ORCHID COMMITTEE, OCTOBER 24. 
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A remarkable form in which the greater part of the surface of the sepals 
is light purple, their margins and tips white ; petals white with a few 
purple spots ; lip with one large brown blotch. (Fig. 147.) 
To Odontogiossum grande ' Pitt's variety ' (votes? for, 2 against), from 
H. T. Pitt, Esq., Rosslyn, Stamford Hill (gr. Mr. Thurgood). Flowers of 
two shades of yellow, the usual brown colour of the species being replaced 
by the darker yellow ; lip white with a few^ yellow markings. 
Botanical Certificate. 
To Spathoglottis Fortunei from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, 
Dublin. A well-known elegant yellow species. 
Other Exhibits. 
Messrs. J. Veitch, Chelsea, showed Cattleya x ' Minerva ' (Bowring- 
iana $ Loddigesii ^ ). 
Henry Little, Esq. (gr. Mr. Howard), sent Cattleya x Mantinii nobilior 
and C. granulosa Schofieldiana. 
W. Thompson, Esq. (gr. Mr. W. Stevens), sent two fine forms of 
Odontogiossum crispum. 
De B. Crawshay, Esq., Sevenoaks (gr. Mr. S. Cooke), showed Cattleya 
xHardyana ' Crawshay's var.' in which the sepals and petals were white 
freckled with pale lilac ; also a very large form of Laelia pumila. 
H. T. Pitt, Esq. (gr. Mr. Thurgood), showed Saccolabium calceolare 
and Bulbophyllum grandiflorum. 
Messrs. Hugh Low, of Enfield, staged a good selection of Orchids. 
Messrs Sander, St. Albans, showed several plants of Stenoglottis 
longifolia, and Bulbophyllum grandiflorum. 
Fred Hardy, Esq., Tyntesfield, Ashton-on-Mersey (gr. Mr. T. Staftbrd), 
showed a^mn with three plants of the pretty reddish-scarlet Sophro-Cattleya 
X 'George Hardy' (S. grandiflora x C. Aclandia), and a fine form of 
Laelia x ' Euterpe.' 
Oechid Committee, Octobee 24, 1899. 
Haeey J. Veitch, Esq., in the Chair, and eleven members present. 
Awards Recommended :— 
Silver Flora Medal. 
To Messrs. Jas. Veitch, Chelsea, for a group of hybrid Orchids, 
Cattleyas, kc. 
To J. Bradshaw, Esq., The Grange, Southgate (gr. Mr. Whiffen), for 
a group of varieties of Cattleya labiata and other species. 
^ Silver Banksian Medal. 
To F. Knight, Esq., Thundersley, Essex (gr. Mr. E. Marston), for a 
group of Orchids. 
To Mr. Ed. Kromer, Roraima, Beddington, for a group of forms of 
Cattleya labiata. 
