Cvi PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Orchid Committee, March 24, 1896. 



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

 present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver Flora Medal. 



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

 fine group of Orchids in flower. 



To Fred. Hardy, Esq., Tyntesfield, Ashton-on-Mersey (gr. 

 Mr. T. Stafford), for a group of Dendrobiums. 



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



To H. T. Pitt, Esq., Rosslyn, Stamford Hill (gr. Mr. R. 

 Aldous), for a fine group of Orchids. 



To Mr. Wm. Bull, King's Road, Chelsea, for a group of 

 Orchids. 



Silver Banhsian Medal. 



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

 Orchids in flower. 



To Messrs. Charles worth & Co., Heaton, Bradford, for a col- 

 lection of Orchids in flower. 



First Class Certificate. 



To Odontoglossum x excellens, Rosslyn var. (votes, unani- 

 mous), from H. T. Pitt, Esq., Rosslyn, Stamford Hill (gr. Mr. R. 

 Aldous). A noble flower, fine in shape and colour, and other- 

 wise interesting, as it is the plant on which the supposition of 

 the natural hybrid origin of the species was proved ; it being 

 raised from seed by Messrs. Jas. Veitch & Sons. 



Award of Merit. 



To Odontoglossum crispum Evelina (votes, unanimous), from 

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

 handsome form with clear white flowers evenly blotched with 

 purple-brown, after the manner of 0. c. leopardinum, which 

 this excels in size and shape. 



To Dendrobium x dulce picturatum (votes, unanimous), 

 from Norman C. Cookson, Esq., Oakwood, Wylam, Northumber- 

 land (gr. Mr. Wm. Murray). A remarkable bizarre, or striped 

 form of the D. x dulce exhibited at the last meeting. 



