ORCHID COMMITTEE, APRIL 13. 



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Orchid Committee, April 13, 1897. 



Harry J. Veitch, Esq., in the Chair, and seventeen members 



present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Major Joicey, Sunningdale Park, Sunningdale (gr. Mr. 

 Fred J. Thome), for a group of Diacrium (Epidendrum) bico- 

 matum, splendidly grown, and well furnished with strong spikes 

 of white flowers. 



To J. Bradshaw, Esq., The Grange, Southgate (gr. Mr. 

 Whiffen), for a group of Cymbidiums, Dendrobium 

 Jamesianum, &c. 



To Messrs. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, for a splendid group 

 of rare Orchids. 



Silver Banhsian Medal. 



To F. W. Marter, Esq., Lake House, Byfleet (gr. Mr. Bradley), 

 for a noble specimen of Ansellia africana, with nine spikes 5 

 bearing in the aggregate 800 flowers. 



To Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, Dorking (gr. Mr. W. 

 H. White), for an excellent group of well-cultivated Orchids. 



To the Marquis Camden, Bayham Abbey, Lamberhurst (gr. 

 Mr. A. Methven), for a group of Dendrobium nobile, D. War- 

 dianum, &c. 



To Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Clapton, for a group of 

 Orchids. 



To De B. Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks (gr. Mr. S. 

 Cooke), for a collection of Odontoglossums. 



To C. J. Lucas, Esq., Warnham Court, Horsham (gr. Mr. 

 Duncan), for varieties of Odontoglossum Andersonianum, &c. 



To Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, for a group of 

 Orchids. 



First Class Certificate. 



To Odontoglossum x Wilckianum, var. 1 Queen-Empress ' 

 (votes, unanimous), from Baron Schroder, The Dell, Egham (gr. 

 Mr. H. Ballantine). A very large and showily marked flower ot 

 the colours of 0. triumphans. 



To Lselio-Cattleya x Digbyano-Trianse (C. Trianae $ x L. 



