XCViii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Oechid Committee, February 11, 1896. 



Harry J. Veitch, Esq., in the Chair, and twenty-one 

 members present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver Flora Medal. 

 To Baron Schroder, The Dell, Egham (gr. Mr. H. Ballantine), 

 for a magnificent specimen of the fine blotched Odontoglossum 

 crispum nobilius, with seventeen very large and handsome flowers 

 on a spike. 



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

 fine group of Orchids. 



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

 Orchids. 



Silver Banhsian Medal. 



To Elijah Ashworth,Esq., Harefield Hall, Wilmslow, Cheshire 

 (gr. Mr. Holbrook), for a large and interesting collection of cut 

 flowers of Orchids. 



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

 W. H. White), for a group of Masdevallias, Cypripediums, and 

 hybrid Dendrobiums. 



To T. Gabriel, Esq., Elmstead, Leigham Court Road, 

 Streatham (gr. Mr. Guyett), for a bank of fine specimens of 

 Ccelogyne cristata. 



To R. I. Measures, Esq., Cambridge Lodge, Camberwell 

 (gr. Mr. H. J. Chapman), for a group of Cypripediums and other 

 Orchids. 



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

 group of Cypripediums. 



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

 Phalaenopsis, &c. 



Award of Merit. 

 To Masdevallia x Shuttryana, Chamberlain's var. (M. Shuttle- 

 worthii x M. Harryana) (votes, unanimous), from the Right 

 Honble. Joseph Chamberlain, Highbury, Moor Green, Birming- 

 ham (gr. Mr. Burberry). This form was raised at Highbury ? 

 and its large mauve flowers with yellow tails showed it to be 

 very superior to the original form. 



