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Messrs. Jas. Veitch sent Cattleya x 1 Carmen ' (Warscewiczii x 

 L it d de manniana) . 



Messrs. Hugh Low showed Phalamopsis violacea, 'Low's variety.' 



Orchid Committee, August 1, 1905. 

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



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. Charlesworth, Bradford, for a group of hybrid Cattleyas, 

 Odontoglossums, &c. 



Award of Merit. 



To Cattleya x Gcrmania magnified (granulosa Schofieldiana x 

 Hardy ana) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Charlesworth. Flowers 

 large, cream-white, tinged and veined with purple ; lip veined ruby-red. 



Botanical Certificate. 



To Zygopetalum [Promencea) Bollissonii, from Messrs. Charlesworth. 

 Plant three inches high. Flowers whitish-yellow, with a few purple 

 spots on the inner halves of the segments. 



To Dendrobinm ciliatum annamense, from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart, 

 (gr. Mr. W. H. White). Plant dwarf, and flowers produced as in the 

 type, but white, with a purple base to the ciliate labellum. 



To Grobya galeata, from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. Flow T ers in a 

 short raceme, one inch across, yellowish, densely spotted with purple, the 

 upper segments being arranged helmet-like, and the lower sepals deflexed 

 and yellow at the base. 



Cultural Commendation. 



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

 for a large specimen of Platyclinis filiformis with 109 elegant sprays ol 

 yellow flowers. 



Other Exhibits. 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., exhibited Theodorea gomesioides (Gomesa 

 Theodorea, Cogn.) and other interesting species. 



From the Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin. The Curator, 

 Mr. F. W. Moore, sent Colax triptera. 



H. S. Goodson, Esq., Putney (gr. Mr. Day), showed the blush-white 

 Cattleya Gaskelliana ' Mrs. Goodson.' 



Gurney Wilson, Esq., Hay ward's Heath, sent a fine Cattleya 

 Harrisoniana. 



Messrs Hugh Low sent a good spotted Odontoglossum Pescatorei and 

 other orchids. 



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

 ' Miss M. Sillem ' (niveuni x Godefroy^^n&Lailio-Cattleya x Wcllsiana 

 magnified. 



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