ORCHID COMMITTEE. 



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Award of Merit. 



To Cattleya X 'Moira ' rubra ('Fabia ' X Mantinii), (votes unani- 

 mous), from Messrs. Hassall, Southgate. Resembling C. Mantinii, but 

 an improvement on it in size and colour, which is rose-purple with 

 claret-red lip. 



Other Exhibits. 



Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bt. : Cattleyas &c. 



Elizabeth, Lady Lawrence : Laeliocattleya x ' Anzac ' (' Clive ' 

 X bletchleyensis). 



Pantia Ralli, Esq. : Sophrolaeliocattleya X ashteadensis (S.-c. 

 pumeximia x C. Bowringiana). 



H. T. Pitt, Esq. : Brassocattleya X 'William Pitt.' 



R. G. Thwaites, Esq. : Sophrocattleya X Blackii. 



Walter Cobb, Esq. : Cattleya x ' Fabia,' Cobb's variety. 



Messrs. Flory & Black : x Laeliocattleya X Soulange (L.-c. 'Lustre ' 

 X C. Dowiana aurea). 



Orchid Committee, November 9, 1915. 

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



Awards Recommended : — 



Silver Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. Charlesworth, Haywards Heath, for hybrid Cattleyas 



&c. 



To Messrs. Jas. Cypher, Cheltenham, for Cypripediums, Dendro- 

 biums, and Cattleyas. 



To Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, for Cattleyas &c. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

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

 To Messrs. McBean, Cooksbridge, for a group. 



First-class Certificate. 

 To Odontoglossum x ' Pembury ' (gandavense X eximitim) (votes 

 10 for, 3 against), from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Brackenhurst, Pem- 

 bury. Flowers large, white, with the inner two-thirds of the segments 

 coloured claret-red. The spike bore eleven flowers. 



Award of Merit. 



To Vanda luzonica (votes unanimous), from Messrs. Sander, 

 St. Albans. A new species from the Isle of Luzon, allied to V. in- 

 signis. Flowers white, with a thin purple line at the base of the 

 segments. Front lobe of the lip violet -purple. 



To Brassocattleya x ' Admiral Jellicoe,' Broadlands variety (B.-c. x 

 Digbyano-Mossiae x C. X ' Lord Rothschild ') (votes 9 for, 3 against) . 

 from E. R. Ashton, Esq., Tun bridge Wells. A large flower, light 

 lilac in colour, the disc of the lip yellow. 



