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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Orchid Committee, November 1, 1892. 



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



present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver Flora Medal. 

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

 a group of Orchids, in which were many species and varieties 

 •of Cypripediums, the rare Laelia Perrinii nivea, Dendrobium 

 album, Pleiones, Odontoglossums, &c. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

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

 Orchids, comprising Cymbidium Winnianum x , Cattleya labiata 

 Sanderae and other forms of the autumn-flowering C. labiata, 

 Oncidium Saintlegerianum, yellow with a large purple crest, 

 Brassia Lanceana, Angrascum caudatum, &c. 



First Class Certificate. 



To Cymbidium Winnianum x (C. giganteum ? x C. ebur- 

 neum 3) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. F. Sander & Co. 

 This fine hybrid was raised by Chas. Winn, Esq., Selly Hill, 

 Birmingham. In size and shape the flowers are equal to those 

 of C. giganteum, but they are of an ivory white, with purple 

 spots and lines on the labellum. The plant had five spikes of 

 flowers, ranging from five to ten on a spike. 



To Spathoglottis Vieillardi rubra (votes, unanimous), from Sir 

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

 A very rich rose and crimson form of a rare species. 



To Cattleya leucoglossa x (C. Loddigesii ? x C. fausta $) 

 (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. J. Veitch k Sons, Chelsea. 

 The flowers are as large as an ordinary C. labiata, wax-like, 

 and of a clear rose-lilac, the broad front lobe of the labellum 

 being white, the median portion yellow (fig. 32). 



Award of Merit. 



To Laelia Perrinii nivea (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 B. S. Williams & Son, Upper Holloway, N. A variety with 

 white flowers, having a pale pink front lobe to the labellum. 



To Cattleya labiata Sanderas (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 



