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with lilac-purple ; Odontioda Lambeauianum, 

 of a solid red colour ; Odontoma Lairesseae, 

 with a branching spike of many flowers ; and 

 Odontoglossum crispum Queen Empress with 

 a 13 flowered spike. 



J. S. Moss, Esq., Rishop's Waltham, showed 

 a pretty hybrid between Odontoglossum 

 crispum and O. Othello. 



Mr. W. J. Biggs, North Enfield, exhibited 

 Cattleya Mossiae alba Biggs' variety, one of 

 the largest and finest forms of this pure white 

 flower. 



AWARDS. 



First-class Certificates. 



Cattleya Artemis (Ins x Gaskelliana), from 

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

 Mr. H. G. Alexander). — A beautiful and very 

 distinct flower of salmon-pink colour, the 

 front of the lip ruby-crimson, the throat 

 having a large yellow disc. 



Miltonia Hyeana Le Conquerant, from 

 Mons. Jules Hye de Crom, Ghent. — A fine 

 large variety with a purple blotch on the lip. 



Cattleya Dupreana The Dell variety 

 (Warneri x Warscewiczii), from Baron Bruno 

 Schroder, The Dell, Englefield Green (gr. Mr. 

 J. E. Shill). — A very large flower of good sub- 

 stance. The sepals and petals of deep rose 

 colour, the lip having a bright yellow disc. 



Awards of Merit. 



Laelio-Cattleya Rubens " The Kaiser," from 

 E. H. Davidson, Esq., Twyford. — A very 

 richly coloured hybrid, the large flowers being 

 deep rose, the hibellum intense crimson- 

 pui-ple. 



Odontoglossum percultum King George, 

 from F. M. Ogilvie, Esq., Oxford. — A large 

 flower handsomely marked with lilac-purple 

 blotches. 



Brasso-Cattleya Marion, from Messrs. James 

 Veitch and Sons. — A very large flower of lilac 

 tints, the labellum lined with purple. 



Cattleya Thurgoodiana Apollo, from Messrs. 

 Stuart Low and Co. — A very distinct flower 

 of excellent colour, sepals and petals rose-red, 

 lip dark purple. 



Certificate of Appreciation. 



Odontonia Edna (M. Warscewiczii x O. 

 Wilckeanum), from Messrs. Charlesworth and 

 Co. — A pretty hybrid with a branching spike 

 of flowers blotched with yellowish-brown. 



July iCth, 191 2. 

 Members of the Orchid Committee present : 

 J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. (in the chair) ; and 

 Messrs. Jas. O'Brien (hon. sec), W. Bolton, 

 J. Wilson Potter, C. H. Curtis, A. Dye, 

 H. G. Alexander, J. E. Shill, W. H. Hatcher, 

 J. Charlesworth, T. Armstrong, F. Sander, 

 W. Thompson, Gurney Wilson, W. H. White, 

 Stuart Low, and F. J. Hanbury. 



Messrs. .Stuart Low and Co., Bush Hill 

 Park, were awarded a Silver Flora Medal 

 for a well-arranged group containing good 

 varieties of Cattleya Mendelii, the scarlet 

 Disa grandiflora, the interesting Bulbo- 

 phyllum Encsonii, Coelogyne asperata, and 

 the elegant Stanhopea tigrina. 



R. G. Thwaites, Esq., Chessington, Streat- 

 ham (gr. Mr. J. M. Black), received a Silver 

 Banksian Medal for an interesting group of 

 Odontiodas, the richly coloured Laeho-Catt- 

 leya Rubens, Odontoglossum Rolfeae, and 

 good Miltonias. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 

 Heath, exhibited several choice specimens, 

 including the elegant Habenaria .Susanna, 

 Dendrobium amethystoglossum with four 

 spikes, and the pretty Eulophia gumeensis. 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O., 

 Burford, exhibited Eria rhyncostyloides with 

 three spikes of flowers, and Laelio-Cattleya 

 Adolph-Harrisoni^ having creamy-white 

 flowers spotted with violet-purple. 



Baron Bruno Schroder (gr. Mr. J. E. Shill) 

 showed Cattleya Hardyana The Dell var., 

 a remarkably good form with bright purple 

 colour on the lip. 



F. J. Hanbury, Esq., Brockhurst, East 

 Grinstead, exhibited Brasso-Cattleya Faith, 

 a new hybrid between B. Perrinii and C. 

 Leopoldii. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, 



