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Orchid Committee, August 18, 1908. 

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



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O., Burford (gr. Mr. W. H. 

 White), for a group of new and rare Orchids. 



To H. S. Goodson, Esq., Putney (gr. Mr. Day), for a group. 



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



To Messrs. Gurney, Wilson, Hayward's Heath, for a group of Miltonia 

 vexillaria. 



Silver Banhsian Medal. 



To De B. Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks (gr. Mr. Stables), for 

 a group of hybrid Odontoglossums. 



To Messrs. Moore, Rawdon, for a group. 

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



First-class Certificate. 



To Odontoglossum x Wiganianum superbum (Wilckeanum x Bolfeae) 

 (votes, unanimous), from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O. (gr. Mr. 

 White). A very large form with citron-yellow sepals and petals blotched 

 with dark purple ; lip white, with purple markings around the yellow 

 crest. 



Award of Merit. 



To Sophro-Laelio-Cattleya x ' Medea ' var. vinicolor (S.-L. x laeta 

 Orpetiana x C. bicolor) (votes, unanimous), from Lieut. Col. G. L. 

 Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O. (gr. Mr. Alexander). In size and form resembling 

 Cattleya bicolor, and of a uniform claret colour with large fleshy white 

 column. 



To Gypripedium x Bossettii(insigne Sanderianum x Maudiae) (votes, 

 unanimous), from Lieut. -Col. G. L. Holford. Flowers yellow, with green 

 veining on the dorsal sepal, the upper portion of which is white. 



To Sophro-Laelio-Cattleya x ' Marathon ' (S.-L. x 'Psyche' x C. x 

 1 Empress Frederick ') (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Charlesworth. 

 Resembling a small form of Cattleya x ' Empress Frederick.' Sepals 

 and petals silver-white, tinged with lilac ; lip ruby-purple, with yellow 

 markings on the disc. 



To Trichopilia nobilis alba (votes, 8 for, 3 against), from Messrs. 

 Charlesworth. A pure white form, without the yellow eye usually seen 

 in the species. 



To Odontoglossum x ' Zenobia ' (Hallii x Edwardii) (votes, 

 unanimous), from De B. Crawshay, Esq. (gr. Mr. Stables). Inflorescence 

 branched ; flowers numerous, chocolate-purple, with cream-white tips to 

 the segments. 



Botanical Certificate. 



To Catasetum labiatum. Flowers erect, globular, with the front of 

 the lip projecting from the opening in the labellum. 



