ORCHID COMMITTEE. 
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Dowiana aurea) (votes unanimous), from Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, 
Tunbridge Wells. Sepals and petals rose-purple, shaded with pink. 
Lip ruby-red, with gold lines in the centre. 
To Cattleya X Claesiana alba (Loddigesii alba x intermedia alba) 
(votes 14 for, o against). Flowers pure white, with pale yellow disc 
to the lip. The coloured type was imported as a natural hybrid. 
To Laeliocattleya X ' Soulange/ Bryndir variety (L.-c. x ' Lustre ' 
X C. Dowiana aurea) (votes 15 for, o against), from Messrs. Flory & 
Black, Slough. A large rose-coloured flower, with purplish-crimson 
lip having gold lines from the base as in C. Dowiana aurea. 
Other Exhibits. 
Messrs. Flory & Black : Laeliocattleya x ' Monastir ' (L.-c. x 
callistoglossa X C. x Pittiana). 
G. Hamilton Smith, Esq. : Cymbidium x ' Castor ' var. aureum 
(insigne x Woodhamsianum). 
Mr. C. F. Waters : Laeliocattleya x ' Harclon ' (C. Harrisoniana x 
L.-c. x ' Clonia '). 
Orchid Committee, December 5, 1916. 
Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bt., in the Chair, and seventeen members 
present. 
Awards Recommended : — 
Gold Medal. 
To Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells, for winter- 
flowering Cattleyas. 
Silver Flora Medal. 
To R. Windsor Rickards, Esq., Usk Priory, Monmouth, for Cypri- 
pediums. 
To Messrs. Charlesworth, Haywards Heath, for hybrid Orchids. 
Silver Banksian Medal. 
To Messrs. Cypher, Cheltenham, for Cypripediums. 
To Messrs. Hassall, Southgate, for Cattleyas and Cymbidiums. 
First-class Certificate. 
To Brassolaeliocattleya x ' The Baroness/ Orchidhurst variety 
(B.-c. x ' Mrs. J . Leemann ' x L.-c. x ' Ophir ') (votes 11 for, 1 against), 
from Messrs. Armstrong & Brown. A finer variety of the original 
which received F.C.C. Aug. 26, 1913. Flowers clear citron-yellow, with 
light purple markings at the base of the broad-fringed labellum. 
Award of Merit. 
To Cypripedium x ' John Cypher ' (Fairrieanum x aureum ' Sur- 
prise ') (votes 12 for, o against), from R. Windsor Rickards, Esq., 
Usk Priory. Flowers pale yellow, with faint green lines on the dorsal 
sepal, which is white on the upper half. 
