ORCHID COMMITTEE, AUGUST 27. 



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Colonel M. A. Swinfen-Brown, Swinten Hall, Lichfield (gr. Mr. 

 Collyer), sent a blush-white variety of Cattleya Eldorado. 



T. W. Thornton, Esq., Brockhall, Weedon, showed Cattleya x 

 ' Atlanta ' (C. Leopoldii x C. Warscewiczii). 



Orchid Committee, x\ugust 27, 1901. 

 Mr. Harry J. Veitch in the Chair, and eight members present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver Banks ian Medal. 



To H. T. Pitt, Esq., Rosslyn, Stamford Hill (gr. Mr. Thurgood), for a 

 group of Orchids. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Laelio- Cattleya x Digbyano-Mendelii ' Veitch's variety ' (votes, 

 unanimous), from Messrs. Jas. Veitch, Chelsea. Flower rosy-lilac, with a 

 yellow blotch at the base of the lip, the front of which was heavily fringed. 

 (Fig. 267.) 



Aioard of Merit. 



To Laelio- Cattleya x ' Eobin Measures var. Ena ' {L. xantliina x 

 C. granulosa Schofieldiana) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Jas. Veitch. 

 Sepals and petals yellow ; lip white, marked with purple. 



To Laelio- Cattleya x Haroldiana {L. tenebrosa x C. x Hardyaiia) 

 (votes, unanimous), from Robert Tunstill, Esq., Monkholme, Burnley (gr. 

 Mr. Balmforth). Sepals pale yellow with slight rose markings ; ]36t^ls 

 yellow, tinged vdth rose purple ; lip bright carmine-crimson, with a 

 purple colour at the base. 



To Cypripedium x Rolfei (C. hellatulum x C. Bothschildianum) 

 (votes, unanimous), from W. M. Appleton, Esq., Weston-super-Mare. 

 Upper sepal and petals whitish striped and spotted with dark purple ; lip 

 cream-white, with numerous rose-purple markings. 



To Cypripedium x Unixia superbum [Harrisianum siiperbum x 

 C. hellatulum) (votes, unanimous), from R. 1. Measures, Esq., Cambridge 

 Lodge, Camberwell (gr. Mr. H. J. Chapman). A fine flower, with the 

 dorsal sepal green at the base, spotted with purple-brown, the upper por- 

 tion being rose-purple margined with white. Petals broad, green at the 

 base and rose-purple on the margins and outer halves, spotted with 

 brown. Lip chocolate-purple, shading to green. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Jas. Veitch stained an interestini? collection of hvbrid Orchids. 



Jeremiah Colman, Esq., Gatton Park (gr. Mr. W. P. Bound), sent 

 Odontoglossum trijmdians and Miltonia Travassasiana, and a M. Eegnclli 

 with yellow sepals and petals. 



Drewett 0. Drewett, Esq., sent hybrid Cypripediums. 



Reginald Young, Esq., Liverpool, sent Cypripediuni x •Kubele'(C'. 

 X o&nanthum superbum x C. Youngiauum). 



