ORCHID COMMITTKE, JULY 12. 



CV 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Mrs. Ernest Hills, Penshurst (gr. Mr. Bingham), for Miltonia 

 vexillaria. 



To Messrs. Jas. Veitch for hybrids. 



To. M. Chas. Vuylsteke, Ghent, for hybrid Odontoglossums. 

 To Messrs. Hugh Low for a group. 



Award of Merit. 



To Lcelio-Cattleya x Dominiana, 1 Tring Park variety' (L. jmrpurata 

 x C. Dmviana) (votes, unanimous), from Lord Rothschild (gr. Mr. Dye). 

 Flowers large ; sepals and petals light purplish-rose ; lip broad, dark, 

 ruby-purple with golden lines at the base. 



To Cattleya Mossice alba, ' Tracy's variety ' (votos, 18 for, 8 against), 

 from Mr. Tracy, Twickenham. Flower white with chrome-yellow disc to 

 the lip. 



Botanical Certificate. 



To Saccolabium gracile, from the Hon. Walter Rothschild, M.P. 

 A slender little Ceylon species with a decurved inflorescence of many small 

 white flowers. 



To Cryptoplioranthus Lehmanni, from the Hon. Walter Rothschild, 

 BI.P. Allied to C. Dayanm bat smaller in all its parts. Leaves dark 

 reddish-purple ; flowers brownish-claret colour with yellowish markings. 



Other Exhibits. 



Norman C. Cnokson, Esq. (gr. Mr. Chapman), sent Odonloglossum 

 crispum * Britannia ' and Cypripedium x vexill-Io. 



Francis Wellesley, Esq., Westfield (gr. Mr. Hopkins), sent Cattleya 

 Mossice 'Miss Ethelreda Harting.' A fine white flower with light purple 

 markings on the lip. 



J. Bradshaw, Esq., Southgate (gr. Mr. Whitelogge), sent Lycaste 

 tricolor and its white variety. 



C. J. Lucas, Esq., Warnham Court (gr. Mr. Duncan), showed a light 

 form of Lcelio-Cattleya x Martlneti. 



Messrs. Stanley Ashton, Southgate, showed Scnticaria Dodgsoni. 



Orchid Committee, Holland House, July 12, 1901. 

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

 The Cups and Medals awarded by the Council will be found at p. xxix. 



Awards Recommended :— 



First-class Certificate. 



To Lcelio-Cattleya x 1 Hy. Greenwood ' var. 1 Tmperator ' (L. C. x 

 Schilleriana x C. x Hardy ana) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs Sander, 

 St. Albans. A gigantic form. Sepals and petals white, tinged with rose- 

 purple ; front of lip claret-purple. 



To Odontoglossum crispum ' Oakficld Sunrise' (votes, unanimous), 

 from R. Briggs-Bury, Esq., Accrington (gr. Mr. Wilkinson). The variety 



