ORCHID COMMITTEE, JANUARY 26. 



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Messrs. McBean : Odontoglossums. 

 Norman C. Cookson, Esq. : Cypripediurns. 



H. J. Bromilow, Esq. : Cypripedium Gharlesworthii Bromilowiae. 

 H. T. Pitt, Esq. : Maxillaria Hubschii and Cypripediurns. 

 Messrs. Armstrong & Brown : Cypripediurns. 

 Henry Little, Esq. : Cypripedium insigne, Little's variety. 

 Monsieur Mertens : Odontoglossums. 



R. G. Thwaites, Esq.: Cattleya x 'Leda,' Thwaites variety (Dowiana 

 aurea x Percivaliana). 



Oechid Committee, January 26, 1909. 

 Mr. J. Gurney Fowler in the Chair, and eighteen members present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Charlesworth, Hayward's Heath, for a group of hybrid 

 Orchids. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Hugh Low, for a group. 



To Messrs. Cypher, for Cypripediurns. 



To Mr. A. W. Jensen, for Odontoglossum crispum. 



First-class Certificate. 



To. Sophrolaeliocattleya x 'Marathon' var. 'Vesuvius' (S.-l. x 

 ' Psyche ' x C. x * Empress Frederick ') (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Charlesworth. Flowers ruby-red with a yellow tint. 



To Laeliocattleya x ' Felicia ' (L.-c. x Haroldiana x C. Trianaei) 

 (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Charlesworth. A large pale-rose flower 

 with purplish claret front to the lip. (Fig. 24.) 



To Cypripedium x ' Earl of Tankerville ' (Exul x nitens, Sanders 

 variety) (votes, unanimous), from Lieut.-Col. G. L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O. 

 (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander). A portion of the plant which received an 

 A.M. January 9, 1906. Dorsal sepal white with pale green base, heavily 

 blotched with purple. Petals and lip yellow marked with red-brown. 

 (Fig. 25.) 



Award of Merit. 



To Cypripedium x ' Hera Euryades,' New-Hall-Hey variety 

 (Leeanum superbum x Boxallii) (votes, 13 for, 3 against), from 

 J. Forster Alcock, Esq., Northchurch. Dorsal sepal white tinged with 

 purple and spotted with chocolate-purple. Petals and lip yellow tinged 

 with red-brown. 



To Cypripedium x ' Our Queen ' (Leeanum x Stevensii) (votes, 

 unanimous), from W. Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange, Stone (gr. Mr. 

 Stevens). Resembling C. Leeanum in its markings, but with the white 

 dorsal sepal more densely spotted with deep rose. 



