ORCHID COMMITTEE, OCTOBER 24. 



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Orchid Committee, October 24, 1905. 

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



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 



To Baron Sir H. Schroder, The Dell, Egham (gr. Mr. Ballantine), for 

 a fine group of Orchids. 



To Jeremiah Colman, Esq., Gatton Park, Reigate (gr. Mr. Bound), for 

 a large group of Cypripediurus, Lrelias, &c. 



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



Silver Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. Stanley, Southgate, for a group. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Oncidium corynephorum Lindl. (votes, unanimous), from Elijah 

 Ash worth, Esq., Harefield Hall, Wilmslow (gr. Mr. Holbrook). A. beautiful 

 species, shown for the first time. Habit of 0. serratum and bearing a 

 long, flexuose, branched inflorescence of many flowers. Flowers about 

 H inch across. Sepals and petals broadly ovate and nearly equal, rose- 

 purple, with broad white margin. Lip broad, as large as the petals, 

 reddish-purple, base yellowish. Shown as 0. Leopoldianum. 



Award of Merit. 



To Cypripcdium x 1 Germaine Opoix ' (' Madame Coffinet' x Fairriea- 

 num) (votes, unanimous), from Francis Wellesley, Esq. (gr. Mr. Hopkins ). 

 Dorsal sepal large, green at the base, white above, bearing many dotted 

 purple lines. Lip and petals yellowish, tinged with purple. (Fig. 58.) 



To Cymbidium x ' Maggie Fowler ' ( giganteum x eegans) (votes, 

 unanimous), from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, South Woodford 

 (gr. Mr. Davis). Flowers nearest to G. giganteum, but more numerous, 

 cream- white, with close lines of red-brown on the sepals and petals and 

 blotches of the same colour on the lip. 



To Cattleya x 'Lord Rothschild ' ' Fairy Queen ' (GaskeUiana alba x 

 Doiviana aurea) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Charlesworth. Flowers 

 white, with orange disc to the lip and an irregular band of rose-purple in 

 front. 



To Cypripedium x 'Lord Ossulston ' (Leeanum virginale x Charles- 

 worthii album) (votes, unanimous), from the Right Hon. the Earl of 

 Tankerville, Chillingham Castle, Northumberland. Dorsal sepal large, 

 pure white, with small green base. Petals and sepals pale green, slightly 

 tinged with rose. 



To Cattleya x 'Marie Henriette de Wavrin ' {Loddigesii x Bex) 

 (votes, unanimous), from the Marquis de Wavrin, Chateau de Ronsele, 

 Belgium (gr. M. De Geest). Flowers cream-white, with orange -coloured 

 disc to the lip, in front of which is a narrow purple blotch. 



To Masdevallia cucullata (votes, unanimous), from Jeremiah Colman, 

 Esq. (gr. Mr. Bound). A fine species, with chocolate-purple flowers, 

 each with a hooded green bract. 



