ORCHID COMMITTEE, FEBRUARY 14. 



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varieties of Cypripediums, with some Cattleyas and Odonto- 

 glossums. 



Bronze Banks ian Medal. 

 To Mr. James Crispin, Fishponds, Bristol, for a stand of 

 twenty-four varieties of cut flowers of Cypripediums, &c. 



First Class Certificate. 



To Dendrobium x Owenianum (D. Liwanianum majus ? x 

 D. Wardianum cT) (votes, 14 for, 1 against), raised by Norman C. 

 Cookson, Esq., and exhibited by Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. 

 Albans. It resembles a fine form of D. x chlorostele. Flowers 

 nearly 4 inches across ; sepals and petals white, tipped with 

 purplish rose, lip having a reddish-brown blotch on a yellow 

 disc, the front portion white with a purplish-rose tip. 



To Phaius x amabilis (P. grandifolius $ x P. tuberculosus 

 <?) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Jas. Veitch & Sons, King's 

 Road, Chelsea. The plant has the dwarf habit of P. tuberculosus, 

 and the flowers have much the same form as those of that 

 species ; sepals and petals white, tinged with rose ; lip large and 

 finely crimped, claret colour with darker lines on a whitish 

 ground at the base, the external part of the base of the labellum 

 being yellow (fig. 27). 



To Cymbidium grandiflorum (Griffith) (votes, unanimous) 

 from Messrs. F. Ross & Co., Merstham. The plant exhibited 

 was a good form, and it is known in some gardens as C. Hooker- 

 ianum. 



To Phalamopsis Schilleriana vestalis (votes, 7 for, 6 against), 

 from Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Clapton. A pure white variety 

 of the type. 



Award of Merit. 



To Cypripedium x conco-Lawre (C. concolor ? x C. Law- 

 renceanum <?) (votes, unanimous), from Sir Trevor Lawrence, 

 Bart., Burford, Dorking (gr. Mr. W. H. White). This fine 

 hybrid has a resemblance to C. x Marshallianum. The flowers 

 cream-white, tinged with rose colour. 



To Cypripedium x Winnianum (C. villosum ? x C. Druryic?) 

 (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Jas. Veitch & Sons. Flowers 

 of the colour of C. villosum with the form of C. Druryi. 



To Dendrobium nobile Ames® (votes, 8 for, 4 against), from 

 Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans. Flowers white, with a 



