Clxiv PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



ORCHID COMMITTEE. 



July 14, 1896. 



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

 present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Award of Merit. 



To Cattleya Mossia? 'Brilliancy' (votes, 8 for, 6 against), 

 from Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Clapton. A very dark and 

 brightly coloured variety. 



To Zygopetalum grandiflorum (votes, unanimous), from Sir 

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



Botanical Certificate. 



To Catasetum Bussellianum, from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart, 

 (gr. Mr. W. H. White). 



To Masdevallia Carderii, from the Honble. Walter Roth- 

 schild, Tring Park, Tring (gr. Mr. E. Hill). 



To Masdevallia corniculata, from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart, 

 (gr. Mr. W. H. White). 



To Oncidium virgulatum, from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., 

 Burford, Dorking (gr. Mr. W. H. White). 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. E. Hill, gr. to the Right Honble. Lord Rothschild, 

 Tring Park, Tring, for a fine example of Cattleya Warscewiczii 

 Shuttleworthii, with six handsome flowers on a spike. 



To Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, for Ccelogyne 

 Sanderiana, with six spikes. 



Other Exhibits. 



The Right Honble. Joseph Chamberlain (gr. Mr. Burberry), 

 Thomas Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whiten eld, Manchester (gr. 

 Mr. R. Johnson), and C. J. Lucas, Esq., Warnham Court, 

 Horsham (gr. Mr. Duncan) sent several varieties of Cattleya 

 Warscewiczii and other Orchids. 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., exhibited a group of Cattleya 

 Eldorado and other Orchids. 



W. Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange, Stone, Stafford (gr. Mr. 

 W. Stevens), sent several Odontoglossums. 



