ORCHID COMMITTEE, OCTOBER 15. 
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H. Shaw, Esq., Stamford House, Ashton-on-Lyne (gr. Mr. J. 
Cliffe), sent Cypripedium x Whitelyanum (C. Boxalli atratum $ 
X C. Lawrenceanumc?). 
Orchid Committee, October 15, 1895. 
Harry J. Veitch, Esq., in the Chair, and seventeen members 
present. 
Awards Recommended 
Silver Flora Medal. 
To J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, South Woodford 
(gr. Mr. J. Davis), for an excellent group of Orchids in flower. 
Silver Banksian Medal. 
To Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, for a group of 
Orchids in flower. 
To Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Heaton, Bradford, for a 
group of Orchids, the central figure of which was a specimen of 
Vanda c^erulea with eight spikes, bearing together about 100 
flowers. 
To Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Clapton, for a group of Cattleya 
labiata and other Orchids, including the singular Bulbophyllum 
mandibulare and Phalasnopsis x intermedia. 
First Class Certificate. 
To Cattleya labiata Cooksonae (votes, unanimous), from 
Norman C. Cookson, Esq., Oak wood, Wylam-on-Tyne (gr. Mr. 
W. Murray). A very beautiful form, with pure white sepals and 
petals and purplish crimson lip. 
To Cirrhopetalum Eothschildianum (votes, 10 for, 5 against), 
from the Hon. Walter Kothschild, Tring Park, Tring (gr. Mr. 
E. Hill). An extraordinary species of the C. ornatissimum 
class, imported from beyond Darjeeling. Its large purple 
flowers, heavily fringed on the upper sepal and petals, some- 
what resembled Masdevallia chimaera. The upper part of the 
lower sepals was over 1 inch across, the lower part was continued 
into tendril-like appendages, the whole measuring over 6 inches 
in length. (Fig. 83.) 
