ORCHID COMMITTEE, SEPTEMBER 6. 
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the Queen (gr. Mr. Owen Thomas). The fine old species 
had not before been certificated. On this occasion a gigantic 
specimen from the Royal Gardens, Frogmore, was staged. 
Award of Merit . 
To Dendrobium sanguineum (votes, 8 for, 1 against), from 
Fig. 92.—Cattleya x ‘ Ella.’ (Journal of Horticulture.) 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford. A slender Bornean 
species bearing a large blood-red flower in which the sepals and 
petals were nearly equal; the lip small. 
To Cattleya x ‘ Ella’ (bicolor $ Warscewiczii ), (votes, 11 for, 
1 against), from Messrs. Jas. Yeitch & Sons, Chelsea. A very 
