xliv PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



ORCHID COMMITTEE. 



January 14, 1919. 



Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., in the Chair, and twenty-three members present. 

 Awards Recommended : — 



Gold Medal. 



To Messrs. Charlesworth, Hay wards Heath, for a group. 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells, for hybrid Odontoglossums 

 and Odontiodas. 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. McBean, Cooksbridge, for Cymbidiums and other hybrids. 



To Messrs. Stuart Low, Jarvisbrook, for Laeliocattleyas and Sophrocattleyas. 



Silver Bank si an Medal. 



To Messrs. Cypher, Cheltenham, for hybrid Cypripediums. 

 Award of Merit. 



To Cypripedium x ' Perseus ' (' Lady Dillon ' x ' Alcibiades illustris ') 

 (votes unanimous), from W. R. Lee, Esq., Plumpton Hall, Heywood, Lancashire 

 (gr. Mr. Branch). Dorsal sepal white with spotted lines of dark claret colour. 

 Petals and lip brownish-rose with yellow margin. 



Preliminary Commendation. 



To Odontoglossum x ' Princess Patricia ' (' Dora ' x crispum Luciani) 

 (votes 16 for, o against), from Messrs. Armstrong & Brown. Inner two-thirds 

 of the segments blotched dark Indian red, the rest white. 



To Odontoglossum x ' Triumph ' (ardentissimum x Ossulstonii) (votes 18 

 for, o against), from Messrs. Armstrong & Brown. A fine blush- white seedling 

 heavily blotched with claret-red. 



Other Exhibits. 



Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart. : Laeliocattleyas. 



G. W. Bird, Esq. : Odontioda x ' The Sphinx ' (parentage unrecorded). 

 Baron Bruno Schroeder : Brassocattleya x Cliftonii albens. 

 E. R. Ashton, Esq. : Sophrolaeliocattleya x ' Isabella.' 

 Messrs. Flory & Black : Odontoglossums. 

 Messrs. Sanders : Cymbidium x ' Atalanta.' 



Orchid Committee, January 28, 1919. 

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

 Awards Recommended : — 



Gold Medal. 



To Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells, for over one hundred 

 specimens of hybrid Cymbidiums, Calanthes, Odontiodas, and Odontoglossums. 



Silver Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. Charlesworth, Haywards Heath, for hybrids. 



Award of Merit. 



To Odontoglossum x ardentissimum ' Reine Blanche 1 (crispum xanthotes x 

 Pescatorei album) (votes unanimous), from Dr. Craven Moore, Victoria Park. 



