ORCHID COMMITTEE, NOVEMBER 5. 



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H. G. Alexander). A very beautiful variety, with silver-white flowers 

 tinged with sky-blue and veined with violet colour. The plant bore 

 two spikes with 35 flowers. 



To Cattleya x Peetersii, Westonbirt variety {lahiata alba x 

 Hardyana alba) (votes, unanimous), from Lieut. -Ool. Sir George L. 

 Holford. Flowers large, white, freckled with rose, the lip being 

 ruby-red veined with yellow. 



To Laeliocattleya x * Orion ' var, * Othello ' (L.-c. x Haroldiana 

 X C. Dowiana aurea) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Oharlesworth. 

 Flower of good shape and uniformly dark colour. Sepals and petals 

 rose-purple with light veining. Lip claret, with thin yellow reticula- 

 tion. (Fig. 211.) 



To Cattleya x ' Ehoda ' var. ' The Jewel ' (Iris x Hardyana) 

 (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Oharlesworth. Sepals and petals 

 canary-yellow. Lip cherry-red, with yellowish margin and yellow 

 veins from the base. 



To Odontioda x Bradshawiae gattonensis (0. crisyum var. * Lady 

 Colman ' x G. Noezliana) (votes, 15 for, 3 against), from Sir 

 Jeremiah Oolman, Bart., Gatton Park (gr. Mr. Collier). Flowers 

 uniformly deep scarlet. (Fig. 212.) 



To Odontoglossum x ' Aurora ' (Rossii rubescens x Lambeauia- 

 num) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Jas. Veitch. A very remarkable 

 hybrid. Sepals and petals broad, the inner part having densely-blotched 

 bronzy-red bands, the margins shaded with rose. Lip large, ro'Se- 

 purple, with yellow and white crest. (Fig. 213.) 



Award of Merit. 



To Cattleya x ' Fabia ' gloriosa (labiata x Dowiana aurea) (votes, 

 unanimous), from Lieut. -Col. Sir George L. Holford. The showiest 

 variety yet exhibited. Flowers large, bright rose, with a broad crimson 

 lip having a yellow disc and veining. 



To Cattleya x Hardyana * La Perle ' (Warscewiczii alba x 

 Hardyana alba) (votes, unanimous), from Sir George Holford. A large 

 blush-white flower, with purple markings in front of the yellow disc 

 of the lip. 



To Cypripedium x * Muriel ' ( x * Hera Euryades ' x ' Cynthia ') 

 (votes, unanimous), from Lieut. -Col. Sir George L. Holford. Of the 

 C. X * Hera ' section, but with a very broad white dorsal sepal, finely 

 spotted with dark purple. 



To Cypripedium x ' Glebelands ' (Lathamianum x insigne 

 Chantinii) (votes, unanimous), from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebe- 

 lands, South Woodford (gr. Mr. J. Davis). Petals and lip broad, 

 yellowish-green tinged with purple. Dorsal sepal large, white, with 

 a small green base from which ascend dotted lines of purple and rose. 



To Cattleya x * Venus ' var. ' Princess ' ( x ' Iris ' x Dowiana 

 aurea) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Oharlesworth. Flowers 

 yellow, with ruby -red lip. 



To Bras so cattleya x 'Madame Hye, ' Ashton's var. {B. Digbyana 



