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Other Exhibits. 



Major G. L. Holford : Cypripcdium x 'Earl of Tankervillo' (cxul x 

 nitcns) and Cattleya x 1 Cyril ' (JIarrisoniana x Pcrcivaliana). 



Francis Wellesloy, Esq., Westfield (gr. Mr. Hopkins): Cypripcdium 

 insignc 1 Francis Wellesloy,' a close ally of ('. insignc 1 Harefield Hall.' 



Drewett 0. Drewett, Esq., Riding Mill-on-Tyno (gr. Mr. Renwick): a 

 selection of Cypripediums. 



Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart. : Cirrhopetalum refractum and Pkaio- 

 Calanthe x Colmanii rosea. 



H. W. Perry, Esq., Upper Norwood (gr. Mr. Buckingham) : a group. 



Messrs. Heath, Cheltenham : Cypripediums. 



H. S. Goodson, Esq. (gr. Mr. Day) : four hybrid Cypripediums. 



H. J. Bromilow, Esq., Rainhill (gr. Mr. Morgan) : Cypripediums. 



F. Menteith Ogilvie, Esq., Oxford (gr. Mr. Balmforth): two hybrid 

 Cypripediums. 



Orchid Committee, December 31, 1907. 

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



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. Cypher, Cheltenham : for Cypripediums, Laelia ancaps, &c. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Moore, Rawdon, Leeds, for a group. 



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



First-class Certificate. 



To Cypripcdium x 'Moonbeam' (Thompsoni x Saltier i Ihjr.anum) 

 (votes, unanimous), from Major G. L. Holford, C.V.O., C.I.E., Weston - 

 birt, Tetbury (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander). A large and perfectly formed 

 flower with white dorsal sepal, having a greenish base and purple central 

 band with shorter purple lines ; petals and lip yellowish tinged with 

 purple. (Fig. 116.) 



Award of Merit. 



To Odontioda x Craveniana (Cochlioda Noezliana x Odontoglossum 

 cordatum) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Charlesworth, Heaton, 

 Bradford. Flowers bearing a resemblance to those of 0. x Bradshawiae, 

 but with broader lip ; colour red with orange crest to the lip. The only 

 indications of 0. cordatum are the distinctly keeled sepals and a slight 

 indication of freckling in the colour of the inner parts of the petals. 



To Cypripcdium x Troilus Cravemanuni (insignc ' Harefield 

 Hall' x nitens magnificum) (votes, 10 for, 4 against), from J. H. Craven, 

 Esq., Beeches, Keighley, Yorks. A large flower resembling C. imigne 

 1 Harefield Hall/ but with the dorsal sepal more fiat and bearing more 

 and smaller spots than that variety. 



