ORCHID COMMITTEE, MARCH 5. 



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H. J. Bromilow, Esq., Rainhill (gr. Mr. Morgan), sent Cypripedium 

 x fulshawense, 1 Broniilow's ' variety. 



Messrs. J. W. Moore, Rawdon, staged a group. 



Orchid Committee, March 5, 1907. 

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

 Awards Recommended :— 



Gold Medal. 



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

 fine group of Dendrobiums and other Orchids. 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Canon the Hon. K. F. Gibbs, Aldenham Vicarage, Watford (gr. 

 Mr. Lazzall), for six splendid specimens of Coelogyne cristata. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Bradford, for a selection of hybrid 

 Orchids. 



To Messrs Jas. Cypher & Sons, Cheltenham, for a group of Den- 

 drobiums, Cypripediums, &c. 



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



First-class Certificate. 



To Cymbidium insigne, ' Glebelands variety ' (votes, unanimous), from 

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

 A very large variety with white flowers, having rose-purple spotting at 

 the bases of the petals and on the lip. 



To Lycaste x Balliae, 1 South Lodge variety ' (votes, unanimous), from 

 F. Du Cane Godman, Esq., South Lodge, Horsham. Flowers reddish- 

 rose, with light ruby-crimson lip. 



To Odontoglossiom crispum Mossiae (votes, unanimous), from J. S. 

 Moss, Esq., Wintershill Hall, Bishops Waltham (gr. Mr. Kench). A very 

 handsome variety, with white flowers evenly blotched with claret-red. 



To Cattleya Trianaei ' The Premier ' (votes, unanimous), from 

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

 Flowers large, segments broad ; sepals and petals silver-white, tinged 

 with rose-pink ; lip broad, crimson-purple in front, and with an orange 

 disc. 



Award of Merit. 



To Br asso- Cattleya x ' H. G. Alexander' (votes, unanimous), from 

 Major G. L. Holford, CLE., C.V.O., Westonbirt (gr. Mr. Alexander). A 

 singular hybrid with yellowish-green flowers, the labellum being fringed. 



To Odontoglossum x 1 Lady Howick ' (parentage unrecorded) (votes, 

 unanimous), from Major G. L. Holford. Flowers of good form, French- 

 white, with large chocolate-purple blotches. 



To Cypripedium x Vill-exul (votes, unanimous), from Major G. L. 

 Holford. Flowers similar to C. exul but larger. 



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