ORCHID COMMITTEE, SEPTEMBER 8. 



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Orchid Committee, September 8, 189G. 



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



present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver Flora Medal. 

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

 group of Orchids in which were Laelio-Cattleya x callistoglossa 

 ignescens, L.-C. xNysa, L.-C. x Pallas, Sobralia x Veitchii, &c. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

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

 a group containing Pachystoma Thompsonianum, Pescatorea 

 Lehmannii, P. Klabochornm, and other rare species. 



First Class Certificate. 



To Laelio-Cattleya x 1 Charles Darwin ' (L.-C. x elegans x 

 C. maxima) (votes, unanimous), from C. L. N. Ingram, Esq., 

 Elstead House, Godalming (gr. Mr. T. W. Bond). This was the 

 plant which was given an Award of Merit on August 27, 1895, 

 but which being much improved now received the higher award. 



To Laelio-Cattleya x ' Clive ' (L. praestans x C.Dowiana) (votes, 

 8 for, 1 against), from Norman C. Cookson, Esq., Oakwood, 

 Wylam-on-Tyne (gr. Mr. W. Murray). This plant very much 

 resembles L.-C. xlngramii (L. Dayana xC. Dowiana) first shown 

 by Mr. Cookson at the Society's Meeting, August 29, 1893, and 

 the L.-C. x Broomfieldiensis shown in August 1894. 



To Arachnanthe Lowei (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 B. S. Williams & Son, Holloway, N. The plant bore the usual 

 long raceme of flowers with the yellow basal ones, which it is 

 said are the only ones that can be set for seed. 



To Miltonia spectabilis Moreliana, ' Dulcotc variety ' (votes, 

 8 for, 1 against), from Walter Cobb, Esq., Dulcote, Tunbridge 

 W T ells (gr. Mr. J. Howes). A very large and richly coloured 

 variety. 



Award of Merit. 



To Maxillaria striata grandiflora (votes, unanimous), from 

 Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans. Flowers of the M. grandi- 

 flora form, whitish, striped with chocolate and purple. 



To Cattleya bicolor Lewisii (votes, unanimous), from Elijah 

 Ashworth, Esq., Harefield Hall, Wilmslow, Cheshire (gr. Mr. 



