ORCHID COMMITTEE, OCTOBER 27. 



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L.-C. x 'Firefly' (L. Dormaniana ? x C. Bowringiana $ ); and L.-C. 

 x Anclreana (C. bicolor $ x L. x elegans $ ). 



T. W. Swinburne, Esq., Corndean Hall, Winchcombe, sent a 

 good Cypripedium Charlesworthii and a malformed C. insigne. 



J. Charlton Parr, Esq., Grappenhall Heyes, Warrington 

 (gr. Mr. Masterton), sent Cypripedium x polystigmaticum. 



G. Shirland Ball, Esq., Ashford, Wilmslow, Cheshire (gr. 

 Mr. Hay), sent a fine flower of Cypripedium insigne Sanderas. 



Thos. Statter, Esq. (gr. Mr. E. Johnson), showed Cattleya 

 bicolor caarulea and Cattleya x ' Prince of Wales.' 



De B. Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks (gr. Mr. S. 

 Cooke), exhibited Odontoglossum Uro Skinnerii album with pure 

 white labellum and greenish sepals and petals. The variety 

 seems to be a hybrid, and a full account of its history is given 

 in the Orchid Bevieiv, November 1896, p. 339. 



Orchid Committee, October 27, 1896. 



Harry J. Veitch, Esq., in the Chair, and sixteen members 



present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Gold Medal. 



To Messrs. Jas. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, for a splendid group 

 of Orchids in flower, in which rare species and hybrids were well 

 represented. 



Silver Flora Medal. 

 To R. I. Measures, Esq., Cambridge Lodge, Camberwell (gr. 

 Mr. H. J. Chapman), for an extensive group of Orchids in 

 flower. 



To Thos. Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield, Manchester 

 (gr. Mr. R. Johnson), for a collection of varieties of Dendrobium 

 Phalaenopsis, Cattleya Dowiana aurea, Cypripediums, &c. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To M. Georges Mantin, Chateau de Bel- Air, Olivet, France, 

 for a group of six varieties of Cattleya x Mantinii (C. Bowring- 

 iana ? x C. Dowiana c? ) ; Laelio- Cattleya x Belairensis (C. 



