ORCHID COMMITTEE, FEBRUARY 12. 



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Orchid Committee, February 12, 1907. 

 Mr. J. Gurney Fowler in the Chair, and twenty-one members present. 



Awards Recommended. 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 



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

 for a group of Cattleyas &c. 



To Messrs. Charlesworth £ Co., Heaton, Bradford, for a group of 

 hybrid Orchids. 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Jas. Yeitch & Sons, Chelsea, for Cattleya Trianaei and 

 hybrid Cypripediums. 



To H. S. Goodson, Esq., Putney (gr. Mr. G. E. Day), for a collection 

 of Orchids. 



To Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, for a group. 

 . To Messrs. Jas. Cypher £ Sons, Cheltenham, for a group of Cypri- 

 pediums &c. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



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



To Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells, for a selection of 

 hybrid Cypripediums. 



To Mr. F. G. Young, St. Albans, for Cypripediums. 



To Messrs. J. & A. A. McBean, Cooksbridge, for a group of the 

 scarlet Epiphronitis x Veitchii. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Odontoglossum x Lambeauianum ' Idol ' (Bolfeae ardentissimum 

 x crispum var.) (votes, unanimous), from M. A. A. Peeters, Brussels. 

 Flowers large; sepals and petals broad, rose-colour, with large claret - 

 coloured blotches ; lip white with violet markings in front of the yellow 

 crest. (Fig. 29.) 



Award of Merit. 



To Odontoglossum x venustulum ' Apollo ' (crispo-Harryanum x 

 ardentissimum) (votes, unanimous), from J. Bradshaw, Esq., Southgate 

 (gr. Mr. Whitelegge). Flowers cream- white blotched with purple. 



To Coelogyne x Colmanii (speciosa major x cristata alba) (votes, 

 unanimous), from Jeremiah Colman, Esq., Gatton Park (gr. Mr. W. P. 

 Bound). A very interesting hybrid raised at Gatton, and having large 

 whitish flowers with reddish-orange crest to the lip. 



Cultural Commendation. 

 To Messrs. McBean, Cooksbridge, for finely flowered Epiphronitis x 

 Veitchii. 



Other Exhibits. 



J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, South Woodford (gr. Mr. Davis), 

 sent Odontoglossum x 1 Othello Fowler's ' variety, and 0. x Lobbiac 

 (amabile x Pescatorei). 



