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G. Tracyanum. Sepals and petals greenish-gold, striped with purplish- 

 red ; lip cream with red markings. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Linden, Brussels : hybrid Odontoglossums and Cypripediums. 

 Lieut-Col. G. L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O., Westonbirt, Tetbury (gr. 

 Mr. H. G. Alexander) : hybrids. 



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



Cypripcdium x 'Rajah' (Io grande x Swinbumei magnificum). 



Orchid Committee, February 11, 1908. 



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

 members present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 



To J. Bradshaw, Esq., The Grange, Southgate (gr. Mr. Whitelegge), 

 for white varieties of Cattleya Trianaei, varieties of Lycaste Skinneri, &c. 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, for Cattleya Trianaei, Cypripe- 

 diums, &c. 



To Messrs. Charlesworth, Bradford, for a group. 



To Baron Sir H. Schroder, The Dell, Egham (gr. Mr. Ballantine), for 

 plants of the rare Odontoglossum coronarium brevifolium, each with four 

 or five spikes. 



To Messrs. Jas. Cypher, for Cypripediums, &c. 



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Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Veitch, Chelsea, for hybrid Cypripediums. 

 To Messrs. Moore, Rawdon, for a group. 

 To Messrs. Stanley, for Cattleya Trianaei. 

 To Messrs. Heath, for hybrid Cypripediums. 

 To Messrs. Hugh Low, for a group. 



Award of Merit. 



To Cymbidium x 1 Lady Colman ' (C. eburno-Lowianum x Tracy- 

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

 Park (gr. Mr. W. P. Bound). A fine hybrid nearest to C. Tracyanum. 

 Sepals and petals greenish sulphur-yellow, with fine dotted lines of purple. 

 Lip white with distinct red markings. 



To Dia-Cattleya x Colmanae (Diacrium bicornutum x Cattleya 

 intermedia nivea) (votes, unanimous), from Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart. 

 A remarkable bigeneric hybrid resembling, in growth, and in the 

 manner of producing its flowers, Diacrium (Epidendrum) bicornutum. 

 Flowers 3 inches across, pure white. (Fig. 19.) 



To Lycaste Skinneri 1 Orion ' (votes, unanimous), from J. Bradshaw, 

 I j. (gr, Mr. Whitelegge). Sepals blush-white; petals rose with white 

 lines and tips ; lip white. 



