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Award of Merit. 
To Cattleya x ' Fabia,' ' Memoria Lord Roberts ' (labiata x Dowiana 
aurea) (votes unanimous), from Messrs. Sander. A large, intensely 
dark form, with purplish-rose sepals and petals and claret-red lip, 
having orange lines from the base to the centre. 
To Cattleya x ' Prince John,' Orchidhurst variety {Hardy ana alba 
X Dowiana aurea) (votes unanimous), from Messrs. Armstrong & 
Brown. Resembling a large form of C. Hardy ana alba, pure white 
with purplish-crimson lip, which has a yellow disc in the centre. 
To Cattleya x ' Alexandra ' (' Carmen ' x Hardy ana) (votes unani- 
mous), from Messrs. Flory & Black. Sepals and petals bright rosy- 
mauve. Lip ruby-red, with a yellow blotch on each side. 
To Br asso cattleya x ' Mars ' var. xantholeuca (B.-c. x ' Mrs. J. 
Leemann ' x C. x ' Maggie Raphael ' alba) (votes unanimous), from 
Messrs. Flory & Black. Flowers eight inches across, white, with 
orange-coloured disc to the fringed lip. 
Other Exhibits. 
Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bt., Gatton Park (gr. Mr. Collier) : blue- 
tinted Cattleyas raised at Gatton, and varieties of Cattleya Bow- 
ringiana. 
Col. Stephenson Clarke, Cuckfield (gr. Mr. Gillett) : Cattleya Bow- 
ringiana lilacina. 
Orchid Committee, November 7, 1916. 
Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bt., in the Chair, and seventeen members 
present. 
Awards Recommended : — 
Silver Flora Medal. 
To Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, for Cattleya Fabia, of which seventy 
five plants were white-petalled varieties. 
To Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells, for new hybrid 
Odontoglossums. 
To Messrs. Charlesworth, Haywards Heath, for Cattleyas and 
Laeliocattleyas. 
To Messrs. J. Cypher, Cheltenham, for Cypripediums, Dendrobium 
Phalaenopsis , Sec. 
First-class Certificate. 
To Cypripedium x ' Mrs. Hilary Jenkinson ' (parentage unre- 
corded) (votes 10 for, 1 against), from R. Windsor Rickards, Esq., 
Usk Priory, Monmouthshire. A fine flower of C. x ' Dreadnought ' 
class. Dorsal sepal three and a half inches across, white, with a 
yellowish base and purple spotting. Lip and petals yellow, tinged 
with chestnut-red. 
