CCliv PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Orchid Committee, October 7, 1913. 

 Mr. J. Gurney Fowler in the Chair, and nineteen members present. 



Awards Recommended : — 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Charlesworth, Hayward's Heath, for a group. 

 Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells, for Laelio- 

 cattleyas, and other hybrids. 



To Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, for hybrids and rare species. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Stuart Low, Bush Hill Park, for a group. 

 To Messrs. Hassall, Southgate, for hybrids. 



First-class Certificate. 

 To Cattleya X 1 Adula/ Glebe variety (bicolor x Hardy ana) (votes 

 unanimous), from C. J. Phillips, Esq., The Glebe, Sevenoaks. A 

 broad-pe tailed flower of a rich bronzy-yellow colour, with large 

 deep-crimson lip. 



Award of Merit. 



To Odontoglossum X Craw shay anurn superbum (Hallii x Harry- 

 anurri) (votes, 7 for, 3 against), from Pantia Ralli, Esq., Ashtead 

 Park, Surrey. Flower formed like 0. Hallii. Sepals and petals pale- 

 green, blotched with chocolate-brown. Lip large, white, with purple 

 spotting on the basal half. 



To Cattleya x ' Fabia ' var. 1 Prince of Wales ' (labiata X 

 Dowiana) (votes unanimous), from Messrs. Sander, St. Albans. The 

 best of the dark-coloured forms. Flowers bright magenta-rose, with 

 purplish-crimson front to the lip. 



Other Exhibits. 



W. Waters Butler, Esq. : Cattleya Hardy ana albens and C. X 

 Dietrichiana. 



H. S. Goodson, Esq. : Cattleya x * Rhoda ' illuminata. 

 R. G. Thwaites, Esq. : hybrid Cattleyas. 



Pantia Ralli, Esq. : Laeliocattleya X ' Maqueda ' (L.-c. X 1 Geo. 

 Woodhams ' x C. X ' Lord Rothschild'), and other hybrids. 



Sir John Edwards Moss : Cymbidium X ' Florinda ' (erythro- 

 stylum x giganieum). 



Messrs. McBean : a group. 



Messrs. Flory & Black : new Brassolaeliocattleyas. 

 Mr. E. V. Low : Cattleya x ' Iris.' 

 E. H. Davidson, Esq. : hybrids. 



