ORCHID COMMITTEE, JANUARY 11. 



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ORCHID COMMITTEE. 



Januaey 11, 1910. 

 Mr. J. GuENEY Fowler in the Chair, and twenty-two members present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To H. S. Goodson, Esq.; Fairlawn, Putney (gr. Mr. Day), for 

 Odontoglossums. 



To Messrs. J. Veitch, Chelsea, for hybrid Cypripediums. 



To Messrs. Charles worth. Hay wards Heath, for hybrid Orchids. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Stuart Low, Bush Hill Park, for a group. 

 To Messrs. McBean, Cooksbridge, for Cypripediums and Odonto- 

 glossums. 



To Messrs. Cypher, Cheltenham, for a group. 

 To Mr. E. V. Low, for a group. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Lycaste Skinneri armeniaca (votes, unanimous), from Fergus 

 Menteith Ogilvie, Esq., The Shrubbery, Oxford (gr. Mr. Balmforth). 

 A charming large white flower with a slight apricot-yellow tinge on the 

 petals and lip. 



Award of Merit. 



To Cypripediufn x ' Atlas ' ( x ' Ceres Fascinator ' x insigne 

 ' Harefield Hall ') (votes, unanimous), from Lieut. -Col. G. L. Holford, 

 CLE., C.V.O. (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander). Dorsal sepal white spotted 

 with dark purple. Petals and lip honey-yellow tinged with purple, the 

 petals bearing dark purple spots. 



To Cypripedium x ' Bantam ' [nitens Sallieri Hyeanum x ' Hera 

 Euryades ') (votes, unanimous), from Lieut. -Col. G. L. Holford. A 

 wax-hke flower with deep red-brown dorsal sepal with white upper half. 

 Petals and lip yellow tinged with red-brown. 



Botanical Certificate. 



To Phaius Cooperi, from Messrs. Sander, St. Albans. Allied to 

 P. callosus. Growth of P. grandifolius. Sepals and petals white at 

 the back, red-brown in front. Lip tubular and continued into a spur; 

 white blotched with rose inside ; front fringed. 



