lxx PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Orchid Committee, February 18, 1913. 



Mr. J. Gurney Fowler in the Chair, and twenty-five members 

 present. 



Awards Recommended : — 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To H. S. Goodson, Esq., Putney (gr. Mr. G. E. Day), for a group. 



To Messrs. Charlesworth, Haywards Heath, for hybrid Odonto- 

 glossums, Odontiodas, &c. 



To Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, for a group in which were over 

 fifty forms of Cattleya Trianae. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Cypher, Cheltenham, for a group. 

 To Messrs. McBean, Cooksbridge, for hybrid Cymbidiums, &c. 

 To Messrs. Stuart Low, Enfield, for a group. 

 To the Liverpool Horticultural Company, for Laeliocattleyas. 

 To Mr. W. A. Manda, St. Albans, for Cattleya Trianae. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Cattleya Trianae ' The Baron ' (votes, unanimous), from Baron 

 Bruno Schroder, The Dell, Englefield Green (gr. Mr. J. E. Sh ill) . A 

 large and finely formed pure white variety with a pale pink tint in 

 front of the yellow disc of the lip. 



To Cymbidium X Alexanderi, Fowler's variety (insigne x eburneo- 

 Lowianum) (votes, unanimous), from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebe- 

 lands, South Woodford (gr. Mr. J. Davis). Flowers large and with all 

 the segments equally broad, rose-pink with dotted red lines ; the 

 cream-coloured lip having effective red marking. (Fig. 117.) 



To Odontoglossum x ' Amethyst,' Glebelands variety (Lambeau- 

 ianum X eximium) (votes, unanimous), from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. 

 Flowers deep reddish purple, with white markings on the outer halves 

 of the segments, and white front to the lip. (Fig. 118.) 



To Brassocattleya x ' Menia ' (B.-c. x Digbyano-Mossiae 1 Queen 

 Alexandra ' x C. labiata 1 Virginia ') (votes, unanimous), from Pantia 

 Ralli, Esq., Ashtead Park. A large and beautiful blush-white flower, 

 the fringed lip of which has a purple line in front of the greenish-yellow 

 disc. 



To Brassocattleya x Vilmoriniana, Goodson's variety {B.-c. X 

 Mrs. J. Leemann x C. Mossiae) (votes, unanimous), from H. S. 

 Goodson, Esq., Fairlawn, Putney (gr. Mr. G. E. Day). Flower among 

 the largest and best of its class, deep rosy-mauve, the large fringed 

 lip having an orange centre. 



Award of Merit. 



To Cattleya x ' Leda ' (Percivaliana x Dowiana aurea) (votes, 

 unanimous), from Lieut. -Colonel Sir Geo. L. Holford, K.C.V.O. (gr. 



