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Other Exhibits. 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., showed a fine selection of Miltonias, and 

 a basket of Habenaria militdris. 



The Right Hon. Lord Rothschild (gr. Mr. A. Dye) sent Lcelio- Cat tley a 

 x luminosa superba. 



The Right Hon. the Earl of Tankerville showed Sophro-Cattleya x 

 hcatonensis. 



J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., sent several hybrid Orchids. 

 Sir John Edwards-Moss showed a fine Cattleya Dowiana aurea. 

 Elijah Ashworth, Esq., sent white forms of Dendrobium Phalcenopsis. 

 Mrs. Collingwood, Alnwick, showed Dendrobium Statterianum. 

 A. E. Bainbridge, Esq., Newcastle, showed Odontoglossum grande 

 with fifteen flowers. 



Francis Wellesley, Esq., showed several hybrid Cypripediums. 

 Messrs. Hugh Low staged a group. 



Orchid Committee, November 7, 1905. 

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



Awards Recommended:— 



Gold Medal 



To J. Bradshaw, Esq., The Grange, Southgate (gr. Mr. Whitelegge), 

 for a very fine group of Orchids. 



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

 and well-arranged group. 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Charlesworth, Bradford, for a group, principally hybrids. 

 To Messrs. Cypher, Cheltenham, for a group of Cypripediums, &c. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Low, Enfield, for a group. 



To M. Chas. Vuylsteke, Ghent, for hybrid Odontoglossums. 

 To Messrs. Stanley, Southgate, for a group. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Odontoglossum x Vuylstekece (parentage unknown) (votes, unani- 

 mous), from M. Chas. Vuylsteke, Ghent. A magnificent hybrid with 

 large rich claret-coloured flowers, the blotches having thin silver-white 

 lines between them. Probably a development of 0. x venustulum, or the 

 result of crossing 0. x ardentissimum and 0. x Vuijlstekea. (Fig. 59.) 



To Cypripedium x triumphans (Sallieri x cenanthum superbum) 

 (votes, unanimous), from R. Briggs-Bury, Esq., Accrington (gr. Mr. 

 Wilkinson). Dorsal sepal rose-purple, with white margin and dark 

 chocolate-purple lines. The rest of the flower tinged with reddish- 

 purple. (Fig. 61.) 



