lxxxviii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Orchid Committee, September 24, 1918. 



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



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. Stuart Low, Jarvisbrook, Sussex, for Cattleyas, Laeliocattleyas , 

 and other hybrids. 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Charlesworth, Hay wards Heath, Sussex, for hybrids and interesting 

 species, 



A ward of M erit. 



To Laeliocattleya x ' Ivanhoe ' (L.-c. x eximia x C. Dowiana aurea) (votes 

 11 for, 3 against), from Baron B. Schroder, The Dell, Englefield Green. A large 

 flower with bright rose sepals and petals and ruby-crimson hp with yellow disc. 



To Cattleya x ' King Victor ' (' Rhoda ' x ' Octave Doin ') (votes 9 for, 

 3 against), from Messrs. Plory & Black, Slough. Sepals and petals rosy-mauve 

 freckled on the outer halves with cream colour. Lip claret crimson with well- 

 defined gold lines from the base. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells : hybrids, including three 

 dissimilar forms of Laeliocattleya x ' Golden Wren ' (L.-c. x ' Thyone ' x C. 

 iridescens) , Cattleya x ' Venus ' and C. ' Iris,' Orchidhurst var. 



Messrs. Stuart Low : the trigeneric hybrid Lowara x insignis (Sophronitis 

 grandiflora x Brassolaelia x ' Helen'). 



Mr. W. J. Kaye, Surbiton : a good form of Laeliocattleya x ' Bola ' (L.-c. x 

 callistoglossa x C. labiata). 



Orchid Committee, October 22, 1918. 

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



Awards Recommended : — 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. Stuart Low, Jarvisbrook, Sussex, for Cattleyas, Laeliocattleyas, 

 and Odontoglossums. 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Charlesworth, Haywards Heath, for hybrids. 

 Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. McBean, Cooksbridge, for Cattleyas and Laeliocattleyas. 



First-class Certificate. 

 To Odontoglossum x eximium var. ' Le Papillon ' (crispum x ardentissimum) 

 (votes unanimous), from Messrs. McBean. A large and perfectly shaped flower, 

 white, heavily blotched with claret purple. 



Award of Merit. 



To Laeliocattleya x ' Linda ' (C. Dowiana aurea x L.-c. x ' Arachne ') 

 (votes 13 for, 1 against), from Messrs. McBean. Sepals and petals salmon 

 rose with a yellow shade. Lip rosy crimson with yellow centre. 



To Cattleya x ' Thora ' var. ' Bryndir ' (' Empress Frederick ' x ' Mrs. 

 Pitt ') (votes 8 for, 4 against) . A compact flower with deep rose sepals and 

 petals and purple lip with yellow lines from the base. 



Other Exhibits. 



Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart. : flowers of new hybrids. 



Frederick J. Hanbury, Esq. : two hybrids. 



Dr. Miguel Lacroze : Odontoglossum x Meredithiae. 



H. T. Pitt, Esq. : Odontoglossum grande Pittianum. 



Mrs. Bischoffsheim : Brassocattleya x Digbyano-Mendelii alba. 



Pantia Ralli, Esq. : Laeliocattleya x 1 Maqueda,' Ashtead Park var. 



Messrs. Armstrong & Brown : Odontiodas and Odontoglossums, 



Messrs. Flory & Black : four hybrids. 



