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5 against), from Messrs. Jas. Veitch. Flower in form resembling C. 

 guttata. Sepals and petals purple ; front of lip crimson-purple. 



Other Exhibits. 



Norman C. Cookson, Esq., Oakwood, Wylam (gr. Mr. Wm. Murray), 

 sent Cypripcdium x Lawrebel ' Oakwood variety ' (C. Laicrenceanum 

 Hyeanum ^ C. hellatidum $ ) with a two-flowered inflorescence, the flowers 

 having a whiter ground than the original form. 



Col. Brymer, M.P., Dorchester (gr. Mr. Powell), showed Lcelio-Cattleya 

 xPoweUii {L.-C. X Schilleriana Wolstenholmice x C. Mendelii). 



H. L. Bischoffsheim, Esq., The Warren House, Stanmore (gr. Mr. 

 Gleeson), sent a very finely coloured Catthya labiata. 



Frau Ida Brandt, Zurich (gr. Mv. Schlecht), sent Epidendrum sp. 



Orchid Committee, November 12, 1901. 

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



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver Flora Medal. 

 To Jeremiah Colman, Esq., Gatton Park (gr. Mr. W. P. Bound), for a 

 group of Cattleya labiata and other Orchids. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To G. Taylor, Esq., Margery Hall, Reigate (gr. Mr. W. Seaman), 

 for a group of Dendrobiwn nobile, which had been induced to flower at 

 this season by being kept in the open garden all the summer. 



To Messrs. Jas. Veitch for a group oi Cypripedium insigne Sanderce. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Lcielio- Cattleya x Digbyano-Mendelii ' Hessle variety ' (votes, 

 unanimous), from W. P. Burkinshaw^, Esq., Hessle, Hull (gr. Mr. W. 

 Barker). A fine rose-pink form, slightly superior to L.-C. x Digbyano- 

 Mendelii ' Veitch's variety.' 



To Odontoglossum crispum ' Raymond Crawshay ' (votes, 8 for, 

 1 against), from De B. Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks (gr. Mr. 

 Stables). A finely blotched variety, in which the markings are of a 

 peculiar orange-tinted brown. 



To Sophro- Cattleya x ' Nydia ' {S. grandiflora x C. x calummata) (votes, 

 unanimous), from Messrs. Charlesworth, Heaton, Bradford. Flowers of 

 a uniform dark scarlet, with a few indistinct purple spots. 



Award of Merit. 



To Cattleya x mollis var. ' Lois ' {superba x Gaskelliana virginalis) 

 (votes, unanimous), from Captain Holford, CLE., Westonbirt, Tetbury 

 (gr. Mr. A. Chapman). Flower equal in size to Cattleya labiata 

 Gaskelliana. Sepals and petals light rose-colour ; disc of the lip bright 

 yellow ; front purple, changing to rose towards the margin. 



To Odontoglossum x crispo-Harryanum roseum (votes, 9 for, 4 against), 

 from W. Thompson, Esq., Stone, Staffordshire (gr. Mr. W. Stevens). 



