ORCHID COMMITTEE. 



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Orchid Committee, December 2, 1913. 



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



Awards Recommended : — 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Flory & Black, Slough, for hybrids. 

 To Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, for hybrids and rare species. 

 To Messrs. J. Cypher, Cheltenham, for Cypripediums. 

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



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Hassall, Southgate, for hybrid Cattleyas. 



To Mr. H. Dixon, Spencer Park, Wandsworth, for a group. 



First Class Certificate. 

 To Cattleya x * Maggie Raphael,' The Dell variety (Trianae 

 alba X Dowiana aurea) (votes, 14 for, 2 against), from Baron Bruno 

 Schroder, The Dell, Englefield Green (gr. Mr. J. E. Shill). A large 

 flower, with pure-white sepals and petals and rose-crimson lip with 

 gold lines in the tube. The spike bore four flowers. 



Award of Merit. 



To Cypripedium X 1 Goliath ' (insigne ' Harefield Hall ' X 1 Amy 

 Moore') (votes, 10 for, 5 against), from W. R. Lee, Esq., Plumpton 

 Hall, Heywood. Resembling C. insigne 1 Harefield Hall,' but larger 

 and with dark-purple spotting in the dorsal sepal. 



To Cypripedium x 1 Alcinida ' var. ' Strelsa ' (insigne ' Harefield 

 Hall ' X ' Alcibiades ') (votes, 10 for, 5 against), from W. R. Lee, Esq. 

 A good flower of perfect shape. Dorsal sepal pale green in the lower 

 half, white above, spotted with reddish purple. Petals and lip greenish 

 tinged with purple. Shown as C. X 1 Strelsa.' 



To Odontioda X 1 Latona,' Goodson's variety (Odonloglossum X 

 crisp o-Harryanum X Odontioda X Bradshawiae) (votes, 15 for, 4 

 against). Flowers scarlet, with slight white lines across the segments. 



To Laeliocattleya X autodoin (L. autumnalis X C. X ' Octave 

 Doin ') (votes, 12 for, 3 against), from Messrs. McBean, Cooksbridge. 

 Spike tall, and flowers formed like L. autumnalis, but twice the size ; 

 light rose. 



To Laeliocattleya X ' Mrs. Temple ' (L.-c. X ' Henry Greenwood ' x 

 C. Mossiae) (votes unanimous), from C. J. Phillips, Esq., Sevenoaks, 

 Flowers large, rose-colour, with purple mottling on the front of the 

 lip. Shown as L.-c. X ' Dreadnought.' 



To Odontoglossum X ' Saturne ' violaceum (nebulosum X crispo- 

 Harryanum) (votes, 15 for, 2 against), from Monsieur H. Graire, Amiens. 

 Habit of 0. nebulosum ; scape five-flowered, blush-white, with dense 

 spotting of red. 



