ORCHID COMMITTEE. 
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Orchid Committee, March 27, 1917. 
Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bt., in the Chair, and eighteen members 
present. 
Awards Racommsndad : — 
Silver Flora Medal. 
To Messrs. Charlesworth, Haywards Heath, for hybrid Orchids. 
Silver Bank si an Medal. 
To Messrs. Cypher, Cheltenham, for spring-flowering Dendrobiums. 
To Messrs. McBean, Cooksbridge, for hybrid Cymbidiums. 
First-class Certificate. 
To Cypripedium X ' Eurybiades ' ' The Baron ' (' Hera Euryades ' 
X ' Alcibiades ') (votes unanimous), from Mr. J. E. Shill, The Dell 
Gardens, Englefield Green. A very large flower with white dorsal 
sepal, having a green base and profusion of spotted purple lines. Lip 
and petals yellow, tinged with mahogany -red. 
Award of Merit. 
To Brassocattleya x ' Lady Jellicoe ' (B. -c. X Digbyano-Schroederae 
X C. Gaskelliana albens) (votes unanimous), from Messrs. Armstrong 
& Brown, Tunbridge Wells. A perlect white flower, with slight rose 
tint on the sepals, and yellow disc to the fringed lip. 
To Sophrolaeliocattleya X ' Meuse ' var. ' General Nivelle ' (S.-l.-c. X 
' Marathon ' X L.-c. X callistoglossa) (votes unanimous), from Messrs. 
Charlesworth. Sepals and petals reddish-rose, with a gold tint. Lip 
crimson, with yellow lines from the base. The best of the three 
varieties shown ; all different. 
To Cattleya X ' Enid ' var. ' Silver Queen ' (Mossiae Reineck- 
iana X Warscewiczii var. ' F. M. Beyrodt ') (votes 10 for, 5 against), 
from Messrs. Charlesworth. A large, pure white flower, with some 
purple lines in front of the yellow disc of the lip. 
To Odontioda X ' St. Quentin ' (Oda. X ' Zephyr 'X Odm. X Wigan- 
ianum) (votes unanimous), from Messrs. Flory & Black, Slough. 
Flowers pale yellow, spotted on the inner parts of the segments with 
dark red. Front of the lip blush-white, with a dark red band in the 
centre. 
Other Exhibits. 
Mrs. Bischoffsheim : Brassolaeliccattleya X ' Queen of the Belgians/ 
Warren House variety. 
C. J. Lucas, Esq. : two new hybrid Odontoglossums, 
W. Evans, Esq. : Dendrobium nobile varieties. 
Messrs. Sander : a group. 
Messrs. Flory & Black : hybrids. 
Messrs. Armstrong & Brown : new Odontoglossums and Odon- 
tiodas. 
