ORCHID COMMITTEE, APRIL 16. 



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Award of Merit. 



To Laelio- Cattleya x 'Lawrie' (L.-C. warnhamensis x C. Law- 

 rcnceana) (votes, 14 for, 1 against), from C. J. Lucas, Esq., Warnham 

 Court (gr. Mr. Duncan). Flowers bright mauve-purple with maroon lip. 



To Odontoglossum crispum ' Roi d'Angleterre ' (votes, 12 for, 

 3 against), from Messrs. Linden, Brussels, obtained by crossing two 

 blotched forms of 0. crispum. Flowers light purple with an orange 

 shade ; margin and intersecting lines between the blotches silver-white. 



To Odontoglossum crispum album, ' Orchid Villa variety ' (votes, 14 for,. 

 0 against), from Monsieur Theodore Pauwels, Ghent. A snow-white 

 flower with orange-coloured spots on the lip. 



To Cattleya Trianaei Mooreana (votes, unanimous), from J. Bradshaw, 

 Esq., The Grange, Southgate (gr. Mr. Whitelegge). Flower rosy-lilac with 

 ruby-claret lip. 



Other Exhibits. 



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

 showed a pretty unnamed hybrid Odontoglossum with pale-yellow flowers 

 blotched with red- brown. 



Baron Sir H. Schroder, The Dell, Egham (gr. Mr. Ballantine), sent the 

 fine Odontoglossum Wilcheanum Schrdderianum. 



The Rev. D. J. Stather Hunt, Tunbridge Wells (gr. Mr. Baker), showed 

 Laelia x Stather ae (purpurata x flava). 



F. Menteith Ogilvie, Esq., Oxford (gr. Mr. Balmforth), sent Odonto- 

 glossum crispum * Fergus,' a distinctly blotched form, flowering for the 

 first time. 



W. Waters Butler, Esq., Edgbaston, sent a fine Cymbidium insigne 

 and Odontoglossum Wilcheanum ' King of Spain.' 



Messrs. Linden, Brussels, showed several hybrid Odontoglossums. 

 Monsieur Mertens, Ghent, showed a selection of Odontoglossums. 



Orchid Committee, April 16, 1907. 

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



Awards Recommended : — 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 



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

 Odontoglossums &c. 



Silver Flora Medal. 



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

 Davis), for a fine group of Cattleya Schroder ae of excellent quality, some 

 of the plants bearing eighteen flowers. 



To Messrs. Jas. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, for a group of hybrid and 

 other Orchids. 



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

 To C. J. Lucas, Esq., Horsham (gr. Mr. Duncan), for a group of 

 Odontoglossums &c. 



