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(gr. Mr. G. E. Day). Sepals and petals white. Lip like C. Warscewiczii, 

 ruby-crimson, with a light yellow blotch on each side of the tube. 

 (Fig. 157.) 



Award of Merit. 



To Dendrobium taurinum Colmanii (votes, unanimous), from Sir 

 Jeremiah Colman, Bart. (gr. Mr. Collier). Sepals white, reflexed, petals 

 longer and narrower, erect, twisted, rose-pink ; lip large, white with rose 

 margin. Philippine Isles. 



To Cirrhopetalum Fascinator (votes, unanimous), from Sir Jeremiah 

 Colman, Bart., V.M.H. Allied to C. appendiculatum, but larger. Upper 

 sepal and petals greenish, striped and fringed with purple ; lower sepals 

 closely approached, six inches long, ending in slender blades, the basal 

 part broad, whitish with purple warted centre. 



To Cypripedium x 1 Cynthia ' (Charlesianum x Charlesivorthii) (votes, 

 16 for, 4 against), from Lieut.-Col. G. L. Holford, CLE., C.V.O. (gr. 

 Mr. H. G. Alexander). Dorsal sepal white with thin dotted lines of 

 rose. Petals and lip greenish, tinged with purple. (Fig. 158.) 



To Cypripedium x Faire-Maude (Fairrieanum x Maudiae) (votes, 

 12 for, 3 against), from Mrs. N. C. Cookson, Oakwood, Wylam (gr. 

 Mr. H. J. Chapman). Eesembling a large, dark C. x ' Juno,' with a very 

 fine dark rose-tinted and striped dorsal sepal. 



Other Exhibits. 



Lieut.-Col. G. L. Holford : hybrid Orchids. 

 Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., V.M.H : rare species. 

 Ed. Bogerson, Esq., Manchester : Cypripedium x 'Priam.' 

 Baron Sir H. Schroder : Cattleya x Lamberhurst hybrid {intermedia 

 x citrina). 



H. T. Pitt, Esq. : Cattleya x newingtonense (' Mrs. W. J. Whiteley ' x 

 H arris oniana). 



Monsieur Mertens : hybrid Odontoglossums. 



W. Thompson, Esq. : two hybrids. 



F. Menteith Ogilvie, Esq. : Sophrocattleya x ' Doris.' 



R. Brooman- White, Esq. : Odontoglossums. 



Mr. A. W. Jensen : Odontoglossum Harryanum. 



Messrs. Armstrong & Brown : Laeliocattleyas. 



J. Forster Alcock, Esq. : Cypripedium x ' Baron Schroder,' var. New- 

 Hall-Hey. 



Oechid Committee, October 26, 1909. 

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



Awards Recommended:— 



Gold Medal. 



To Lieut.-Col. G. L. Holford, CLE., C.V.O., Westonbirt, Tetbury 

 (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander), for a magnificent group, principally hybrid 

 Cattleyas raised at Westonbirt, among which were sixty plants of 



