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Botanical Certificate.

To Brassavola Perrinii, from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. Leaves
terete, flowers with narrow greenish sepals and petals and white lip.

To Bulbophyllum radiatum from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. A small
tufted plant with umbels of slender white flowers.

To Epidendrum pterocarpum from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. Sepals
and petals greenish brown; lip white, with purple lines on the extended
side lobes.

Cultural Commendation.

To Mr. W. H. White, orchid-grower to Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart.,
for Brassavola Perrinii with many fragrant flowers.

To Mr. Luckhurst, gr. to Sir John Edwards-Moss, Henley-on-Thames,
for a finely flowered specimen of Lycaste Deppei.

Other Exhibits.

Francis Wellesley, Esq. (gr. Mr. Hopkins) sent Cypripedium Sanderæ
allied to C. Concolor; Cattleya Mossiæ 'Miss Ethel Harting,' and Lælio-
Cattleya × 'Mrs. Reginald Brade' (C. Schröderæ × L.-C. × Aphrodite).

R. Brooman-White, Esq., showed cut Odontoglossum crispum.

R. Briggs-Bury, Esq., Accrington (gr. Mr. Wilkinson), showed Cypripedium
Lawrenceanum Hyeanum, 'Bank House variety,' a strong grower
with large flowers.

W. A. Bilney, Esq., Weybridge, showed Dendrobium Dalhousieanum,
'Fir Grange variety,' a sulphur-yellow flower, with claret blotches on the
lip.

ORCHID COMMITTEE, JULY 4, 1905.

Mr. J. GURNEY FOWLER in the Chair, and sixteen members present.

Awards Recommended:—

First-class Certificate.

To Cymbidium Huttonii (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Charlesworth,
Bradford. A reintroduction of the Java plant to which a Special
Certificate was given May 5, 1868, the plant having then been collected
by H. Hutton for Messrs. Veitch. The species connects Cymbidium and
Grammatophyllum, the large grooved two- to three-leafed pseudo-bulbs
much resembling G. multiflorum. The pendulous racemes are produced
like Cymbidium Devonianum, ten- to fifteen-flowered. Flowers about
2 inches across, yellowish, densely spotted with purple, the petals also
tinged with dark purple on the outer halves. Two forms were shown, the
one darker than the other in colour.

To Cypripedium × 'Daisy Barclay' (Godefroyæ leucochilum ×
Rothschildianum) (votes, unanimous), from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq.,
Glebelands, South Woodford (gr. Mr. J. Davis). A handsome dwarf,
large-flowered species, with extended ivory-white petals bearing numerous
claret-purple lines. Upper sepal white, with broad dotted lines of claret-
purple; labellum ivory-white, with purple spotting on the face.