Cclviii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



To Messrs. Hassall, Southgate, for Cattleyas and Laeliocattleyas. 

 To Messrs. W. Baylor Hartland, Cork, for a group. 



Award of Merit. 



To Cypripedium X ' Cyclops ' (' Actaeus ' X fulshawense) (votes 

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

 Westonbirt (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander). Flower very large and finely 

 formed. Petals and lip greenish-yellow tinged with purple. Dorsal 

 sepal white, with a green base and dotted lines of purple. 



To Angraecum recurvum (votes unanimous), from Messrs. Charles- 

 worth. A remarkable species from Madagascar, of strong growth, 

 and producing the flowers singly on peduncles 6 inches long. Flowers 

 2 inches across, segments nearly equal, pure white, fragrant. Spur 

 long and slender. Figured in Thouars' Orcli. Af. t. 56. 



To Laeliocaitleya X ' Feronia ' Charlesworth var. (C. X ' Enid ' X 

 L.-c. X Haroldiana) (votes, 12 for, 4 against), from Messrs. Charles- 

 worth. A fine flower, closely adhering to C. X ' Enid ' in form. Sepals 

 and petals silver-white, tinged and veined with rose. Lip purple, with 

 gold lines from the base. 



To Miltonioda x Harwoodii, Shrubbery var. (M. vexillaria var. X 

 C. Noezliana) (votes, 13 for, 3 against), from Messrs. Armstrong & 

 Brown, Tunbridge Wells. Flowers of good shape, bright magenta-red 

 with yellow crest to the lip. 



To Cypripedium X ' Baron Schroder ' var. ' Kentore ' (Oenanthum 

 superbum X Fairrieanum) (votes unanimous) , from Messrs. Armstrong 

 & Brown. One of the best of the C. Fairrieanum hybrids. Petals 

 and lip heavily marked with chocolate-purple. Dorsal sepal blush 

 white with dark-purple dotted lines from the green base. 



To Dendrobium Leeanum, Langley variety (votes, 14 for, 5 against), 

 from Messrs. Flory & Black, Slough. Imported with D. Phalaenopsis 

 and D. superbiens, between which species it is a natural hybrid. 

 Flowers dark-rose colour, with claret-purple lip. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. H. G. Alexander, Orchid grower to Lieut.-Colonel Sir Geo. 

 L. Holford, K.C.V.O., for Caltleya X ' Portia,' Westonbirt variety, 

 with three spikes of seven flowers each. 



Other Exhibits. 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O. : Brassolaeliocatlleya X 

 'Triune' (L.-c. X Hyeana X B.-c. X Digbyano-Schrdderi). 

 Mrs. Norman Cookson : Odontiodas. 

 O. O. Wrigley, Esq. : Vanda coerulea Wrigleyi. 

 Ernest Mocatta, Esq. : rare orchids. 

 Messrs. Sander : hybrids. 



Francis Wellesley, Esq. : Laeliocaitleya x ' Lady Oliphant ' (L.-c 

 X ' Norba ' X C. X ' Souv. de Queen Victoria '). 

 E. H. Davidson, Esq. : hybrids. 

 C. J. Lucas, Esq. : white Brassocaitleya. 



