ORCHID COMMITTEE. 



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length, but with the tips free and diverging. The ground colour is 

 cream-white, the inner parts deep claret colour, the outer spotted 

 with the same tint. Lip tinged, reddish claret. The flowers re- 

 semble some Stapelias in substance, tint, and odour. 



Other Exhibits. 



J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. : Cymbidium aloifolium variety. 

 Miss Violet B. Fellowes : Liparis plantaginea. 

 Messrs. Flory & Black: hybrids. 

 Messrs. E. H. Davidson : Cattleya superba alba. 



Orchid Committee, August 4, 1915. 

 Mr. J. Gurney Fowler in the Chair, and eleven members present. 



Awards Recommended : — 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Charlesworth, Haywards Heath, for Odontoglossums, 



&c. 



To Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, for hybrids and rare species. 

 To Messrs. Stuart Low, Jarvisbrook, for a group. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Cattleya x ' Sybil ' var. ' Scintillant ' (Dowiana aurea x 

 iridescens) (votes unanimous), from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Bracken- 

 hurst, Pembury (gr. Mr. J. Davis). A very distinct hybrid with 

 light rose sepals and petals tinged with yellow, and ruby-red lip with 

 orange-coloured base. 



A ward of Merit. 



To Laeliocattleya x 'Thyone,' Fowler's variety (L.-c. x ' Ophir ' 

 X C. Dowiana aurea) (votes unanimous), from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. 

 Sepals and petals cowslip yellow ; lip deep claret colour, with fine 

 gold lines from the base. 



Cattleya x 'Harold,' Fowler's variety (Gaskelliana alba x War- 

 scewiczii ' Frau Melanie Beyrodt ') (votes 7 for, 2 against), from J. 

 Gurney Fowler, Esq. Flowers white, with a purple blotch in front 

 of the yellow disc of the lip. 



Other Exhibits. 



J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. : new hybrids. 

 E. G. Mocatta, Esq. : Laeliocattleya. 

 H. T. Pitt, Esq. : Cattleyas. 

 Messrs. Flory & Black : Odontoglossums. 



