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hurst, Pembury (gr. Mr. J. Davis). One of the finest of white Cattleyas, 

 the three parts C. Mossiae Wageneri giving the fine shape and substance, 

 while the influence of C. Gaskelliana alba adds size and fragrance. 

 Flowers pure white, with chrome-yellow disc to the lip. 



To Miltonia vexillaria illustris (votes unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Sander. One of a batch of home-raised seedlings. Flowers large, 

 rosy-lilac, with a large mask of red-purple lines on the lip. 



To Odontoma X Cleverleyana {Miltonia vexillaria Leopoldii X 

 0dm. X Rolfeae) (votes 19 for, o against), from Messrs. Mansell & 

 Hatcher, Rawdon, Leeds. Flowers flatly arranged as in Miltonia, 

 white, evenly spotted with rose, and having a ray of Indian-red lines at 

 the base of the lip. 

 Award of Merit. 



To Laeliocattleya X ' Aphrodite ' var. ' Our Queen' [L. purpurata X 

 C. Mendelii) (votes unanimous), from Messrs. Stuart Low, Jarvis- 

 brook, Sussex. A handsome variety, with broad white sepals and 

 petals and violet-crimson lip. 



To Miltonia X Sanderae var. ' Enchantress ' {vexillaria * Memoria 

 G. D. Owen ' X 'St. Andre ') (votes unanimous) from Messrs. Sander. 

 Flowers soft carmine -rose on white, the lip having a mask of orange- 

 red lines. 



To Vuylstekeara X insignis (Miltonia X Bleuana X Odontioda X 

 Charlesworthii) (votes unanimous), from Monsieur Firmin Lambeau, 

 Brussels. The generic name is framed to combine Miltonia, Cochlioda, 

 and Odontoglossum. The flowers retain most of the Miltonia. Colour 

 cream-white, with a cluster of sepia brown spots on the petals and lip. 

 (Fig. 74.) 



Renanthera pulchella Rolfe (votes unanimous), from Monsieur 

 A. A. Peeters, Brussels. A singular little species imported with R. 

 Imschootiania and resembling a rudimentary form of that species. 

 Flowers yellowish, tinged with red, and having red tips to the petals. 

 Other Exhibits. 



W. Waters Butler, Esq., Edgbaston : Cattleya X ' Clymene ' and 

 C. Warscewiczii, Southfield variety. 



J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. : Laeliocattleya X Canhamiana alba. 



R. Brooman White, Esq. : Odontoglossum crispum ' Chancellor of 

 the Exchequer.' 



Messrs. Armstrong & Brown : hybrid Orchids. 



H. Dundee Hooper, Esq. : Odontoglossum coronarium. 



Orchid Committee, July 14, 1914. 

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

 Awards Recommended : — 

 Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, for a group of many rare species. 

 To Messrs. Stuart Low, Jarvisbrook, for Cattleyas, Laeliocattleyas, &c. 



