ORCHID COMMITTEE, MARCH 8. 



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Orchid Committee, March 8, 1904. 

 Mr. Veitch in the Chair, and twenty- six members present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 



To Baron Schroder (gr. Mr. Ballantine), for a fine group. 

 Silver Flora Medal. 



To Jeremiah Colman, Esq., Gatton Park (gr. Mr. Bound), for Dendro- 

 biums. 



To K. G. Thwaites, Esq., Streatham (gr. Mr. Black), for hybrid Den- 

 drobiums. 



To Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, for a group. 

 To Messrs. Charlesworth, Bradford, for hybrids. 

 To Messrs. Cypher, Cheltenham, for Dendrobiums. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To W. Thompson. Esq., Walton Grange (gr. Mr. Stevens), for hybrid 

 Odontoglossums. 



To Messrs. Hugh Low, for a group. 



First-class Certificate. 

 To Lcelio-Cattleya x Haroldiana magnifica {L. tenebrosa x C. x 

 (Hardyana) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Charlesworth. Sepals and 

 petals bronzy-yellow, with the greater part of the surface veined and tinged 

 with claret-purple ; lip intensely dark claret-purple. (Fig. 122.) 



Award of Merit. 



To Odontoglossum crispum Kinlesidiarium (votes, unanimous), from 

 Norman C. Cookson, Esq. (gr. Mr. Chapman). A variety of the 0. c. 

 ' Lady Jane ' and 0. c. ' Oakfield Sunrise ' class. Flowers white, the 

 slightly stalked petals having closely arranged cinnamon-brown lines on 

 the inner halves. 



To Odontoglossum crispum ' Rossendale ' (votes, 18 for, 1 against), 

 from J. Wilson Potter, Esq., Croydon. Flowers white, tinged with purple, 

 and heavily blotched with red-brown. 



To Dendrobium x melanodiscus gloriosum (Findlayanum x Ains- 

 worthii) (votes, 10 for, 1 against), from Mrs. Haywood, Woodhatch. 

 Flowers large and well rounded, white, tipped with carmine-rose, the base 

 of the lip being claret colour with an orange band. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. White, gr. to Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., for a finely flowered 

 specimen of Dendrobium x ' Luna.' 



To Mr. Howes, gr. to Walter Cobb, Esq., for a strong specimen of 

 Tetramicra (Leptotes) bicolor. 



To Mr. Thurgood, gr. to H. T. Pitt, Esq., for a finely flowered mass of 

 Dendrobium aggregatum majiis. 



Other Exhibits. 



Lord Rothschild (gr. Mr. Hill) sent a fine branched inflorescence of 

 Phalcenopsis x intermedia Portei. 



