IXXX PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Beckenham (gr. Mr. Geo. E. Day). Flowers of good form, pure white, 

 with bhiish lines on the side lobes, and a few small blue spots in front of 

 the callus. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. Geo. E. Day, gr. to H. F. Simonds, Esq., Beckenham, for 

 a fine plant of Dendrobium spectabile, ^\ith five spikes, bearing together 

 thirty-five flowers. 



Other Exhibits. 



Baron Sir H. Schroder (gr. Mr. H. Ballantine) showed a group of 

 Orchid blooms in which were the fine blotched Odontoglossum crispum 

 ' Princess Christian ' and 0. c. Sanderianum. 



Fred Hardy, Esq., Tyntesfield, Ashton-on-Mersey (gr. Mr. T. Staftbrd), 

 showed an interesting collection of hybrid Cypripedium flowers. 



H. S. Leon, Esq., Bletchley Park (gr. Mr. A. Hislop), showed 

 Sophronitis grandiflora gigantea. 



A. H. Smee, Esq., The Grange, Hackbridge (gr. Mr. Humphreys), 

 sent Lfplio-Cattleya x elegans, ' Smee's variety.' 



Messrs. Hugh Low showed two pans of Cypripedium callosum and a 

 plant of C. c. aureum, like a small pink-tinted C. c. Sanderae. 



W. Goodliffe, Esq., Worthing, showed Oncidium Sanderianum. 



F. M. Burton, Esq., Gainsborough, sent Cattleya Walkeriana. 



De B. Crawshay, Esq., Sevenoaks, showed Odontoglossum x Wilckea- 

 num ' Lionel Crawshay.' 



F. Bibby, Esq., Hardwicke Grange (gr. Mr. J. Taylor), sent flowers 

 of La?lia anceps ' Lady Stanley Clarke,' a large coloured form. 



C. D. Kemp Welsh, Esq. (gr. Mr. Guyatt), showed Cypripedium 

 Spicerianum, ' Broadlands variety.' 



Oechid Committee, JanuarI' 29, 1901. 

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

 Awards Recommended. 



Silver Flora Medal. 

 To Sir Frederick Wigan, Bart., Clare Lawn, East Sheen {gr. Mr. 

 W. H. Y^oung), for an interesting group of Orchids. 



Aioard of Merit. 



To Calanthe x ' Oakwood Ruby ' (votes, unanimous), from Norman C. 

 Cookson, Esq., Oakwood, Wylam (gr. Mr. Wm. Murray). A fine result 

 of crossing C. vestita rubro-oculata and selecting the darkest for three 

 generations. In this case it has resulted in reversing the order of colour 

 in C. vestita, viz. white with dark ruby-red eye, ' Oakwood Ruby ' being 

 ruby-crimson with small white eye. 



To Odontoglossum nevadense rosefieldiense (votes, unanimous;, from 

 De B. Crawshay, Esq., Sevenoaks. Flowers brown with yellow margin 



