ORCHID COMMITTEE, OCTOBER 24. 



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Orchid Committee, October 24, 1893. 



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

 present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver Gilt Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, King's Road, Chelsea, for 

 an extensive and well- arranged collection of Orchids, among 

 which were many of their new hybrids. 



To Messrs. Charlesworth, Slmttleworth & Co., Heaton, 

 Bradford, for a very fine group of Orchids, composed chiefly of 

 varieties of autumn-flowering Cattleya labiata. 



Silver Flora Medal. 

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

 in which most of the showy species of the season were repre- 

 sented. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. W. L. Lewis & Co., Chase Side, Southgate, for a 

 group of Orchids. 



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

 Orchids, including Cypripedium bellatulum, C. tonsum, Lrelia 

 Dormaniana, Miltonia Roezlii, Vanda Amesiana, Saccolabium 

 bellinum, &c. 



First Class Certificate. 



To Cirrhopetalum ornatissimum (votes, unanimous), from 

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

 White). The plant had four spikes of its singular cream -white 

 and crimson-fringed flowers. 



To Cattleya x Lord Rothschild (C. labiata Gaskelliana ? x C. 

 Dowiana aurea <?) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. F. Sander & 

 Co., St. Albans. A very fine hybrid, with the free habit of the 

 seed-bearing parent, and flowers resembling C. x Massaiana. 



To Cattleya labiata Sanderiana (votes, 6 for, 4 against), from 

 Messrs. F. Sander & Co. Flowers very richly coloured, the 

 labellum being especially fine. 



To Cypripedium x Clonius (C. x conchiferum $ x C. caudatum 

 Lindenii^ ) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Jas. Veitch & Sons, 

 Chelsea. A most elegant hybrid, with some resemblance to 

 C. x conchiferum. Flowers ivory-white, the sepals veined with 

 green, and the petals tinged with rose (fig. 43). 



To Laslio-Cattleya x Pisandra (L. crispa ? x C. Eldorado c?) 



