ORCHID COMMITTEE, SEPTEMBER 1. 



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To Mr. Alexander, gr. to Captain Holford, for Lcelio- Cattleya x 

 callistoglossa excelsa with twelve fine flowers. 



Other Exhibits. 



Francis Wellesley, Esq. Westfield (gr. Mr. Hopkins), showed Lcelia x 

 ' Olivia ' alba and other hybrids. 



Jeremiah Colman, Esq., Gatton Park (gr. Mr. Bound), sent a peculiar 

 form of Lcelio-Cattleya x elegans. 



J. Bradshaw, Esq., Southgate (gr. Mr. Whitelegge), sent Cattleya x 

 1 Comet ' (Warner i x aurea). 



Fred. Hardy, Esq., Ashton-on-Mersey (gr. Mr. Stafford), sent Sophro- 

 Cattleya x ' Geo. Hardy ' (S. grancliflora x C. Acklandice). 



W. M. Appleton, Esq., Weston-super-Mare, showed hybrid Cypri- 

 pediums. 



C. L. N. Ingram, Esq., Elstead (gr. Mr. Bond), sent Cattleya x 

 Epicasta fulgens. 



C. J. Lucas, Esq., Warnham Court (gr. Mr. Duncan), showed Lcelio- 

 Cattleya x bletchleyensis and two hybrid Cypripediums. 



Orchid Committee, September 1, 1903. 

 Mr. H. J. Veitch in the Chair, and nine members present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver Flora Medal. 

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



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, for a group of Orchids. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Cattleya x Pittiana 1 J. Wilson Potter's var.' (granulosa Sclio- 

 fieldiana x Dowiana aurea) (votes, unanimous) from J. Wilson Potter, 

 Esq., Croydon (gr. Mr. Young). Flowers large, of C. granulosa form, but 

 with broader segments. Sepals and petals bronzy-yellow, tinged with rose. 

 Lip marked with orange colour in the centre, front purplish-ruby-red, 

 margin fimbriated, blush-white. (Fig. 196.) 



Award of Merit. 



To Cattleya x exquisita (luteola x Parthenia var. ' Prince of 

 Wales '). Habit of plant and form of flower similar to a small C. Mossice. 

 Sepals and petals white. Disc of lip orange, front marbled with bright 

 purple. 



Other Exhibits. 



Jeremiah Colman, Esq., Gatton Park (gr. Mr. Bound), showed a fine 

 form of Lcelio-Cattleya x 'Henry Greenwood,' L.-C. x bletchleyensis, 

 and Odontoglossum bictoniense. 



J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. (gr. Mr. Davis), showed a fine specimen of 

 Catasetum Buss ell ianum. 



