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(gr. Mr. G. E. Day). Sepals and petals white. Lip like C. Warscewiczii,
ruby-crimson, with a light yellow blotch on each side of the tube.
(Fig. 157.)

Award of Merit.

To Dendrobium taurinum Colmanii (votes, unanimous), from Sir
Jeremiah Colman, Bart. (gr. Mr. Collier). Sepals white, reflexed, petals
longer and narrower, erect, twisted, rose-pink; lip large, white with rose
margin. Philippine Isles.

To Cirrhopetalum Fascinator (votes, unanimous), from Sir Jeremiah
Colman, Bart., V.M.H. Allied to C. appendiculatum, but larger. Upper
sepal and petals greenish, striped and fringed with purple; lower sepals
closely approached, six inches long, ending in slender blades, the basal
part broad, whitish with purple warted centre.

To Cypripedium × 'Cynthia' (Charlesianum × Charlesworthii) (votes,
16 for, 4 against), from Lieut.-Col. G.L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O. (gr.
Mr. H. G. Alexander). Dorsal sepal white with thin dotted lines of
rose. Petals and lip greenish, tinged with purple. (Fig. 158.)

To Cypripedium × Faire-Maude (Fairrieanum × Maudiae) (votes,
12 for, 3 against), from Mrs. N. C. Cookson, Oakwood, Wylam (gr.
Mr. H. J. Chapman). Resembling a large, dark C. × 'Juno,' with a very
fine dark rose-tinted and striped dorsal sepal.

Other Exhibits.

Lieut.-Col. G. L. Holford: hybrid Orchids.

Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., V.M.H : rare species.

Ed. Rogerson, Esq., Manchester: Cypripedium × 'Priam.'

Baron Sir H. Schröder: Cattleya × Lamberhurst hybrid (intermedia
× citrina).

H. T. Pitt, Esq.: Cattleya × newingtonense ('Mrs. W. J. Whiteley' ×
Harrisoniana).

Monsieur Mertens: hybrid Odontoglossums.

W. Thompson, Esq.: two hybrids.

F. Menteith Ogilvie, Esq.: Sophrocattleya × 'Doris.'

R. Brooman-White, Esq.: Odontoglossums.

Mr. A. W. Jensen: Odontoglossum Harryanum.

Messrs. Armstrong & Brown: Laeliocattleyas.

J. Forster Alcock, Esq.: Cypripedium × 'Baron Schröder,' var. New-
Hall-Hey.

ORCHID COMMITTEE, OCTOBER 26, 1909.

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

Awards recommended:—

Gold Medal.

To Lieut.-Col. G. L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O., Westonbirt, Tetbury
(gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander), for a magnificent group, principally hybrid
Cattleyas raised at Westonbirt, among which were sixty plants of