ORCHID COMMITTEE, MAY 11. 



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Orchid Committee, May 11, 1897. 



Haery J. Veitch, Esq., in the Chair, and thirteen 

 members present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver Gilt Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, for a very fine group of 

 Orchids. 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To A. H. Smee, Esq., The Grange, Wallington (gr. Mr. 

 Cummins), for a group of fine varieties of Cattleya Mendelii, &c. 



To Walter C. Walker, Esq., Percy Lodge, Winchmore Hill 

 (gr. Mr. Geo. Cragg), for a good group of Orchids. 



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

 Cattleyas, Odontoglossums, &c. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. B. S. Williams & Son, Upper Holloway, for a 

 group of Orchids. 



To Messrs. Cripps & Son, Tunbridge Wells, for fine specimens 

 of Cypripedium caudatum and C. caudatum Wallisii. 



Award of Merit. 



To Cypripedium x Chapmanii magnificum (C. bellatulum x 

 C. Curtisii) (votes, unanimous), from E. I. Measures, Esq., 

 Rogate, Sussex (gr. Mr. Wooton). A fine dark flower of the 

 C. x 1 Chas. Richman 1 class. 



To Cypripedium x bellatulo-vexillarium (votes, 9 for, 2 

 against), from Mrs. Briggs Bury, Bank House, Accrington. A 

 pretty variety near to C. x Leysenianum and C. x 'Lilian 

 Greenwood.' 



To Odontoglossum Andersonianum Bogaerdianum (votes, 

 unanimous), from De B. Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks 

 (gr. Mr. S. Cooke). A very large variety, of good shape, heavily 

 blotched. 



To Laelio-Cattleya x ' Hippolyta,' Dulcote var. (votes, 6 for, 

 5 against), from Walter Cobb, Esq., Dulcote, Tunbridge Wells 

 (gr. Mr. J. Howes). Flowers larger and of a darker brange-red 

 than the ordinary form. 



