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To Lcslio-Cattleya x Gharlesworthii magnified (L. cinnabarina x 

 C. Dowiana aurea) (votes, unanimous), from Francis Wellesley, Esq., 

 Westfield (gr. Mr. Hopkins). Flowers reddish-orange, with claret-red lip 

 veined with gold. 



To Cypripedium x ' G. F. Moore ' (' Mrs. Wm. Mostyn, Chardwar 

 variety ' x Sallieri aureum) (votes, unanimous), from G. F. Moore, Esq. 

 (gr. Mr. Page). Shape of C. x Sallieri, but with a cream-white dorsal 

 sepal bearing some purple spots. 



To Cattleya x 1 Octave Doin ' (Mendelii x Dowiana aurea) (votes, 

 unanimous), from Messrs. Charlesworth. Sepals and petals blush white, 

 lip purplish-crimson, with yellow veining from the base. 



To Cypripedium x Laicrebel 1 The Shrubbery variety ' {Lawrenceanum 

 x bellatulum) (votes, 11 for, 3 against), from F. M. Ogilvie, Esq. A very 

 dark variety with claret-coloured flower, the dark colour changing to rose 

 towards the white margin of the dorsal sepal. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. Alexander, Orchid grower to Captain G. L. Holford, CLE., 

 for a fine plant of Odontoglossum x Adriana 'Countess of Morley,' with 

 many spikes. 



Other Exhibits. 



The Right Hon. Lord Rothschild, Tring Park (gr. Mr. A. Dye), showed 

 a life-size photograph of a large specimen of Phalcenopsis * Schiller i ana 

 grown in his gardens since 1881. Leaves 15^ inches by oh inches. 

 Spike with seven main branches and eleven secondary branches, bearing 

 eighty-eight flowers, 3-4 inches across, and eleven buds. 



Francis Wellesley, Esq. (gr. Mr. Hopkins), showed Cypripedium x 

 ' Mrs. Francis Wellesley ' (Sanderianum x Goiverianum), and other 

 hybrids. 



J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. (gr. Mr. Davis), sent Cypripedium x ' Mrs. 

 Wm. Mostyn, Chardwar variety,' and C. x 'Mrs. E. V. Low.' 

 Messrs. Jas. Veitch showed hybrid Orchids. 

 Messrs. Hugh Low staged hybrid Cypripediums. 



Messrs. Duchesne Lanthoine & Co., Watermael, Belgium, showed 

 Cypripedium insigne 1 Gloire d'Auderghem.' 



De B. Crawshay, Esq., sent Maxillaria Lindenics. 



Oechid Committee, February 14, 1905. 



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



present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Gold Medal and Lindley Medal. 



To Jeremiah Column, Esq., Gatton Park, Reigate (gr. Mr. W. P. 

 Bound), for a very large group of finely grown Dendrobiums and other 

 Orchids. 



