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Cannell & Sons, Swanley. A double variety. Flowers well 

 formed, pale pink. 



ORCHID COMMITTEE. 



Harry J. Yeitch, Esq., in the Chair, and eleven members 



present. 



First Class Certificate. 



To Cattleya Mendelii Prince of Wales (votes, unanimous), 

 from Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans. This was a very 

 fine flower, with rich dark purplish crimson labellum. 



To Miltonia Bleui splendens x (votes, unanimous), from 

 Messrs. F. Sander & Co. This is a fine form of M. Bleu's hybrid 

 between M. vexillaria and M. Roezlii. The flowers are white, 

 with a few lake- coloured lines at the base of the lip, and a rosy- 

 purple blotch at the base of each petal. 



To Miltonia vexillaria Fairy Queen (votes, unanimous), 

 also from Messrs. F. Sander & Co. The finest clear white form 

 which has yet appeared, no colour being in it except a tinge of 

 chrome yellow at the base of the labellum. 



To Dendrobium MacCarthia3 (votes, unanimous), exhibited by 

 Mrs. General Studd, Eoyal Crescent, Bath (gardener, Mr. George 

 Cypher). This fine old Ceylon species is not generally well 

 cultivated in gardens, but the plant shown had seventeen fine 

 large white flowers tipped with rose, the slipper- shaped labellum 

 having purple spots at the base, and a large crimson blotch in 

 the centre. 



Award of Merit. 



To Lrelia purpurata Empress, from Mr. J. Cypher, Exotic 

 Nursery, Cheltenham. A fine white form, the purple colouring, 

 of the lip being divided at the front by a broad white tip. 



To Dendrobium Bensoniae album (Mr. J. Cypher), a variation 

 in which the chocolate colour on the lip of the type is absent. 



To Dendrobium Falconeri delicatum (Mr. J. Cypher), another 

 variety in which the dark colouring of the ordinary forms of the 

 species is wanting, the flowers of the variety being simply tipped 

 with delicate rose colour. 



To Cattleya Lawrenceana delicata, from Baron H. Schroder 

 (gardener, Mr. Ballantine). This is a lighter form of C. L. con- 

 color ; the flowers white and lilac. 



