ORCHID COMMITTEE, AUGUST 10. 



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Orchid Committee, August 10, 1897. 



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



present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Bronze Banksian Medal. 



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

 Cattleyas, Odontoglossums. &c. 



Atvard of Merit. 



To Odontoglossum Pescatorei Harrisianum (votes, 7 for, 1 

 against), from Messrs. James Yeitch & Sons, Chelsea. The 

 plant bore a fine branched spike of white flowers, spotted on the 

 sepals and petals with purple. 



To La?lio-Cattleya x elegans var. Schroderiana (votes, 9 for, 

 5 against), from Elijah Ashworth, Esq., Hareheld Hall, Wilms- 

 low, Cheshire (gr. Mr. Holbrook). One of the darkest in colour 

 of any of the L.-C. x elegans Turneri class. Flowers almost 

 wholly dark crimson -purple, the lip brighter in tint than the 

 other segments. 



To Dendrobium 'Victoria Eegina ' (votes, unanimous), from 

 Thomas Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, "Whiterield, Manchester (gr. 

 Mr. E. Johnson). Flowers about 1 inch across, the outer halves 

 of the segments purplish -blue, the remainder white. Bearing 

 some resemblance to D. sanguinolentum, though quite distinct 

 from it. Fig. 80. 



To Cypripedium x callo-Rothschildianum (callosum x Roth- 

 schildianum) (votes, 8 for, -4 against), from J. Gurney Fowler, 

 Esq., Glebelands, South "Woodford (gr. Mr. Davis). A fine 

 hybrid, with a general resemblance to C. x Massaianuin, which 

 was also shown. 



Cultural Commendation. 



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

 W. H. White), for a splendid plant of Platyclinis filiformis, with 

 ninety-four flower spikes. 



Botanical Certificate. 



To Epidendrum (Nanodes) Matthewsii, from Sir Trevor 

 Lawrence, Bart. (gr. Mr. W. H. "White). 



