ORCHID COMMITTEE, JANUARY 15. 
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Awards Recommended :— 
First Class Certificate. 
To Laelia anceps Crawsliayana (votes, unanimous), from De 
Barri Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks (gr. Mr. S. Cooke). 
This is perhaps the largest form of LaeHa anceps which has yet 
appeared, and is also very richly coloured. The petals were each 
over 3 inches in length and IJ inch broad. (Fig. 10.) 
Azoard of Merit. 
To Cypripedium x Henry Graves, Junr. (C. Lawrenceanum ? 
X C. X Marshallianum ^ ) (votes, 8 for, 3 against), from H. Graves, 
Esq., Orange, New Jersey, U.S.A. A singular hybrid with ovate- 
acute dorsal sepal, the whole flower in colour being pale apricot- 
yellow, tinged and dotted with dark rose. 
To Cypripedium x Madame Jules Hye (C. Spicerianum 
superbum ? x C. tonsum ^) (votes, unanimous), from M. Jules 
Hye-Leysen, Coupure, Ghent, Belgium. In form this striking 
hybrid much resembles C. tonsum, and the ground colour of the 
flower is of a similar greenish yellow shade. The dorsal sepal 
is white, with purple band up the centre and purple flush ex- 
tending upwards from the base. The rest of the flower is 
yellowish, with purple veining. 
To Cypripedium x J. H. Berry (C. xHarrisianum superbum ? 
x C. concolor c^) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. F. Sander & 
Co., St. Albans. A very large and finely shaped flower, of the 
same general colouring as C. x Harrisianum superbum. 
To Cypripedium x Mrs. Fred Hardy (C. superbiens $ x C. 
bellatulum c?) (votes, unanimous), fiom Messrs. F. Sander & Co. 
A distinct and handsome hybrid with pure white, waxlike flowers, 
the inner halves of the petals and upper sepal being pale emerald- 
green. The petals bore a few dotted lines of dark purple colour, 
and the lip a slight veining of rose. (Fig. 11.) 
To Cypripedium x nitens superbum (C. villosum ? x C. 
insigne Maulei ^ ) (votes, unanimous), from Walter Cobb, Esq., 
Dulcote, Tunbridge Wells (gr. Mr. J. Howes). A fine form of 
the C. X Sallierii class, and with much white and some rich 
purple spots in the upper sepal. 
To Cypripedium x Madame Georges Truffaut (C. ciliolare ? 
X C. Stonei S ) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. F. Sander & Co., 
St. Albans. This bore a general resemblance to C. x Morgania?, 
