ORCHID COMMITTEE. 



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A. Harrison, Esq. : Odontoglossums. 

 The Liverpool Horticultural Co. : group. 

 Messrs. McBean : Odontiodas. 



Orchid Committee, May 20, 1913. 

 At Chelsea. 



Sir Harry J. Veitch in the Chair, and twenty-three members present. 



[For Cups and Medals awarded by the Council after consultation 

 with the Judges, see p. xciv.] 



Awards Recommended :— 



First-class Certificate. 



To Odontoglossum X ' Othmarschen ' (parentage unrecorded) 

 (votes 14 for, 6 against), from Baron Bruno Schroder, The Dell, 

 Englefield Green (gr. Mr. J. E. Shill). Flowers large and of fine shape, 

 bearing large claret blotches, the white ground colour appearing in 

 thin wavy lines. (Fig. 150.) 



To Laeliocattleya X 1 Britannia,' Westonbirt variety (L.-c. X 

 Canhamiana X C. Warscewiczii) (votes, 10 for, 3 against), from Lieut. - 

 Colonel Sir George L. Holford, K.C.V.O. (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander). 

 Sepals and petals rosy-lilac, the trumpet-shaped labellum claret-red. 



To Odontoglossum X ' Queen of Gatton ' (triumphans x percullum) 

 (votes, unanimous), from Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park 

 (gr. Mr. Collier). Flowers large and finely formed, yellow, closely 

 blotched with red-brown. (Fig. 151.) 



To Laeliocattleya x ' Frederick Boyle,' Gatton variety (L. anceps 

 1 Stella ' X C. Trianae) (votes, unanimous), from Sir Jeremiah Colman, 

 Bart. Flower blush- white. Near to the variety Kerchoveae. 



To Odontioda X ' Chanticleer,' Orchidhurst variety (Odontioda 

 X Cooksoniae x C. Noezliana) (votes, unanimous). A brilliant 

 scarlet flower of fine shape. (Fig. 152.) 



To Laeliocattleya x ' Sylvia ' var. ' Princess Victoria Louise ' 

 (' Ascania' X ' Hippolyta Phoebe ') (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Charlesworth. Sepals and petals chrome-yellow. Front of lip 

 rosy-crimson. 



To Miltonia X Charlesworthii (vexillaria ' Memoria G. D. Owen ' 

 X Hyeana) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Charlesworth. Practi- 

 cally a large rose-pink form of 1 G. D. Owen.' 



To Cattleya X ' Empress Frederick ' alba (Dowiana aurea X Mossiae 

 Reineckiana) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Mansell and Hatcher, 

 Rawdon, Yorks. Flowers white, with deep yellow labellum. 



Award of Merit. 



To Laeliocattleya x ' Ganymede,' Holford's variety (L. x ' Latona ' 

 X C. Schroderae) (votes, unanimous), from Lieut. -Colonel Sir 

 George L. Holford, K.C.V.O. Flowers copper-yellow, with ruby 

 front to the lip. 



