lxxxvi PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Preliminary Commendation. 

 To Odontioda x ' Cheribon ' {Oda. x Vuylstekeae x Odm. x ' Mars ') (votes 

 9 for, 3 against), from Messrs. Armstrong & Brown. Flower of good size and 

 shape, ruby red with slight white markings on the margin. Lip dark red at the 

 base, the front white freckled with rose. 



Other Exhibits. 



H. T. Pitt, Esq. : Dendrochilum filiforme. 



Mr. J. E. Shill : Cattleya x Dupreana {Warneri x W arscewiczii) . 

 Messrs. Flory & Black : Sophrolaeliocattleya x ' Vesuvius ' (S.-l.-c. x 

 * Marathon ' x L.-c. x ' Nella '). 



Orchid Committee, July 30, 191 8. 

 Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., in the Chair, and fourteen members present. 

 Awards Recommended : — 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Charles worth, Hay wards Heath, for Laeliocattleyas and Odonto- 



glossums. 



To Messrs. Stuart Low, Jarvisbrook, Sussex, for Cattleya W arscewiczii and 

 hybrids. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Laeliocattleya x ' Britannia ' majestica (L.-c. x Canhamiana alba x 

 C. W arscewiczii ' Frau M. Beyrodt ') (votes unanimous), from Messrs. Charles- 

 worth, Hay wards Heath. The plant bore a spike of four very large snow-white 

 flowers, with Tyrian purple front to the lip, which has a chrome-yellow centre. 



Preliminary Commendation. 



To Odontoglossum x ' Marne ' (ardentissimum, Orchidhurst var. x 

 ' Colossus ') (votes unanimous), from Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Orchidhurst, 

 Tunbridge Wells. A new seedling with a large and finely formed white flower, 

 the inner two-thirds of the segments of which are densely blotched with violet. 



Other Exhibits. 



Dr. Miguel Lacroze : Odontoglossum x ' Cordoba ' (' Doris ' x eximium) 

 and Cattleya x ' Hesta ' var. ' Bryndir.' 4 

 Messrs. McBean, Cooksbridge : hybrids. 



Orchid Committee, August 13, 1918. 

 Sir Harry J. Veitch in the Chair, and fourteen members present. 

 Awards Recommended: — 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Charlesworth, Haywards Heath, for Cattleyas, Laeliocattleyas 

 and Odontoglossums. 



To Messrs. Stuart Low, Jarvisbrook, Sussex, for Cattleya W arscewiczii, with 

 from five to eight flowers on a spike. 



Award of Merit. 



To Cattleya x ' Hesta ' alba (' Suzanne Hye de Crom ' x W arscewiczii 

 ' Frau M. Beyrodt ') (votes unanimous), from Messrs. Charlesworth. The first 

 albino of the cross, the others having coloured labellums. 



To Laeliocattleya x ' Appam ' (L.-c. x ' Scylla ' x C. Dowiana aurea) (votes 

 unanimous), from Messrs. Charlesworth. The inflorescence bore three flowers, 

 deep golden yellow with ruby-purple lip. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Sanders, St. Albans: Cattleya x Hardy ana 'Marshal Foch,' with 

 white sepals and petals, and violet-purple lip with yellow disc. 



