ORCHID COMMITTEE, NOVEMBER 15. ccxix 

 Botanical Certificate. 



To Liparis fulgens from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin. 

 Spike nine inches, bearing numerous red flowers. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Messrs. McBean, Cooksbridge, for Cypripedium x Morgans, 

 with five spikes bearing together sixteen flowers. 



Other Exhibits. 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild, M.P., staged an interesting collection of 

 Masdevallias. 



H. L. Bischoffsheim, Esq. (gr. Mr. Ellis), sent Dendrobium Phalam- 

 opsis hololeuciun. 



Miss Violet Fellowes, Shotesham Park (gr. Mr. L. Smith), sent a 

 richly coloured Cattleya labiata. 



Orchid Committee, November 15, 1904. 

 Mr. Veitch in the Chair, and sixteen members present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Gold Medal and Lindley Medal for culture to G. F. Moore, Esq., 

 r>ourton-on-the- Water (gr. Mr. Page), for a magnificent group of about 

 four hundred specimens of Orchids, principally Cypripediums. 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Jas. Veitch for hybrid Orchids. 

 To Messrs. Charlesworth for a group. 

 To Messrs. Sander for a group. 

 To Messrs. Low for Cattleya labiata. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Cypripedium x ' Niobe,' ' Westonbirt variety ' (Spicerianum x 

 Fairieanum) (votes, unanimous), from Capt. G. L. Holford, Westonbirt 

 (gr. Mr. Alexander). Flower rounder than the original ; dorsal sepal 

 rose-purple, margined white. (Fig. 233.) 



To Cypripedium x ' Helen II. ' var. 'Fascinator ' (bellatuht?n x insigne 

 Chantinii) (votes, 6 for, 2 against), from Messrs. Sander, St. Albans. 

 Flower formed like C. bellatulum, cream-white, marked with purple. 



To Odontoglossum x Andersonianum Cratushayanum (votes, 7 for, 3 

 against), from N. C. Cookson, Esq. (gr. Mr. Chapman). A fine flower 

 approaching 0. crispum in form ; white, heavily blotched with purple. 

 (Fig. 234.) 



Award of Merit. 



To Cattleya labiata reedleyensis (votes, 7 for, 3 against), from Messrs. 

 Hugh Low. Flowers white, with orange-coloured markings on the lip. 



To Cypripedium x triumphans magnificum (Sallieri x cenatUhtim 

 superbum) (votes, unanimous), from Capt. G. L. Holford. A very dark 



