ORCHID COMMITTEE, JANUARY 23. 



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To Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, for hybrid Cattleyas and Cypri- 

 pediiims. 



To Messrs. Stuart Low, for a group. ■ ' 



To Messrs. Jas. Cypher, for Cypripediums. 



Silver Banhsian Medal. 



To Messrs. McBean, for a group. 

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



First-class Certificate. ■ ■ 



To Cypripedium x 'Nora' (' Mons. de Curte ' x aureum 

 ' Oedippe ') (votes, unanimous), from Lieut. -Col. Sir George L. Hol- 

 ford, K.C.Y.O. Flower of fine shape. Dorsal sepal bearing heavy, 

 feathered lines of deep rose-purple. Margin white. Petals and lip 

 yellow, tinged and marked with purple. (Fig. 53.) 



Award of Merit. 



To Cypripedium x ' Duke of Marlborough ' (parentage unrecorded) 

 (votes, 15 for, 3 against), from His Grace the Duke of Marlborough 

 (gr. Mr. Hunter). Dorsal sepal white with a central purple band, and 

 purple spotting at the base. Petals and lip light yellow, tinged with 

 purple. 



To Cymhidium x Schlegeli (insigne x Wiganianum) (votes, unani- 

 mous), from Messrs. McBean. Sepals and petals cream-white, 

 slightly spotted' with purple. Lip white, blotched with red. 



To Zygopetalum Mackayi Charles worthii (votes, unanimous), from 

 Messrs. Charlesworth. An albino with pale green sepals and petals 

 and large pure white lip. 



To Laeliocattleya x amahilis (L. x Fascinator x C. Ludde- 

 manniana Stanleyi) (votes, 10 for, 5 against), from Messrs. Charles- 

 worth. Flowers white with purple veining on the lip. 



To Zygocolax x Charlesvwrthii, Cobb's variety (C jugosus x Z. 

 X Perrenoudii) (votes, unanimous), from Walter Cobb, Esq., Eusper 

 (gr. Mr. C. J. Salter). Flowers larger than the original, white 

 heavily blotched with violet. 



Other Exhibits. 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O. : Zygopetalum hrachy- 

 petalum. 



de B. Crawshay, Esq. (gr. Mr. Stables) : hybrids. 

 Sir Julius Wernher: Calanthe x 'Vulcan.' 

 Sir Wm. Marriott : hybrid Laeliocattleya. 

 C. J. Phillips, Esq. : Cymhidium Pauwelsii. 

 Messrs. Jas. Veitch : hybrid Odontoglossums. 

 Pantia Ralli, Esq. : white Cattleya Trianiae. 

 Francis Wellesley, Esq. : hybrid Cypripediums. 

 Messrs. Hassall : a group. 

 H. S. Goodson, Esq. : rare orchids. 



