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ORCHID COMMITTEE. 



January 3, 1905. 

 Mr. H. J. Veitch in the Chair, and seventeen members present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Gold Medal. 



To Captain G. L. Holford, Westonbirt (gr. Mr. Alexander), for a very 

 fine group of Cypripediums, Lcelia anceps, &c. 



Lindley Medal. 



To Captain G. L. Holford, for excellence of culture in the large 

 specimens of Cypripediums in his group. 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Charlesworth, Bradford, for a group of Lcelio-Cattleya x 

 Gharlesworthii, and other Orchids. 



To Mr. J. Cypher, Cheltenham, for a fine group of Cypripediums. 



Aioard of Merit. 



To Cypripedium x Memoria Jerninghamice, (parentage unrecorded) 

 (votes, unanimous), from Francis Wellesley, Esq., Westfield, Woking 

 (gr. Mr. Hopkins). Probably from C. x Winnianum x Leeanum var. 

 Flower of thick texture and glossy surface. Dorsal sepal white, with a 

 broad purple band and emerald-green marking at the base. Petals un- 

 dulated, honey-yellow, tinged with purple-brown. Lip similar in colour. 



To Cypripedium xwestfieldiense [Leeanum superbumxPollettianuiu) 

 (votes, unanimous), from Francis Wellesley, Esq. Dorsal sepal white, 

 with a green base and dense spotted lines of rose colour. Petals and lip 

 yellowish, heavily tinged with mahogany-red. 



To Cypripedium x Alcibiades (Leeanum giganteum x 1 Mons. de Curte ') 

 (votes, unanimous), from Captain G. L. Holford (gr. Mr. Alexander). 

 Dorsal sepal greenish-yellow at the base, white above, and spotted with 

 dark purple. Petals and lip yellow, tinged with brown. 



To Dendrobium Phalcenopsis ' Chardwar variety ' (votes, 8 for, 4 against), 

 from G. F. Moore, Esq., Chardwar, Bourton-on-the- Water (gr. Mr. Page) 

 A brightly coloured flower of a rich magenta-rose tint. 



Botanical Certificate. 



To Dendrobium triliorum from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, 

 Dublin, Curator F. W. Moore, Esq. The plant usually named D. cym- 

 bidioides in gardens. Flowers, seven on a spray, cream- white, with 

 purple and yellow markings on the lip. 



To Aerides Ortgiesianum from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin. 

 Flowers in a loose raceme, greenish-white, slightly marked with rose on 

 the lip and petals. 



