ORCHID COMMITTEE, 
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Award of Merit, 
To Sophrolaeliocaltleya x ' Anzac ' var M ' Vesuvius ' {S.-l.-c, x ' Marathon * 
x L.-c. x Dominiana) (votes 6 for, 3 against), from Messrs, Charlesworth. 
Flowers rosy-mauve with a reddish tint and light claret front to the lip. 
To Odontoglossum x ' General Allenby ' (crispum nigrescens x hybrid) 
(votes 14 for), from Messrs. Flory & Black, Slough. A well-formed white flower 
with claret blotches on the inner parts of the segments. 
Cultural Commendation t 
To Mr. J. E. Shill, gr. to Baron Schroder, for Cattleya ' Astron ' with a fine 
spike of ten white flowers. 
Other Exhibits. 
The Duke of Marlborough 5 two hybrid Cattleyas. 
Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart.: Brassolaeliocattleya x 'Antoinette.' 
Messrs. McBean : a group. 
Messrs, Flory & Black : hybrid Orchids. 
Orchid Committee, December 4, 191 7. 
Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bt., in the Chair, and seventeen members present. 
Awards Recommended : — 
Williams Gold Medal. 
To Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells, for group of hybrids. 
Silver Flora Medal, 
To Messrs, Charlesworth, Haywards Heath, for Odontoglossums and Laelio- 
cattleyas. 
Silver Banksian Medal. 
To Messrs. Sanders, St. Albans, for hybrid Cypripediums, 
Award of Merit. 
To Sophrocaltleya x ' Faboris ' (C. x * Fabia ' x S.-c. x ' Doris ') (votes 
10 for), from Baron Bruno Schroder, The Dell, Englefield Green (gr. Mr. J. E. 
Shill). Flower large. Sepals and petals pale yellow, lip rose colour veined with 
reddish purple. 
To Cypripedium insigne var. ' Louis Sander ' (votes 12 for), from Messrs. 
Sanders, St. Albans* A large form similar to the Harefield Hall variety but 
with darker and larger spotting on the dorsal sepal. 
Other Exhibits. 
Dr. Miguel Lacroze : Sophrolaeliocaltleya x ' Marathon,' Bryndir variety 
Messrs. E. H. Davidson : Sophrocattleyas, 
Messrs. Stuart Low : hybrids. 
CERTIFICATES OF DILIGENT INTEREST IN PLANTS, 1917. 
Edith Gillespie for the best kept plot in the Waterloo Wesleyan School 
garden. 
May Mackay for the best collection of vegetables grown in the Waterloo 
Wesleyan School garden. 
Fred Blake for work in the Hosey Boys' School garden, Westerham. 
