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white with purple spotting; petals and lip yellow tinged with choco- 

 late-purple. (Fig. 205.) 



To Cattleya x lucida {Bowringiana x Schilleriana) (votes, unani. 

 mous), from Samuel Larkin, Esq., Haslemere (gr. Mr. Hale). A fine 

 winter-flowering hybrid with rose-purple flowers. The plant bore three 

 spikes of ten to twelve flowers each. 



To Sophrolaelio cattleya x ' Alethaea ' (C. Percivaliana x S.-c. x 

 Gralrixiae) (votes, unanimous), from H. S. Goodson, Esq., Fairlawn, 

 Putney (gr. Mr. G. E. Day). Sepals and petals pale rose with a light 

 golden hue; lip ruby-crimson with yellow veining. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. Spowage, gr. to Col. Gary Batten, Abbots Leigh, Clifton, 

 for Oncidium tigrinum, with 53 flowers on a spike. 



Other Exhibits. 



E. G. Thwaites, Esq., Twickenham: hybrids. 



Monsieur Firmin Lambeau : two Gattleyas. 



Messrs. Sander : rare Orchids. 



Messrs. Charlesworth : a group. 



Henry Little, Esq. : Cypripedium insigne var. 



Mr. E. V. Low: a group. 



Orchid Committee, DecExMber 6, 1910. 



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



present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Charlesworth, for hybrids and rare species. 

 Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Sander, for a varied group. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Samuel Larkin, Esq., The Eidgeway, Haslemere (gr. Mr. Hale), 

 for Odontogiossums and Laeliocattleyas. 



To Messrs. Stuart Low, for Oncidiums, Dendrobiums, &c. 



To Messrs. Mansell & Hatcher, for a group. 



To Messrs. J. Cypher, for Oypripediums. 



To Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, for a group. 



To the Et. Hon. Lord Hillingdon, for a group of Zygopetalum 

 Mackayi. 



Award of Merit. 



To Vanda coerulea ' Bluebeard ' (votes, unanimous), from Lieut. - 

 Col. Sir George L. Holford, K.C.V.O. (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander). 

 Flowers large, indigo-blue with the white ground colour showing 

 between the veining. 



