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Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, showed a handsome hybrid Phaius 
(P. Manni x P. tuberculosus). (Fig. 80.) 
F. M. Burton, Esq., showed a hyl)rjd Epidendrum out of E. 
X O'Brienianum. 
G. F, Moore, Esq., showed Cypripedium x Beeckmani. 
H. J. Elwes, Esq., sent varieties of Bletia hyacinthina and a hybrid 
Calanthe. 
De B. Crawshay, Esq., showed Odontoglossum triumphans ' Mrs. 
De B. Crawshay ' and two forms of Laeha anceps. 
Herbert Harris, Esq., sent a good form of Cattleya Trianaei, andLselia 
anceps Schroderiana. 
Messrs. Fisher, Son & Sibray, Sheffield, showed Cypripedium insigne 
* Eveline,' with whitish petals spotted with purple, and C. i. Hands- 
worthiensis of a similar class. 
The Kev. F. Paynter, Stoke Hill, Guildford (gr. Mr. Cook), sent 
flowers of Odontoglossum crispum * Brilliant ' and Dendrobium Phalae- 
nopsis hololeucum. 
J. T. Gabriel, Esq. (gr. Mr. Ranson), sent Cattleya Trianaei, * Gabriel's 
variety.' 
Richard Blake, Esq., The Elms, Winterbourne, sent a photograph of 
a very fine plant of Angraecum sesquipedale with twelve fully expanded 
blossoms. (Fig. 31.) 
Orchid Committee, February 28, 1898. 
Harry J. Veitch, Esq., in the Chair, and fifteen members present. 
Awards Recommended :— 
Silver Bdnksian Medal. 
To W. Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange, Stone (gr. Mr. W. Stevens), 
for rare Odontoglossums. 
To Messrs. Hugh Low, Enfield, for Orchids. 
To M. Jules Hye Leysen, Coupure, Ghent (gr. Mr. Coen), for Odonto- 
glossum crispum Masereelianum, showing the good effects of good 
cultivation. 
Bronze Banks ian Medal. 
To F. Knight, Esq., Thundersley House, Essex (gr. Mr. Marston), for 
Cattleya Triana?i, &c. 
First-class Certificate. 
To Laelio-Cattleya X Ernesti 'Princess Olga ' (Cattleya Percivaliana 2 
Laelia flavac?) (votes, unanimous), from M. Charles Maron, Brunoy, 
France. A beautiful hybrid of the habit of Lslia flava. Flowers nearly 
as large as those of C. Percivaliana, bright chrome yellow, with dark red 
markings on the lip. The plant bore two spikes, each of three flowers. 
(Figs. 32 and 47.) 
To Laelio- Cattleya x Callistoglossa * J. Leemann ' (Laelia purpurata 
var. x Cattleya Warscewiczii imperialis) (votes, unanimous), from M. Chas. 
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