ORCHID COMMITTEE, MARCH 22. 



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Orchid Committee, March 22, 1904. 

 Mr. J. Gurney Fowler in the Chair, and twenty-one members present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Gold Medal. 



To Norman Cookson, Esq., Oakwood, Wylam (gr. Mr. Chapman), for 

 rare Odontoglossums. 



To W. A. Bilney, Esq., Weybridge (gr. Mr. Whitlock), for finely 

 flowered Dendrobiums. 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, for Odontoglossums and hybrids. 



Fig. 124 — Odontoglossum x abdentissimum ' Cooksonle.' {Gardeners? Chronicle.} 



Silver Banhsian Medal. 



To Messrs. Jas. Veitch, Chelsea, for hybrid Laslio-Cattleyas. 

 To Messrs. Hugh Low, Enfield, for a group. 

 To Messrs. Charlesworth, Bradford, for hybrids. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Odontoglossum x ardentissimum Cooksonice (votes, unanimous) t 

 from Norman Cookson, Esq. (gr. Mr. Chapman). A showy example of 

 this brilliant hybrid. Flowers white, tinged with purple and heavily 

 marked with mauve-purple. (Fig. 124.) 



To Lcelio-Cattleya x Luminosa 1 The Mikado ' L. tenebrosa x C. 

 Dowiana aurea) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Sander. One of the 



