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J. Bradshaw, Esq. (gr. Mr. Whitelegge) : Odontoglossum x venustulum 

 var. ' Apollo.' 



Mr. H. A. Tracy : Cypripedium insigne Berryanwn. 



Henry Little, Esq. (gr. Mr. Howard) : an inflorescence of Laelio- 

 Cattleya x Callistoglossa ignescens with five blooms. 



Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells : hybrid Cypripediums. 



De B. Crawshay, Esq. (gr. Mr. Stables) : Odontoglossum x Waltoniense 

 var. (Kegeljani x crispum 'Raymond Crawshay'). 



Francis Wellesley, Esq. (gr. Mr. Hopkins) : two hybrid Cypripediums. 



Messrs. Charlesworth : the finely blotched Odontoglossum crispum 

 ' Lyoth,' and several Cypripediums. 



Orchid Committee, January 28, 1908. 



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

 members present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Charlesworth, Heaton, Bradford, for a group. 



To Messrs. McBean, Cooksbridge, for white Laelia anceps, Odonto- 

 glossums, and scarlet Epiphronitis x Veitchii. 



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



To Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells, for a group. 



To F. Menteith Ogilvie, Esq., The Shrubbery, Oxford (gr. Mr. Balm- 

 forth), for Cypripediums. 



Silver Banksicm Medal. 



To Messrs. Jas. Veitch, Chelsea, for Cypripediums. 

 To Messrs. Moore, Rawdon, Leeds, for Cypripediums, &c. 

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

 To Messrs. Heath, Cheltenham, for a group. 



Award of Merit. 



To Cypripedium Fairrieanum, Cookson's variety (votes, unanimous), 

 from Norman C. Cookson, Esq., Oakwood, Wylam (gr. Mr. Chapman). 

 A remarkable variety having the dorsal sepal claret colour, with a few 

 blotches of the white ground colour at the base. 



To Cypripedium x ' F. Sander ' (votes, 12 for, 5 against), from 

 Francis Wellesley, Esq., Westfield, Woking (gr. Mr. Hopkins). A very 

 pretty Cypripedium, the origin of which is obscure. The leaves have 

 a fine dark green reticulation. The dorsal sepal is emerald green 

 blotched with chocolate brown, the upper third being white with some 

 purple spots ; petals and lip yellow, tinged and veined with chocolate 

 purple. 



To Cymbidium x gattonense (Lowianum x Tracy anum) (votes, 

 unanimous), from Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, Beigate 

 (gr. Mr. W. P. Bound). A very striking hybrid with flowers bearing 

 a general resemblance to those of C. giganteum, but as large as those of 



