lxXX\dii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Oechid Committee, May 14, 1895. 
Haery J. Veitch, Esq., in the Chair, and seventeen members 
present. 
Awards Recommended : - 
Silver Flora Medal. 
To Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, King's Eoad, Chelsea, 
for an excellent group of Orchids, both species and hybrids. 
Silver Banksian Medal. 
To W. Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange, Stone, Staffordshire 
(gr. Mr. W. Stevens), for a small group of fine varieties of 
Odontoglossum. 
First Class Certificate. 
To Cypripedium x " Gertrude Hollington " (C. ciliolare $ 
X C. bellatulum var. S) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 
Hugh Low & Co., Clapton. The plant, which is the result of 
the reverse cross to C. x Olenus, has the usual form and 
marking of varieties of its class, but in size and richness of 
colour surpasses them. 
To Cypripedium Godefroya?, var. leucochilum (votes, unani- 
mous), from R. 1. Measures, Esq., Cambridge Lodge, Camberwell 
(gr. Mr. H. J. Chapman). An excellent form of the variety was 
shown, the flowers resembling those of C. bellatulum, but with 
a cream-white, unspotted labcllum. 
Award of Merit. 
To Epidendrum x O'Brienianum roseum (votes, 7 for, 2 
against), from Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, King's Road, 
Chelsea. The variety is a colour variation, obtained from un- 
crossed seeds of the red E. x O'Brienianum, the colour of the 
variety reverting to that of E. evectum (one of the parents of 
the type), while the form has remained unchanged. 
To Cattleya Mendelii leucoglossa (votes, 9 for), from Thos. 
Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield, Manchester (gr. Mr. R. 
Johnson). Flowers pale lilac, with white labellum. 
To Cattleya Mendelii " Princess of Wales " (votes, unanimous), 
from I^e I>. Crawshay, l^jsq., Rosefield, Sevcnoaks (gr. Mr. S. 
Cooke). A very handsome form with a brilliant and highly 
coloured labellum. 
