ORCHID COMMITTEE, JULY 4. 



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Botanical Certificate. 



To Brassavola Perrinii, from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. Leaves 

 terete, flowers with narrow greenish sepals and petals and white lip. 



To Bulbophyllum radiatum from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. A small 

 tufted plant with umbels of slender white flowers. 



To Epidendrum pterocarpum from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. Sepals 

 and petals greenish brown ; lip white, with purple lines on the extended 

 side lobes. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. W. H. White, orchid-grower to Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., 

 for Brassavola Perrinii with many fragrant flowers. 



To Mr. Luckhurst, gr. to Sir John Edwards-Moss, Henley-on-Thames, 

 for a finely flowered specimen of Lycaste Deppei. 



Other Exhibits. 



Francis Wellesley, Esq. (gr. Mr. Hopkins), sent Cypripedium Sanderce 

 allied to C. concolor ; Cattleya Mossice 'Miss Ethel Harting,' and Lcelio- 

 Cattleya x ' Mrs. Beginald Brade ' (C. Schrdderce x L.-C. x Aphrodite). 



K. Brooman- White, Esq., showed cut Odontoglossum crispum. 



K. Briggs-Bury, Esq., Accrington (gr. Mr. Wilkinson), showed Cypri- 

 pedium Lawrenceanum Hyeanum, ' Bank House variety,' a strong grower 

 with large flowers. 



W. A. Bilney, Esq., Weybridge, showed Dendrobium Dalhousieanum, 

 ' Fir Grange variety,' a sulphur-yellow flower, with claret blotches on the 



Orchid Committee, July 4, 1905. 

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



Awards Recommended:— 



First-class Certificate. 



To Cymbidium Huttonii (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Charles- 

 worth, Bradford. A reintroduction of the Java plant to which a Special 

 Certificate was given May 5, 1868, the plant having then been collected 

 by H. Hutton for Messrs. Veitch. The species connects Cymbidium and 

 Grammatophyllum, the large grooved two- to three-leafed pseudo-bulbs 

 much resembling G. multifiorum. The pendulous racemes are produced 

 like Cymbidium Devonianum, ten- to fifteen-flowered. Flowers about 

 2 inches across, yellowish, densely spotted with purple, the petals also 

 tinged with dark purple on the outer halves. Two forms were shown, the 

 one darker than the other in colour. 



To Cypripedium x 'Daisy Barclay' (Godefroyce leucochilum x 

 Bothschildianum) (votes, unanimous), from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., 

 Glebelands, South Woodford (gr. Mr. J. Davis). A handsome dwarf, 

 large-flowered species, with extended ivory-white petals bearing numerous 

 claret-parple lines. Upper sepal white, with broad dotted lines of claret- 

 purple ; labellum ivory-white, with purple spotting on the face. 



