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To Odontoglossum x ' Nora ' {illnstrissimum x ' Dora ') (votes unanimous), 

 from Messrs. Armstrong & Brown. Flower dark Indian red, with silver margin 

 and evenly spotted lip. 



Other Exhibits. 



Dr. Miguel Lacroze : hybrids. 



Mrs. Ogilvie : Cypripedium x ' Winsum ' (callosum Sander ae x ' Winifred 

 Hollington '). 



Messrs. Flory & Black : seedling Odontoglossums and Laeliocattleya x 

 ' Trident.' 



Orchid Committee, February 26, 191 8. 

 Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., in the Chair, and sixteen members present. 

 Awards Recommended : — 



Silver Flora Medal. 



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

 To Messrs. Charles worth, Hay wards Heath, for Odontoglossums and 

 Odontiodas. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Stuart Low, Jarvisbrook, Sussex, for a group. 



To Messrs. Sanders, St. Albans, for Cymbidiums and Brassocattleyas. 



To Messrs. Hassall, Southgate, for Cymbidiums, 



To Messrs. McBean, Cooksbridge, for a group. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Laeliocattleya x Schroederae (L.-c. x ' Bella' alba x C. x ' Maggie Raphael ' 

 alba) (votes 14 for), shown by Mr. J. E. Shill, The Dell Gardens, Englefield 

 Green. Flowers formed like L.-c. x ' Bella,' white with violet-mauve lip. 



To Odontoglossum x ' St. James ' (amabile x ' Amethyst ') (votes 15 for, 

 1 against), from Messrs. Charlesworth. Flowers large bright purple with broad 

 white margin. 



Award of Merit. 



To Laeliocattleya x ' Beatrice ' var. ' Bryndir ' (C. Schroederae x L.-c. x 

 callistoglossa) (votes 14 for), from Dr. Miguel Lacroze, Bryndir, Roehampton. 

 Sepals and petals broadly ovate, blush rose, Up ruby-purple with yellow disc. 



To Laeliocattleya x ' Eunice ' alba (L. anceps alba x C. chocoensis alba) 

 (votes unanimous), from Messrs. McBean, Cooksbridge. Flowers pure white, 

 nearest to L. anceps in form but larger. 



To Sophrolaeliocattleya x bletchley flora vivicans {L.-c. x bletchleyensis x 5. 

 grandiflora) (votes unanimous), from Messrs. Stuart Low, Jarvisbrook, Sussex. 

 Flowers brilliant dark scarlet with yellow markings on the hp. 



Preliminary Commendation. 



To Aeridovanda x Mundyi (Aerides vandarum x Vanda teres) (votes 

 unanimous), from Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, Surrey (gr. Mr. 

 Collier). The first cross between the two genera and quite intermediate between 

 the species employed in its production. Flowers silver white with a slight 

 lilac shade and some pale yellow markings on the basal half of the lip. 



To Odontioda x ' Juliet ' (Oda. x Bradshawiae x Odm. x promerens) (votes 

 unanimous), from Messrs. Charlesworth. Flowers reddish mauve with slight 

 rose markings. 



To Odontioda x Armstrongii, Orchidhurst var. (Oda. x Vuylstekeae x Odm. 

 x Armstrongiae) (votes unanimous), from Messrs. Armstrong & Brown. A 

 broad-pctalled flower, deep rosy mauve, with rose spotting on the white front 

 of the labellum. 



Other Exhibits. 



J. Bridson Seatle, Esq., Putney : Odontioda x Graireana var. ' May.' 

 Dr. Miguel Lacroze : Odontioda x ' Ethel,' Bryndir variety. 

 Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart. : Sarcochilus Hartmanni and S. Fitzgeraldii, 

 each with eighteen spikes. 



