ORCHID COMMITTEE, 



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Orchid Committee, October 21, 1913. 



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



present. 



Awards Recommended: — 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells, for hybrids. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To W. R. Lee, Esq., for a group. 



To Lieut-Colonel Sir G. L. Holford, K.C.V.O. (gr. Mr. Alexander), 

 for a group. 



To Messrs. Jas. Cypher, Cheltenham, for a group. 



To Messrs. Stuart Low, Bush Hill Park, for a group. 



To Messrs. Hassall, Southgate, for Cattleyas and Laeliocattleyas. 



To Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, for a group. 



Award of Merit. 



To Oncidium varicosum, Westonbirt variety (votes unanimous), 

 from Lieut.-Colonel Sir Geo. L. Holford, K.C.V.O. (gr. Mr. H. G. 

 Alexander). Flowers very large, the bright yellow labellum broader 

 than long. Sepals and petals yellow, with greenish markings. 



To Odontoglossum x 1 Vivien ' (parentage unrecorded) (votes, 

 14 for, 4 against), from Lieut.-Colonel Sir Geo. L. Holford. Flowers 

 resembling some of the best blotched 0. crispum, white, with ruby- 

 purple blotches on the segments. 



To Cypripediam x 1 Queen Alexandra ' (parentage unrecorded) 

 (votes, 14 for, 3 against), from W. R. Lee, Esq., Plumpton Hall, Hey- 

 wood, Lanes. A large and finely formed hybrid, the broad white 

 dorsal sepal dark -purple at the base ; the massive petals and lip 

 yellowish, tinged and veined with rose-purple. Staminode white, with 

 green boss. 



To Cattleya X 1 Empress Frederick ' var. ' Avia Clifton ' (Mossiae 

 X Dowiana aurea) (votes unanimous), from Pantia Ralli, Esq., 

 Ashtead Park, Surrey. Flower white, with orange labellum, marked 

 in the centre with reddish-purple. 



To Cattleya X graniris (granulosa X 'Iris') (votes unanimous), 

 from C. J. Phillips, Esq., Sevenoaks. Flowers intermediate in form 

 and colour. Sepals and petals bronzy-orange, hp carmine-red. 



To Sophrolaeliocattleya x 1 Laconia ' (L.-c. X callistoglossa x 

 S.-l. X heatonensis) (votes unanimous), from Messrs. Charlesworth. 

 A pretty dwarf hybrid, with reddish-rose flowers with dark-purple 

 markings on the lip. 



Other Exhibits. 



Mrs. Bischoffsheim : Cattleya labiata, Warren House variety. 

 His Grace the Duke of Marlborough : hybrid (Cypripeditim 

 Fairrieanum X C. x 'Standard'). 



