ORCHID COMMITTEE, NOVEMBER 10. 



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Other Exhibits. 



Mrs. T. Fielden, Tadcaster (gr. Mr. Clayton), showed Cattleya labiata 

 Fieldenii. 



Mr. H. A. Tracy showed Cattleya labiata, ' H. Rider Haggard.' 

 H. J. Elwes, Esq., Colesborne, showed Arundina chinensis and other 

 Orchids. 



Orchid Committee, November 10, 1903. 

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



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Jeremiah Colman, Esq., Gatton Park (gr. Mr. Bound), for a group 

 of Orchids. 



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

 a group of Cattleya labiata, and other Orchids. 



To Messrs. Jas. Yeitch, Chelsea, for a group of Cypripediums, Cattleyas, 

 Lrelio-Cattleyas, &c. 



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



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



To Monsieur Peeters, Brussels, for a group of hybrid Orchids. 



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



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To H. L. Bischoffsheim, Esq., Stanmore (gr. Mr. Ellis), for a group of 

 Odontoglossums, Cattleyas, &c. 



To R. Clayton, Esq., Wylam-on-Tyne (gr. Mr. Bean), for finely-grown 

 plants of Calanihe x 1 Kenneth ' and C. x ' Win. Murray.' 



First-Class Certificate. 



To Lcelio- Cattleya x bletchleyensis ' Ruby King ' (L. tenebrosa x C. 

 Warsceiviczii), from Baron Sir Henry Schroder, Bart., The Dell, Egham 

 (gr. Mr. Ballantine). A very large and handsome flower. Sepals and 

 petals rose-purple, the sepals tinged golden-yellow. Lip ruby-crimson, 

 changing to light purple towards the front. 



To Cattleya x Hardyana albens (votes, unanimous), from Monsieur 

 Peeters. Sepals and petals white, slightly tinged with rose. Lip crimson, 

 with gold veining at the base and two whitish blotches, one on each side. 



Award of Merit. 



To Cymbidium x Wiganianum (ebumeitm x Tracy anum) (votes, 

 unanimous), from Sir Frederick Wigan, Bart., Clare Lawn, East Sheen (gr. 

 Mr. Young). Flowers as large as those of C. Tracyanum, cream-white, 

 with faint purple markings on the sepals and petals, and distinct brown 

 markings on the lip. 



To Cypripedium x ' Ville de Paris ' (? Sallieri x insigne ' Harefield 

 Hall' variety) (votes, unanimous), from Francis Wellesley, Esq., ^Yest- 

 field (gr. Mr. Hopkins). A massive flower, yellow, profusely spotted with 

 dark brown, and with white upper half to the dorsal sepal. (Fig. 202.) 

 To Cypripedium x fulshaivense {Boxallii x insigne 1 Harefield Hall ' 



