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Other Exhibits. 



Francis Wellesley, Esq. : hybrids. 



Sir Jeremiah Oolman, Bart., V.M.H. : Cypripedium insigne, 

 Gatton Park variety. 



F. Bostock, Esq. : Cypri'pedium x * Actaeus. ' 



Mrs. Norman Oookson : rare orchids. 



E. H. Davidson, Esq. : white Cattleya. 



Messrs. Hassall: a group. 



Miss Walters Anson : coloured drawings. 



Orchid Committee, Decembee 19, 1911. 

 Mr. Harry J. Veitch in the Chair, and fourteen members present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



First-class Certificate. 



To Laelio cattleya x ' Nella ' (L.-c. x Domi^iiana x C. lahiata) 

 (votes, 8 for, 4 against), from Messrs. Jas. Veitch, Chelsea. In 

 colour and form a very beautiful hybrid. Sepals and petals bright rose 

 with faint whitish veining and a white spot at the base of each segment. 

 Lip glowing ruby-red with thin yellow lines from the base. (Fig. 167.) 



Cypri'pedium x * Eoyal Sovereign ' (' Hera ' rohustum x 

 * Urania ') (votes, 8 for, 4 against), from Messrs. Sander, St. Albans. 

 A very distinct hybrid with large white dorsal sepal heavily marked 

 with spotted and feathered lines of deep claret. Petals and lip tinged 

 with mahogany-red. (Fig. 168.) 



Award of Merit. 



To Cypripedium x ' Lord Wolmer,' Westonbirt variety {Leeanum 

 X ' Hera Euryades ') (votes, unanimous), from Lieut. -Col. Sir George 

 L. Holford, Westonbirt (gr. Mr, H. G. Alexander). Flower nearest 

 to C. X ' Hera Euryades,' dorsal sepal white spotted with dark purple, 

 the lower sepals being enlarged abnormally and coloured on the sides 

 like the dorsal sepal. Petals and lip yellowish tinged and veined with 

 purple. 



To Odontoglossum crispum ' Alcyone ' (votes, unanimous), from 

 J. Gumey Fowler, Esq., Glebelands (gr. Mr. J. Davis). Flowers 

 white, slightly tinged with purple; sepals blotched sepia-brown, the 

 middles of the petals bearing a cluster of small purple spots. 



To Cypripedium x ' Actaeus ' var. ' Durbar ' {insigne * Harefield 

 Hall ' X Leeanum giganteum) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Charlesworth). Flower with the general characters of C. insigne 

 'Harefield Hall,' but much broader, and the lip remarkably short. 



To Cijpripedium insigne, Gatton Park variety (votes, unanimous), 

 from Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., V.M.H. (gr. Mr. Collier). The 

 result of fertihzing C. insigne * Harefield Hall ' with a good 

 form of C. insigne montanum. Flowers large, coloured like C. nitens, 

 and with purple spots on the white upper third of the dorsal sepal. 



