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Messrs. Heath, Cheltenham, staged a small group. 



Sir Frederick Wigan, Bart. (gr. Mr. W. H. Young), showed Chysis 

 IcBvis superha. 



Jeremiah Colman, Esq., showed hybrid Dendrobiums. 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. (gr. Mr. W. H. White), sent fine specimens 

 of Dendrohium x Wiganice album and other hybrids. 



De B. Crawshay, Esq., again showed the very fine Odontoglossum 

 trmmphans 'Lionel Crawshay,' 0. t. Craiushaycmum, and 0. x Ander- 

 sonium Young i. 



Okchid Committee, March 20, 1906. 

 Mr. J. GuEXEY Fowler in the Chair, and twenty-eight members present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver -gilt Flora Medal. 



To Baron Sir H. Schroder, Bart., The Dell, Egham (gr. Mr. H. 

 Ballantine), for a fine group of Orchids, including the rare Odontoglossum 

 Pescatorei Schroderianum and Veitchianum. 



To Messrs. Charles worth, Bradford, for a fine group, including hybrid 

 Odontoglossums. 



Silver Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. Jas. Cypher, Cheltenham, for a group of Dendrobiums, 

 Odontoglossums, &c. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



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

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



First-class Certificate. 

 To Odontoglossum x Lambeauianum roscum {Rolfece ardentissimum 

 X crisjmm ' Madame Falcke ') (votes, unanimous), from M. A. A. Peeters, 

 Brussels. Flower large and with broad segments, pale rose, heavily 

 blotched on the sepals and petals with rose-purple. 



Aivard of Merit. 



To Cypripedium villosum 'The Premier' (votes, unanimous), from 

 Francis Wellesley, Esq., Westfield, Woking (gr. Mr. Hopkins). A massive 

 form, of thicker substance than typical villosum, and fine colour. 



To LcBlio-Cattleya x ' Sunray ' var. superba (L. cinnabarina x 

 C. superba) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Charlesworth. Flowers 

 several on erect spikes, orange-colour, with crimson front to the labellum. 



To Cypripedium x aureum Hyeanum [nitens Sallieri Hyeanum x 

 Spicerianum) (votes, unanimous), from F. Menteith Ogilvie, Esq., The 

 Shrubbery, Oxford (gr. Mr. Balmforth). A large greenish flower with 

 chocolate-purple band up the dorsal sepal, and w^hite upper half. 



Cultural Commendation. 

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

 for Phalcenopsis Aphrodite, with eighty flowers and buds on a branched 

 spike. 



