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petals greenish, striped chocolate; lip rose colour with yellow margin.
(Fig. 118.)

Other Exhibits.

Baron Schröder (gr. Mr. Ballantine) showed spikes of the purple-blotched
Odontoglossum Pescatorei Schröderianum, O. P. Veitchianum and O.
Crispum Stevensii.

Lord Rothschild (gr. Mr. Hill) sent a spike of Phalænopsis amabilis
Rimestadiana.

Geo. Singer, Esq., Coundon Court (gr. Mr. Collyer) showed hybrid
Cypripediums.

J. Rutherford, Esq., M.P., Blackburn (gr. Mr. Lupton), sent Odontoglossum
× Hallio-crispum.

C. J. Lucas, Esq. (gr. Mr. Duncan), sent Cypripedium × Lathamianum
'Warnham Court variety' and C. × 'Almos.'

W. M. Appleton, Esq., showed Cypripedium × Edithiæ and two
others.

M. Chas. Vuysteke, Ghent, sent Odontoglossum × Vuylstekei and
O. × loochristyense varieties.

M. Jules Hye de Crom, Ghent, sent Cypripedium × 'Madame Jules
Hye.'

Messrs. Hugh Low staged a group.

ORCHID COMMITTEE, February 9, 1904.

MR. VEITCH in the Chair, and twenty-six members present.

AWARDS RECOMMENDED:—

Gold Medal.

To Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, for a very extensive group.

Silver Flora Medal.

To Norman Cookson, Esq., Oakwood, Wylam (gr. Mr. Chapman),
for Odontoglossums.

To Messrs. Charlesworth, Bradford, for hybrids.

Silver Banksian Medal.

To G. F. Moore, Esq., Bourton-on-the-Water (gr. Mr. Page), for
Cypripediums.

To Mr. Cypher, Cheltenham, for Dendrobiums and Cypripediums.

To Messrs. Hugh Low, for a group.

To Messrs. Williams, Holloway, for Cypripediums.

Award of Merit.

To Cypripedium × aureum 'Œdippe' (Sallieri Hyeanum x Spicerianum)
(votes, unanimous), from Captain Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O.,
Westonbirt (gr. Mr. Alexander), and Messrs. Charlesworth. A fine
hybrid; upper sepal dark rose with a green blotch at the base and white
margin. Petals and lip yellow marked with purple.

To Cypripedium × aureum virginale (Sallieri Hyeanum × Spiceria [Spicerianum)]