type, the petals being 

 very broad and overlapping the sepals. 



Cypripedium Jucundum (Alcibiades x 

 Veronica), from Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. 

 Albans. — The dorsal sepal of this large 

 flowered hybrid is pure white with a green 

 base and prettily spotted with purple. A 

 good result. 



Cattleya Maggie Raphael alba " Orchid- 

 hurst variety," from Messrs. Armstrong and 

 Brown, Tunbridge Wells. —A very superior 

 form having broad pure white petals and a 



magenta-crimson lip with gold \cuiiiig in llie 

 throat. 



Cymbidium roscfieldiense (grandiflorum x 

 Tracyanum), from de B. Crawshay, Esq., 

 Rosefield, Sevenoaks. — A very elegant hybrid 

 and one of the best of the green flowered 

 section. The broad emerald-green sepals and 

 petals are prettily spotted with red. 



Cypripedium nitens-Beeckense (nitens x 

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

 Glebelands, South Woodford. — A very large, 

 bold flower exhibiting the characteristics of 

 both parents, the }>etals being particularly 

 broad. 



Cypripedium Catiline (Mrs. Wm. Mostj'ii x 

 Leonidas), from the Duke of Marlborough, 

 Blenheim Palace. — A very pretty hybrid with 

 a dorsal sepal much resembling the former 

 parent. 



January 23rd, 1912. 

 Members of the Orchid Committee present : 

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

 Jeremiah Colman, Bart., James O'Brien (hon. 

 sec), and Messrs. Harry J. Veitch, Gurney 

 Wilson, F. J. Hanbury, G. F. Moore, T. Arm- 

 strong, A. McBean, W. Cobb, J. Charlesworth, 

 J. Cypher, W. P. Bound, J. Shill, A. Dye, 

 W. H. White, W. Wilson Potter, de Barn 

 Crawshay, W. Bolton, H. G. Alexander, and 

 J. S. Moss. 



Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, 

 Reigate, received a Silver Flora Medal for a 

 beautiful group of the various varieties of 

 Laelia anceps, the white forms being very 

 attractive. Good plants of Phaio-Calanthe 

 Colmanii were also shown. 



Lieut.-Col. Sir George Holford, K.C.V.O., 

 Westonbirt (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander), was 

 awarded a Lindley Medal for a group of 

 specially well-grown Orchids ; included in it 

 were Vanda Watsonii, Laelia anceps Amesiana 

 with 29 flowers, L. autumnalis alba, and La?lio- 

 Cattleya Cappei " Westonbirt var." with 1 3 

 flowers. 



F. Wellesley, Esq., Westiield, Woking, 

 exhibited Cypripediuin King Emperor, and 

 Cyp. Thalia " The Baron" (insigne Sanderae x 

 Baron Schroder), the latter having a large 

 white dorsal marked with green at the base and 

 w ith dark purple spottirvo:. 



