ORCHID COMMITTEE, HOLLAND IIOU.SE, JULY 10 



CXCl 



Francis Wellesley, Esq., Westfield (gr. Mr. Hopkins), sent CyjjriiMcUum 

 X ' Miss Sillem ' (GodefroijcB x niveiLm). 



Messrs. Stanley, Southgate, sent fine varieties of Cattleya Mossics. 



J. Hubert Grogan, Esq., Slaney Park, Co. Wicklow, sent a good dark 

 form of Od on tog loss 11711 Harryaniun. 



Orchid Committee, Holland House, July 10, 1906. 

 Mr. Haery J. Veitch in the Chair, and twenty members present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



First-class Certificate. 



To Cypripedium x calloso-Bothschildiamim {callosum x BotJiscJiild- 

 ianum) (votes, unanimous), from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, 

 South Woodford (gr. Mr. Davis). A very fine hybrid, for which 

 Mr. Gurney Fowler received an Award of Merit, August 10, 1897. The 

 specimen bore two spikes, each with four large flowers. Dorsal sepal 

 greenish -white with chocolate-purple lines ; petals broad, cream-white, 

 with dotted lines of chocolate-purple ; labellum reddish-brown. 



To Cypripedium Godefroyce Icucochilum Hodgkinsoiiii (votes, unani- 

 mous), from Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans. \ very large sulphur- 

 yellow flower with the petals and dorsal sepal veined with purple. 



To Cattleya Warscewiczii ' White Queen ' (votes, unanimous), from 

 W. P. Burkinshaw, Esq., Hessle, Hull. Sepals and petals pure 

 white ; lip dark rose, with yellow blotches at the sides, as in typical 

 C. Warsceiviczii. 



To Bulbophyllum virescens (votes, unanimous), from Sir Frederick 

 Wigan, Bart. (gr. Mr. W. H. Young). A large species allied to 

 B. Pahudii and B. Ericssonii. Flowers in umbels, whitish, the sepals 

 veined with pale green, and the lip and column tinged w^ith purple. 



Aiuard of Merit. 



To Br as so -Cattleya x ' Madame Hye ' (C. Harrisoniana x 



B. Dighyana) (votes, unanimous), from Major G. L. Holford, C.I.E., 



C. Y.O. (gr. Mr. x\lexander). A pretty pale rose flower, with fringed edge 

 to the distinctly three-lobed lip. 



To Aerides virens Sanderce (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Sander 

 k Sons. Flowers in racemes, pure white, fragrant. 



To Brasso-Cattleya x striata splendidissima (B. fragrans x 

 C. Mossice) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Sander & Sons. Flowers 

 white, the large labellum having a yellow disc and pale rose apex. 



To Odontoglossum x'Eurydice' (hastilabium x cirrhosum) (votes, 

 unanimous), from Messrs. Charlesworth & Co. A singular hybrid, with 

 lanceolate sepals and petals, whitish, with red- brown bars ; lip constricted 

 in the middle, yellow at the base tinged with brown, and with the front 

 lobe blush- w^hite. 



To Cattleya x * F. W. Wigan,' ' Goodson's variety ' {Schilleriana x 

 Dowiana aurea) (votes, unanimous), from H. S. Goodson, Esq., Putney 

 (gr. Mr. Day). A fine flower. Sepals and petals whitish tinged with 

 purple ; lip veined with rose-crimson. 



