ORCHID COMMITTEE. 



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To Cypripedium X ' Swallow-tail ' {Fairrieanam x ' Mons. de 

 Curte ') (votes 9 for, 1 against), from R. W. Rickards, Esq. Flower 

 with the decurved petals of C. Fairrieanum. Dorsal sepal white, 

 evenly spotted with dark purple. 



To Cattleya x 'Maggie Raphael/ Sandhurst variety (Dowiana 

 aurea X Trianae) (votes unanimous), from Messrs. Armstrong & 

 Brown, Tunbridge Wells. Sepals and petals white ; lip ruby-red, with 

 yellow veining. 



Other Exhibits. 



J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. : new and rare hybrids. 

 Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bt. : two hybrids. 



R. G. Thwaites, Esq.: Odontoglossum X ' Chloe ' (Groganiae X 

 crisp um). 



F. J. Hanbury, Esq. : Cattleya X 'Portiata ' ('Portia ' X labiata). 

 W. Bolton, Esq. : Cypripediums. 



E. Whiteaway, Esq. : Brassocattleya X ' William Pitt.' 

 Messrs. McBean : hybrids. 

 Messrs. Stuart Low : Cattleyas. 



Orchid Committee, December 7, 1915. 

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



Awards Recommended 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Charlesworth, Haywards Heath, for winter-flowering 

 Mexican Laelias and hybrids. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. McBean, Cooksbridge, for hybrids. 

 To Messrs. Hassall, Southgate, for Cattleyas, Laeliocattleyas, &c. 

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



Award of Merit. 



To Odontioda X ' Aphrodite ' (Oda. x ' Diana ' X Odm. X eximium) 

 (votes unanimous), from Messrs. Charlesworth, Haywards Heath. 

 Flower of good shape, reddish-claret colour, with yellowish tips to 

 the segments, and irregular marginal lines on the petals. 



Preliminary Commendation. 

 To Odontioda X Armstrongiae (Oda. X Bradshawiae X Odm. X 

 Armstrongiae) , from Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Weils. 

 The first flower on a small plant was large and of fine shape, closely 

 freckled with brownish-orange colour on light ground. 



Other Exhibits. 



Sir Herbert Leon, Bletchley Park (gr. Mr. Cooper) : Laeliocattleya 

 X Leoniae (parentage unrecorded). 



