ORCHID COMMITTEE, DECEMBER 17. 



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To Cypripedinm x Hntchinsiae {C. insigne x C. Charlesworthii) 

 (votes, unanimous), from Mrs. Haywood, Reigate (gr. Mr. C. J. Salter). 

 Flower like C. Charlesicorthii, but larger. Upper sepal white, veined with 

 rose. 



To Lgelio-Cattleya x ' Ilione ' (L.-C. x Dominiana x C. Bow- 

 ringiana) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Jas. Veitch, Chelsea. Flowers 

 larger than others of the class ; bright rose-purple, with a ruby-red front 

 to the lip. 



To Lffilia X ' Omen ' {L. autumnalis x L. ptcrpurata) (votes, 6 for, 

 5 against), from Messrs. Jas. Veitch. Plant and flower resembling 

 LcElia autwmnalis, but larger in all its parts, the pseudo-bulbs more 

 elongated. Flower rose colour, with a purplish-rose veining on the lip. 



Other Exhibits. 



Captain Holford, Westonbirt (gr. Mr. A. Chapman), showed a hybrid 

 Cattleya resembhng C. x intricata maculata. 



F. Bibby, Esq., Hardwick Grange (gr. Mr. Taylor), sent two fine 

 varieties of Cattleya lahiata. 



De B. Crawshay, Esq., Sevenoaks (gr. Mr. Stables), showed the 

 finely blotched Odontoglossum crispum Craivshayanum. 



Messrs. Hugh Low, Enfield, showed, as Cattleya Grossii, a supposed 

 natural hybrid, a plant with flowers very closely resembling typical 

 C. bicolor. 



Robert Tunstill, Esq. (gr. Mr. Balmforth), sent Cypripedium insigne 

 Sanderce, ' Monkholme variety.' 



F. Wellesley, Esq. (gr. Mr. Gilbert), sent C^/j^n^ec^mm x Massaianum. 



Messrs. B. S. Williams sent Lcelio- Cattleya x ' Henry Greenwood,' 

 and L.-C. x Sallieri. 



R. I. Measures, Esq. (gr. Mr. H. J. Chapman), showed Cypripedium 

 insigjie Artliuriayiuvi. 



Orchid Committee, December 17, 1901. 

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



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Captain Holford, CLE., Westonbirt, Tetbury (gr. Mr. A. 

 Chapman), for a group of select Cypripediums, &c. 



Aioard of Merit. 



To Lycaste x Tunstilli (votes, unanimous), from Robert Tunstill, Esq., 

 Monkholme, Brierfield (gr. Mr. Balmforth). A natural hybrid imported 

 with Lycaste Skinneri. Flowers as large as L. Skinncri. Sepals reddish 

 rose ; petals white, with small pink spots ; lip ruby-red with white 

 markings, hairy at the margin. 



To Cypripedium x ' Troilus ' {Sallieri Hyeanum x insigne Sandene) 

 (votes, 8 for, 6 against), from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, South 



