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First-class Certificate.
To Cypripedium × Beekmanii (parentage uncertain, votes unanimous), from R. Briggs-Bury, Esq., Accrington (gr. Mr. Wilkinson). A massive flower, dorsal sepal emerald-green with white margin and many chocolatepurple spots. Petals and lip yellowish, marked and tinged with purple. (Fig. 119.)
[black and white illustration] Fig. 119.—CYPRIPEDOIUM × BEEKMANII. (Journal of Horticulture.)
Award of Merit.
To Cymbidium × Ballianium (eburneum x Mastersii) (votes, unanimous), from Captain Holford, C.I.E., Westonbirt (gr. Mr. Alexander). Flowers as large as those of C. eburneum, but with more on a spike, as in C. Mastersii; white with yellow crest to the lip. The spike of the plant shown had four flowers.
To Cymbidium Wilsoni (votes, 11 for, 2 against), from Messrs. Jas. Veitch, Chelsea. A remarkable plant, in habit like a pigmy C. gigantum, but with flowers as large as that species and closely allied to it; the scape, however, is more slender and the labellum less downy; sepals and
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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 LælioCattleya × '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 claretpurple; labellum ivory-white, with purple spotting on the face.
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To Cypripedium Lawrenceanum Hyeanum 'Bank House variety' (votes, 13 for, 1 against), from R. Briggs-Bury, Esq., Bank House, Accrington (gr. Mr. Wilkinson). A very free-growing variety, with broader dorsal sepal than the original form. Sepals white, with emeraldgreen lines. Petals and lip emerald green.
Award of Merit.
To Cypripedium Godefroyæ citrinum (votes, 13 for, 1 against), from Francis Wellesley, Esq., Westfield, Woking (gr. Mr. Hopkins). A fine
[black and white illustration] Fig. 53.—CYPRIPEDIUM GODEFROYAE CITRINUM.
large pale-yellow flower, with a broad irregular network of claret colour on the upper sepal and petals. (Fig. 53.)
To Lælio-Cattleya × Massangeana 'Harry Goodson' (L. tenebrosa × L.- C. Schilleriana) (votes, unanimous), from H. S. Goodson, Esq., Fairlawn, Putney (gr. Mr. Day). Sepal and petals yellowish, tinged and veined with brownish-rose; lip white at the base; side lobes and front purplish-crimson.
To Oncidium crispum 'Shrubbery variety,' from F. Menteith [Ogilvie, Esq.]
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R. Briggs-Bury, Esq. (gr. Mr. Wilkinson), sent Odontoglossum × 'Vuylstekei variety.'
Francis Wellesley, Esq. (gr. Mr. Hopkins), showed Lælio-Cattleya × 'Miss Gilberta Blount' (L.-C. × Ingrami × C. × Mantini), L.-C. Norba superba, Cypripedium × 'Abraham Lincoln' ('Niobe' × orphanum) and other Orchids.
De B. Crawshay, Esq. (gr. Mr. Stables), sent Odontoglossum × crispodinei (crispum × Coradinei).
[black and white illustration] Fig. 61.—CYPRIPEDIUM × TRIUMPHANS. (Journal of Horticulture.)
Norman C. Cookson, Esq., showed Lælia × 'De Geestiana' (flava × Jongheana alba) with white sepals and petals.
F. M. Ogilvie, Esq., Oxford (gr. Mr. Balmforth) showed Cattleya × Portia magnifica.
R. I. Measures, Esq., Camberwell (gr. Mr. Smith), showed a selection of cut spikes of hybrid Orchids.
Messrs. Cowan, Gateacre, showed a fine white Cattleya labiata with pale-rose lip.
Messrs. William Bull, Chelsea, showed varieties of Cattleya × Iris, Odontoglossum crispum and others.