ORCHID COMMITTEE, NOVEMBER 4. 



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To the Hon. Walter Rothschild, M.P. (gr. Mr. E. Hill), for a collec- 

 tion of rare and curious Orchids. 



To Captain G. L. Holford, C.I.E., Westonbirt (gr. Mr. H. Alexander), 

 for a group of fine specimens of Vanda Kimballiana and other Orchids. 



To Sir F. Wigan, Bart., Clare Lawn (gr. Mr. W. H. Young), for a 

 group of Orchids. 



To Messrs. Charlesworth, Bradford, for a collection of hybrid Orchids. 

 To Jeremiah Colman, Esq., Gatton Park (gr. Mr. W. P. Bound), for 

 a group of Orchids. 



To Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, for a group of Orchids. 

 To Messrs. Hugh Low, for a group of Orchids. 



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Fig. 284.— Gxcidium x Mantinii superbum. (Gardeners' Chronicle.) 



Award of Merit. 



To Gypripedium x 'Thalia' (insigne Chant inii x Baron Schroder) 

 (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Jas. Veitch. A very fine hybrid. Petals 

 and lip yellow tinged, and marked with dark purple. Upper sepal large, 

 white with green base and bearing showy purple lines and spots. 



To Oncidium x Mantinii superbum (votes, unanimous), from Francis 

 Wellesley, Esq., Westfield, Woking (gr. Mr. J. Gilbert). Flowers large, 

 yellow marked with red brown. (Fig. 284.) 



To Cattley a x 4 Mrs. Pitt ' {Harrisoniana X Dowiana aurea) (votes, 

 unanimous), from H. T. Pitt, Esq. (gr. Mr. Thurgood). Flowers rose- 

 pink with orange-coloured disc to the labellum. 



To Cattley a labiata Amesiana (votes, 11 for, 4 against), from J. 

 Bradshaw, Esq., and Messrs. Hugh Low. Flowers white with a lilac 

 rose tint on the lip. 



To Cypripedium x 'Transvaal superbum' (Chambcrlainianum x 



