ORCHID COMMITTEE, AUGUST 19. 



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Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. H. Alexander, grower to Captain Holford, for a splendidly- 

 grown plant of Vanda ccerulea with thirty-seven leaves and perfect from 

 base to top. The plant bore two spikes of twelve and sixteen large sky- 

 blue flowers, all expanded together. 



Other Exhibits. 



F. A. Render, Esq., Gipsy Hill (gr. Mr. Norris), showed Cypripedium x 

 'Sophie ' (Goiueriamim xniveum). 



J. F. Alcock, Esq., Berkhamsted, showed Odontoglossum Harryanum. 



H. Little, Esq., Twickenham (gr. Mr. Howard), showed good forms of 

 Cattleya Warscewiczii. 



Mr. Jas. Douglas, Great Bookham, showed Lcelio- Cattleya x ' Juno,' 

 Edenside variety ' (L. majalis x C. Mossice). 



Messrs. Bull, Chelsea sent Cypripedium x ' Decia ' (Charlesiuorthii 

 x superciliare). 



Messrs. Charlesworth, Bradford, showed a collection of hybrid 

 Orchids. 



Oechid Committee, August 19, 1902. 

 Mr. Harry J. Veitch in the Chair, and eleven members present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



First-class Certificate. 



To Cattleya x ' Lady Ingram,' ' Westfield variety' (C. Eldorado x 

 C. Dowiana aurea), (votes, 9 for, 1 against), from Francis Wellesley, Esq., 

 Westfield, Woking (gr. Mr. Gilbert). A fine flower, of delicate fragrance, 

 with the general features of C. Eldorado, but nearly as large as C. aurea. 

 Sepals and petals blush-white ; disc of lip rich orange, changing to 

 chrome-yellow at the sides ; edges of side-lobes and front rose-purple ; 

 margin blush-white, fringed. 



Award of Merit. 



To Lcelio -Cattleya x Ingramii, ' Rosslyn variety ' (L. Dayana x C. 

 Dowiana aurea), (votes, unanimous), from H. T. Pitt, Esq., Stamford 

 Hill (gr. Mr. Thurgood). An improvement on the original variety. 

 Sepals and petals bright rose ; lip claret-colour, with an obscure veining 

 of yellow at the base. 



Botanical Certificate. 



To Houlletia Brocklehurstiana, from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. (gr. 

 Mr. W. H. White). A Brazilian species, first flowered by Mr. Brockle- 

 hurst at Macclesfield in 1841. Flowers nearly three inches across, 

 yellowish, closely marked with reddish purple. 



To Sarcanthus appendiculatus, from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. 

 Leaves terete, spikes bearing several flowers half an inch across, yellow, 

 striped with red. 



