ORCHID COMMITTEE, AUGUST 27. 
CCV 
Orchid Committee, August 27, 1895. 
Dr. Maxwell T. Masters, F.R.S., in the Chair, and thirteen 
members present. 
Awards Recommended : — 
Silver Flora Medal. 
To Thomas Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield, near 
Manchester (gr. Mr. Johnson), for a group in which Lselia elegans 
Oweniae and L. e. chelseensis, Cattleya Rex, &c., were 
represented. 
To Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, for a group of Orchids, 
in which were noticeable the white Cattleya Eldorado alba, 
Laelio-Cattleya Proserpine, the rare Grammatophyllum Rum- 
phianum, with three feet of greenish flowers, Coelogyne Veitchii, 
and se^'eral hybrid Cypripediums. 
Silver Banksian Medal. 
To Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, for a collection 
including Habenaria carnosa nivosa, Cattleya aurea Hardy's var.^ 
white and rose-coloured forms of Dendrobium bractescens, &c. 
First Class Certificate. 
To Cattleya aurea Mrs. Fred Hardy (votes, unanimous), from 
Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans. A beautiful variety, paler 
than the type. (Fig. 82.) 
Aivard of Merit. 
To Dendrobium Hookerianum (votes, unanimous), from Sir 
Trevor Lawrence, Bart. (gr. Mr. W. H. White). A species with 
lemon-coloured flowers having a dark purple blotch at the base 
of the fringed lip. 
To Ltelia elegans chelseensis (votes, unanimous), from 
Thomas Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield, Manchester (gr. 
Mr. R. Johnson). 
To Lselio- Cattleya "Elstead Gem " (votes, unanimous), from 
C. Ingram, Esq., Elstead House, Godalming (gr. Mr. T. W. 
Bond). Sepals and petals orange ; lip with a white tube and 
deep purple front. 
To Coelogyne Veitchii (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. J. 
Veitch & Sons, Chelsea. Flowers white. 
