ORCHID COMMITTEE, AUGUST 8. 



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Orchid Committee, August 8, 1893. 



Dr. Maxwell T. Masters, F.R.S., in the Chair, and nine 

 members present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



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

 W. H. White), for a select group of Orchids, comprising Laelio- 

 Cattleya x Philbrickiana (C. Aclandise $ x L. elegans <?); 

 L.-C. x blesensis (L. pumila $ x C. Loddigesii Miltonia 

 spectabilis, with several large flowers ; Cypripedium x Harrisi- 

 froyae (C. x Harrisianum $ x C. Godefroyas $ ) ; cut spikes 

 of Schomburgkia Lyonsii, Aerides Sanderianum, &c. 



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

 Orchids, amcng which were Calanthe Sanderiana, Grammato- 

 phyllum Fenzlianum, Aerides Ballantinei aureum, sevoral fine 

 Cattleya labiata Gaskelliana, Vanda Sanderiana, Grobya Am- 

 herstiaa, several new hybrid Cypripediums, &c. 



First Class Certificate. 



To Laslia tenebrosa, Walton Grange var. (votes, unanimous), 

 from W. Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange, Stone, Staffordshire 

 (gr. Mr. W. Stevens). A very distinct and handsome variety, 

 with sepals and petals of a clear citron-yellow ; lip white, with 

 purple lines radiating from the base, and rich crimson-purple 

 front lobe, tipped with white. 



To Miltonia x Joiceyana (votes, unanimous), from Major 

 Joicey, Sunningdale Park, Sunningdale (gr. Mr. Fred. J. Thorne). 

 This, like M. x Bluntii, is evidently a natural hybrid, the 

 parentage in this case being M. Clowesii x M. Candida. The 

 general habit of the plant is near to that of M. Clowesii, but 

 the flowers are larger, the segments broader, and the large 

 labellum, which is one and a half inches across and exhibiting 

 a tendency to become convolute in its fringed upturned edges, 

 has distinct traces of both the reputed parents. 

 Award of Merit. 



To Laalia x Novelty (L. pumila Dayana $ x L. elegans 3) 

 (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Jas. Veitch & Sons, King's 

 Road, Chelsea. Flowers larger, but not differing greatly from 

 those of the pollen parent. 



To Cypripedium x Thayerianum (C. Lawrenceanum ? x 



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