ORCHID COMMITTEE, MARCH 8. 



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Award of Merit. 



To Laeliocattleya x ' Goldfinch,' Westonbirt variety (L.-c. x 

 ivarnhamieiisis x C. Dowiana aurea) (votes, unanimous), from 

 Lieut.-Col. G. L. Holford, C.I.E., O.V.O. (gr. Mr. Alexander). A 

 showy hybrid with the sepals and petals old-gold tinged with rose; 

 hp deep ruby-red. 



To Epicattleya x ' Nebo ' (E. x O'Brienianum x C. x 

 Claesiana (votes, unanimous), from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., 



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Fig. 84. — Phaiocalanthe x Schroderiana. {Journal of Horticulture.) 



K.C.V.O. (gr. Mr. W. H. White). Growth of E. x O'Brienianum 

 but shorter. Flowers reddish-rose with white-fringed lip. 



To Odontoglossum x Cravenianum {cirrhosum x ramosissimum) 

 (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Charles worth. An elegant hybrid 

 with pure white flowers spotted with purple, the segments being 

 broader than 0. cirrliosum and thicker in texture. 



To Cymhidium x Lowgrinum, Eosslyn variety {Lowianum x 

 tigrinum) (votes, unanimous), from H. T. Pitt, Esq., Eosslyn, Stamford 

 Hill (gr. Mr. Thurgood). Differing from those previously shown in 



