ORCHII) COMMITTEE, DECEMBER 11. 



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Orchid Committee, December 11, 1906. 

 Mr. Harry J. Veitch in the Chair, and nineteen members present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Gold Medal. 



To G. F. Moore, Esq., Chardwar, Bourton-on-the- Water (gr. Mr. 

 Page), for a very fine group of Cypripediums &c. 



Lindley Medal. 



To Mr. C. J. Salter, gr. to Mrs. Haywood, Reigate, for eighteen large 

 specimens of Masdevallia tovarensis, each with over one hundred spikes 

 of white flowers. 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Jeremiah Colman, Esq., Gatton Park (gr. Mr. Bound), for a group 

 of Cypripediums and Calanthes. 



To Messrs. Jas. Cypher & Sons, Cheltenham, for a fine group of 

 Cypripediums. 



To Messrs. Heath & Sons, Cheltenham, for a group of Cypripediums. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, for a group. 

 To Messrs. J. W. Moore, Ltd., Rawdon, for a group. 



Bronze Banksian Medal. 

 To R. I. Measures, Esq., Camberwell (gr. Mr. Smith), for a group. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Cattleya x Dusseldorfei ' Undine ' {intermedia alba x Mossice 

 Wageneri) (votes, unanimous), from Major G. L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O., 

 Westonbirt, Tetbury (gr. Mr. Alexander). A pure white variety of good 

 size. 



To Cyjrripedium x ActcBus langleyense {insigrie Sanderce x Leeanum 

 giganteuni) (votes, unanimous), from Major G. L. Holford, CLE., C.V.O. 

 The variety raised by Messrs. Veitch, and to which an A.M. was given 

 January 23, 1900. Flowers large, dorsal sepal pure white, with a small 

 green base and a few purple lines. 



To Cypripedium x Troilus ehoraicum (insigne ' Harefield Hall ' x 

 nitens variety) (votes, 11 for, 4 against), from J. H. Craven, Esq., J.P., 

 Keighley (gr. Mr. Corney). Flowers closely resembling C. insigne 

 ' Harefield Hall.' 



To Coelogyne Mooreana (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Sander & 

 Sons, St. Albans. A fine flower, pure white with yellow disc and papillfe 

 on the lip, and as large as C. cristata. 



Aioard of Merit. 



To Cymbidium x Wiganiamtm, ' Westonbirt variety ' {ehurneum x 

 Tracyanum) (votes, unanimous), from Major G. L. Holford. Flowers 

 ivory-white, with dotted lines of light purple. 



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