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from Messrs. Charlesworth. Flowers white, with violet front to the 

 lip. 



Other Exhibits. 



Elizabeth Lady Lawrence (gr. Mr. W. H. White) : a fine inflores- 

 cence of Vanda x 'Marguerite Maron ' with twelve flowers. 

 J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. : new hybrids. 



R. G. Thwaites, Esq. (gr. Mr. Hannington), two forms of Sophro- 

 cattleya X Bloc kit. 



Messrs. Sander : Miltonia x Bleuana ' General J off re.' 

 Messrs. Charlesworth : forms of Oncidium' bicallosum. 

 Messrs. Hassall : Cattleya X ' Sylvia ' citrina and C. x ' Venus.' 

 Messrs. Flory & Black : Brassocattleya x ' Ilene.' 

 Mr. Geo. Little, Groombridge : Oheronia myriantha. 



Orchid Committee, October 20, 1914. 



Mr. J. Gurney Fowler in the Chair, and twenty- two members 



present. 



Awards Recommended : — 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Charlesworth, Haywards Heath, for a group. 

 To Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, for hybrids and rare species. 



First-class Certificate. 

 To Laelia pumila alba, Orchid Dene variety (votes, unanimous), 

 from Messrs. Davidson, Orchid Dene, Twyford. A true albino, the 

 flowers being pure white, with a slight pale j^ellow disc to the lip. 



Award 0} Merit. 



To Laeliocattleya x ' Lady Oliphant ' [L.-c. x * Norba ' x C. x 

 ' Souvenir de Queen Victoria ') (votes, 14 for, 2 against), from Pantia 

 Ralli, Esq., Ashtead Park, Surrey. In shape like C. Dowiana aurea. 

 Sepals and petals pale greenish yellow. Lip deep claret-red, with 

 gold veining. 



To Cattleya X ' Ajax,' Orchidhurst variety {Dowiana aurea x Arm- 

 strongiae) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, 

 Tunbridge Wells. Flower freely produced ; rose-pink, with ruby- 

 crimson front to the lip, which has a yellowish base. 



To Odontoma x ' Magali Sander ' xanthotes {M. Warscewiczii 

 alba x 0. ardentissimum xanthotes) (votes, 15 for, o against), from 

 Messrs. Charlesworth. The albino characters of the parents are in 

 this perpetuated. Flowers white with obscure greenish markings 

 where the rose of normal varieties appears. 



Other Exhibits. 



His Grace the Duke of Marlborough (gr. Mr. Hunter) : Laelio- 

 cattleya x luminosa, Blenheim var. 



