ORCHID COMMITTEE, FEBRUARY 9. 



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Orchid Committee, February 9, 1892. 



Harry J. Veitch, Esq., F.L.S., in the Chair, and fifteen 

 members present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver Gilt Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Clapton, E., for an extensive 

 group of Orchids, among which were Phalaenopsis casta, P. 

 Brymeriana, and various other species ; a quantity of Vanda 

 Amesiana, Cattleya Percivaliana, the white Calanthe nivalis, 

 Vanda Boxalli lutea, many Saccolabium bellinum, Dendrobium 

 Wardianum Lowii, a spike of Benanthera Lowii, Cypripediums, 

 Dendrobiums, &c. 



Silver Flora Medal. 

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

 group of Orchids, consisting chiefly of rare Cypripediums. 



Silver Banhsian Medal. 

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

 Orchids, in which Oncidium splendidum and varieties of 0. 

 Phalaanopsis were prominent. 



First Class Certificate. 



To Odontoglossum crispum nobilior (votes, unanimous), from 

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

 This is a very fine spotted variety, the sepals being almost 

 covered with reddish -brown blotches, the petals and labellum 

 being also heavily marked. 



To Odontoglossum Pescatorei Schroderianum (votes, unani- 

 mous), from Baron Schroder. A variety handsomely blotched 

 with violet-purple, and second only to 0. P. Veitchianum. 



To Cypripedium Juno x (C. Fairieanum $ x C. callosum $ ) 

 (votes, unanimous), from Drewett 0. Drewett, Esq., Riding-Mill- 

 on-Tyne (gardener, Mr. A. J. Keeling). This fine hybrid 

 somewhat resembles C. vexillarium x , on which it is a great 

 improvement. 



To Zygopetalum leucochilum x (Z. Burkei ? x Z. 

 Mackaii $ ) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Jas. Veitch & Son. 



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