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G. L. Palmer, Esq. (gr. Mr. Bannerman), showed hybrid Cypri- 

 pediums. 



H. S. Goodson, Esq., Putney (gr. Mr. Day), showed Cattleya Harriso- 

 niana 1 H. S. Goodson ' and other Orchids. 



C. L. N. Ingram, Esq. (gr. Mr. Bond), sent L celio -Cattleya x callisto- 

 glossa var. fulgens. 



C. J. Lucas, Esq. (gr. Mr. Duncan), showed Cypripedium x ' Edith 

 Lucas.' 



H. T. Pitt, Esq. (gr. Mr. Thurgood), sent Cypripedium 1 Grace Pitt ' 

 (Leeanum virginale x niveum). 



Messrs. Stanley, Southgate, showed a group of Brazilian Orchids. 



Orchid Committee, September 26, 1905. 

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



Awards Recommended:— 



Gold Medal. 



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

 Orchids, and rare species. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, for a group. 

 To Messrs. Stanley, Southgate, for a group. 



Award of Merit. 



To L celio -Cattleya x crispo- Hardy ana (L. crispa x C. x Hardy am) 

 (votes, 8 for, 3 against), from Major G. L. Holford, CLE., C.V.O. (gr. 

 Mr. Alexander). A fine flower, with silver-white sepals and petals, tinted 

 with lavender. Lip broad and fringed, purple, with orange lines from the 

 base to the centre. 



To Cattleya x Maronii 1 Westfield variety ' (yelutina x Dowiana 

 aurea) (votes, 12 for, 1 against), from Francis Wellesley, Esq., Westfield, 

 Woking (gr. Mr. Hopkins). Sepals and petals golden-yellow, with a 

 bronze tint. Lip yellow at the base, the blade veined with crimson, the 

 more prominent lines being raised. (Fig. 57.) 



To Miltonia Begnellii 1 Gatton Park variety ' (votes, unanimous), 

 from Jeremiah Colman, Esq., Gatton Park (gr. Mr. W. P. Bound). A 

 remarkable variation from the type. Flowers large, sepals and petals 

 yellow, with a small purple base ; lip purple. 



To Cypripedium pur pur atum 1 Tracy's variety' (votes,; unanimous), 

 from Mr. H. A. Tracy, Twickenham. An improvement on the ordinary 

 form in size, and darker in colour. 



Botanical Certificate. 

 To Stenoglottis fimbriata, from Mrs. Brightwen, The Grove, Stan- 

 more (gr. Mr. J. W. Odell). A charming South African terrestrial 

 Orchid, with pretty green leaves, densely spotted with purple, and arranged 



