CClx PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Cultural Commendation. 



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

 L. HoHord, K.C.V.O., for a fine plant of Laeliocattleya x ' Golden 

 Beauty,' with two spikes, each of fifteen flowers and buds. 



Other Exhibits. 



Baron Bruno Schroder : rare Cattleyas. 



Lieut.-Colonel Sir Geo. L. Holford, K.C.V.O. : hybrids. 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O. : Angraecum Monteiroe. 



W. R. Lee, Esq. : Cypripediums. 



Francis Wellesley, Esq. : Cypripedium X ' Delhi.' 



Messrs. Charlesworth : a group. 



Messrs. McBean : a group. 



Mr. E. V. Low : Cypripedium X I'Ansoni. 



W. Hewett, Esq., Bristol : Cypripedium hyb. 



Crofton Black, Esq., Upminster : Odontoglossum grande. 



Orchid Committee, December 16, 1913. 



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



present. 



Awards Recommended : — 



First Class Certificate. 

 To Cattleya Percivaliana alba, Lady Holford (votes : unanimous) 

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

 Tetbury (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander). One of the most beautiful of 

 albino Cattleyas. Flowers pure white, with deep orange tube to the 

 lip. The finely-grown plant bore four flowers. (Fig. 208.) 



Award of Merit. 



To Odontoma X Langowoyi (M. Schroderiana X 0. Uro-Skinneri) 

 (votes unanimous), from Messrs. Charlesworth, Hay ward's Heath. 

 Flowers nearest to Miltonia. Scape erect, bearing ten blooms, each 

 about 2 inches across. Sepals and broader petals lanceolate ; dark 

 chocolate-red, with yellow tips. Lip expanded in front, white, with a 

 rose-purple base. 



To Odontoglossum X ' Cleopatra,' Rosefield var. (' Carmania ' X 

 Vuylstekei) (votes unanimous), from de B. Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, 

 Sevenoaks (gr. Mr. Stables). Sepals and petals light reddish-purple. 

 Lip white, with purple blotches in front of the yellow crest. (Fig. 209.) 



To Cypripedium X nitens-Leeanum smaragdinum (nitens S allien 

 Hyeanum X Leeanum giganteum) (votes, 10 for, 5 against), from 

 F. J. Hanbury, Esq., Brockhurst, East Grinstead (gr. Mr. Matthews). 

 Flower emerald-green, with white upper-half to the dorsal sepal. 



To Cypripedium X bourtonense (insigne ' Harefield Hall ' X 

 ' Blanche Moore ') (votes unanimous), from G. F. Moore, Esq. 

 Bourton-on-the-Water (gr. Mr. Page). A large flower, with much of 



