lxxiv PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Orchid Committee, April i, 1913. 



Sir Harry J. Veitch in the Chair, and twenty-four members 



present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To H. T. Pitt, Esq., Roslyn, Stamford Hill (gr. Mr. Thurgood) 

 for hybrid Odontoglossums and other Orchids. 



To Messrs. Armstrong and Brown, Tunbridge Wells, for hybrids 

 and showy species. 



To Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, for hybrids, Cattleya Schroder ae $ 

 &c. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To H. S. Goodson, Esq., Fair lawn, Putney (gr. Mr. G. E. Day), 

 for Odontiodas and Odontoglossums. 



To Mr. Sidney Flory, Tracy's Nursery, Twickenham, for a group 

 of Cattleya Schrdderae and other species. 



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



Bronze Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Hassall, Southgate, for a group. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Brassocattleya X heatonensis ' Canary ' (B. Digbyana X 

 C. x Hardy ana) (votes, unanimous), from Lieut. -Colonel Sir George 

 L. Holford, K.C.V.O., Westonbirt (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander). A very 

 distinct form with large canary-yellow flowers, with rose-pink markings 

 in front of the pale greenish yellow disc of the lip. 



To Cypripedium x ' Roundhead ' ( x nitens x ' Earl of Tanker- 

 ville ') (votes, unanimous), from Lieut. -Colonel Sir Geo. L. Holford, 

 K.C.V.O. An improvement on C. x 'Earl of Tankerville.' Flowers 

 yellow with a clear white upper half to the dorsal sepal, which has 

 lines of large blackish spots. 



To Cymbidium Humblotii (votes, unanimous). From Messrs. 

 Charlesworth, Haywards Heath. A large growing scandent species 

 from Madagascar. Inflorescence branched. Flowers 2 inches across, 

 pale green with black markings on the lip. (Fig. 121.) 



To Odontoglossum x eximium, Warnham Court var. (ardentis- 

 simum X crispum Lucianii) (votes, unanimous), from C. J. Lucas, 

 Esq., Warnham Court (gr. Mr. Duncan). A flower of perfect shape, 

 white, heavily blotched with claret. 



To Laeliocattleya x Dominiana, Southfield var. (I. purparata x 

 C. Dowiana) (votes, unanimous), from W. Waters Butler, Esq., 

 Southfield, Edgbaston. Flowers large rose-purple with a yellow tint 

 on the petals ; lip deep mulberry-red. 



