ORCHID COMMITTEE, APRIL 23. 
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Okchid Committee, April 23, 1895. 
Harey J. Veitch, Esq., in the Chair, and fifteen members 
present. 
G. Shirland Ball, Esq., of Manchester, a visitor, was invited 
to assist on the Committee. 
Awards Recommended:— 
Silver Flora Medal. 
To Messrs. Jas. Veitch & Sons, King's Road, Chelsea, for a 
fine group of rare Orchids, among which were many large 
specimens. 
To Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, for a large group of 
rare and showy Orchids. 
To H. T. Pitt, Esq., Rosslyn, Stamford Hill (gr. Mr. Aldous), 
for a group containing a great many species. The most interest- 
ing plant was the original home-raised Odontoglossum x excellens 
(0. Pescatorei ? x 0. triumphans c^) of Messrs. Veitch, and 
which far surpasses the imported specimens. 
Silver Banksian Medal. 
To Messrs. Heath & Son, Cheltenham, for a group of fine 
plants of Cattleya Schroder^©. 
To Messrs. W. L. Lewis & Co., Chase Side, Southgate, for a 
good group of showy and well-grown Orchids. 
To R. I. Measures, Esq., Cambridge Lodge, Camberwell (gr. 
Mr. H. J. Chapman), for a group of cut blooms, consisting 
principally of eighteen forms of Vanda tricolor and its variety 
sua vis. 
To Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Clapton, for a group of Orchids 
To Messrs. B. S. Williams & Son, Upper Holloway, N., for a 
group of Orchids. 
To Geo. Marshall, Esq., Claremont House, Grimsby (gr. 
Mr. Johnson), for Odontoglossums, Dendrobiums, &c. 
First Class Certificate. 
To L^elio-Cattleya x Epicasta (L. pumila ? x C. War- 
scewiczii ) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. James Veitch & 
Sons, Chelsea. The plant, which received an Award of Merit in 
September 1893, had a flower equal in size to a small C. labiata, 
the prevailing colour being bright purplish lilac. 
