CXX PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. Collier, gr. to Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bt., for Dendrobium acuminatum 

 with rive spikes. 



To Mr. Thurgood, gr. to H. T. Pitt, Esq., for Bulbophyllum Balfourianum with 

 14 flowers. 



Other Exhibits. 



Otto Beit, Esq. : Vuylstekeara X ' Thera ' (M. Warscewiczii x Oda. X 

 Cooksoniae). 



Messrs. Flory & Black : various hybrids. 



Orchid Committee, July i, 1919. 

 Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bt., in the Chair, and nine members present. 



Awards Recommended : — 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, for a group. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Disa X Blackii grandi flora (grandiflora X 'Luna') (votes unanimous), 

 from Messrs. Flory & Black, Slough. Flowers larger than those of D. grandi- 

 flora, which was the seed-bearing parent. Lateral sepals, broad deep rosy-mauve, 

 galea large, blush-white with a few purple lines ; petals yellow, spotted with 

 crimson. 



A ward of Merit. 



To Thunia X ' Gatton ' (Bensoniae Winniana X Majoriana) (votes unani- 

 mous), from Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bt., Gatton Park (gr. Mr. J. Collier). 

 Flowers in nodding terminal racemes of five or six ; each four inches in length, 

 white tinged with mauve ; lip purple with raised lines of yellow papillae. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. J. Collier, gr. to Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bt., for a fine specimen of 

 Aerides odoratum album, with a spike of forty white flowers. 



Other Exhibits. 



Dr. Miguel Lacroze : Laeliocattleya X luminosa, Bryndir variety, and Odon- 

 toglossum ' La Paz,' a crispum Solum seedling. 



H. T. Pitt, Esq. : two Dendrochilum filiforme, each with about fifty spikes, 

 and hybrid Cypripediums. 



Messrs. Charlesworth : Odontoglossum crispum ' Lady Newnes.' A fine white 

 variety of the xanthotes class. 



Messrs. Flory & Black : hybrid Disas. 



Orchid Committee, July 15, 1919. 

 Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bt., in the Chair, and fifteen members present. 

 Awards Recommended : — 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Charlesworth, Haywards Heath, for Odontiodas, Odontoglos- 

 sums, Thunias, &c. 



To Messrs. Stuart Low, Jarvisbrook, Sussex, for Dendrobiums. 



Award of Merit. 



To Odontioda X ' Lyra,' Rosslyn variety {Odm. X ' Jasper ' X Oda. X 

 ' Royal Gem ') (votes 11 for, o against), from H. T. Pitt, Esq., Rosslyn, Stamford 

 Hill (gr. Mr. Thurgood). Flowers large and finely formed, deep claret-red with 

 slight white markings at the tips. Front of lip rose colour. 



To Odontoglossum X 'Antinous' ('Othello' X excellens) (votes 11 for, o 

 against), from Messrs. Charlesworth. Sepals and petals ovate, pale yellow with 



