ORCHID COMMITTEE. 



Ixxi 



Orchid Committee, March 30, 191 5. 



Mr. J. Gurney Fowler in the Chair, and twenty-three members 



present. 



Awards Recommended : — 



Gold Medal. 



To J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Brackenhurst, Pembury (gr. Mr. J. 

 Davis), for a remarkable display of Dendrobiums arranged on the wall 

 at the end of the Hall, and in which between 300 and 400 plants were 

 used. The staging beneath had rare Orchids in flower arranged with 

 Maidenhair Ferns. 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Charlesworth, for fine hybrids. 



To Messrs. Sander, for hybrids and interesting species. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. J. Cypher, for a group. 

 To Messrs. McBean, for Cymbidiums &c. 

 To Mr. Harry Dixon, for a group. 

 To Messrs. Stuart Low, for a group. 



First-class-Certificate. 



To Laeliocattleya X ' J. F. Birkbeck,' Fowler's variety (C. 

 Mendelii x L.-c. X ' Hy. Greenwood') (votes unanimous), from J. 

 Gurney Fowler, Esq. (gr. Mr. J. Davis). A very fine hybrid with 

 flowers of true Cattleya form and substance. The broad sepals and 

 petals are cream-white, with a slight blush tint, the broad crimped 

 labellum rose-purple. 



To Odontoglossum X ' Mars ' (parentage unrecorded) (votes una- 

 nimous), from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. One of the finest of the 

 0. illustrissimum class. Flowers reddish claret, with a narrow white 

 margin. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. J. E. Shill, gr. to Baron Bruno Schroder, for a large speci- 

 men of Odontoglossum X crispo-Harryanum with three spikes bearing 

 together forty flowers. 



To Mr. Balmforth, gardener to F. M. Ogilvie, Esq., for a group of 

 30 plants of the fine yellow Dendrobium Thwaitesiae, Veitch's variety 



Other Exhibits. 



Baron Bruno Schroder : Odontioda x ' Cardinal.' 



J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. : new Dendrobium hybrids. 



F. M. Ogilvie, Esq. : Brassocattleya X Cliftonii magnifica. 



Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bt. : Dendrobiums. 



Messrs. Armstrong & Brown : Odontioda x Armstrongii. 



Messrs. Flory & Black : hybrids. 



Messrs. Davidson : Sophrolaeliocattleya X ' Niobe.' 



