ORCHID COMMITTEE, FEBRUARY 13. 



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Silver Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, for a varied group of rare Orchids. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To R. Briggs-Bury, Esq., Accrington (gr. Mr. Wilkinson), for rare 

 Cypripediums. 



To Messrs. Hugh Low, Enfield, for a group. 



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



Aivard of Merit. 



To Cattleya x ' Octave Doin ' (Mendelii x Dowiana aurea) (votes, 

 unanimous), from Messrs. Charlesworth. A fine flower with white sepals 

 and petals tinged with rose and rose-purple lip having gold-coloured lines 

 at the base. 



To Phaius maculatus (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Sander, St. 

 Albans. Leaves plicate, green, unspotted ; flowers, ten, on an erect 

 inflorescence, large, yellow, with red markings on the lip. 



To Cyjyripediimi x Bridgei {Godseffianum x Argus Moensii) (votes, 

 unanimous), from G. F. Moore, Esq. (gr. Mr. Page). A very dark-coloured 

 flower, with rose ground, densely spotted with blackish-purple. 



Other Exhibits. 



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

 Dicksonianum {villosum x Hera Euryades), C. x ' Cecil Dickson ' 

 {Niobe X Leeammi), Brasso-Lcelia x ' Mrs. Gratrix,' Westfield variety, 

 and other hybrids. 



Messrs. Stanley, Southgate, showed a small collection of Orchids. 



Messrs. Heath, Cheltenham, sent hybrid Cypripediums. 



J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. (gr. Mr. Davis), showed Cypripedium x 

 aureum Hyeanum. 



R. I. Measures, Esq. (gr. Mr. Smith), sent Zygopetalum x Max- 

 Jorisii and other Orchids. 



Messrs. William Bull, Chelsea, showed Sophro- Cattleya x ' Doris.' 



Elijah Ashworth, Esq. (gr. Mr. Holbrook), showed Cattleya Triancei 

 ' Harefield Goliath.' 



Orchid Committee, Febkuaey 13, 1906. 



Mr. J. GuENEY FowLEE in the Chair, and twenty-seven members 



present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Gold Medal and Lindley Medal for Ciclture. 

 To Major G. L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O., Westonbirt (gr. Mr. Alexander)^ 

 for a magnificent group of white Lcelia aiiceps, Odontoglossums, Cypri- 

 pediums, and other Orchids. 



Gold Medal. 



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

 large group, principally Dendrobiums. 



