Lwi PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Cultural Commendation. 

 To Mr. W. H. White, Orchid grower to Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., 

 V.M.H., for a grand specimen of Dcnclrobium fimbriatum oculatum with 

 forty spikes of flowers. 



To Mr. J. Davis (gr. to J. Gurney Fowler, Esq.), for Masdcvallia 

 Sch voder iana with fifty-one flowers. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Sander : Cygripedvum x 1 Black Watch ' (' W. R. Lee ' 



x Curtisii). 



R.H.S. Gardens, Wisley : the rare Cymbidium chloranthum. 

 De B. Crawshay, Esq. (gr. Mr. Stables) : three forms of Odontoglossum 

 ' Urania ' {crispum x cristatellum). 



Orchid Committee, April 28, 1908. 

 Mr. J. Gurney Fowler in the Chair, and seventeen members present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, South Woodford (gr. Mr. 

 J. Davis), for large specimens of Oncidmm Marshallianum, the largest 

 bearing four strong flower-spikes. 



To Henry Little, Esq., Baronshalt, Twickenham (gr. Mr. Howard), for 

 Laelio-Cattleya, &c. 



Silver Banks ian Medal. 



To Messrs. Jas. Cypher, for Miltonia vexillaria, Sec. 

 To Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, for a group. 

 To Messrs. Hugh Low, for Dendrobiurns, &c. 

 To Messrs. Heath, for a group. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Odontoglossum crispum 1 Queen of the Earth ' (votes, 13 for, 

 3 against), from De B. Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks (gr. Mr. 

 Stables). A showy flower, heavily blotched with reddish-claret colour. 

 Probably a garden seedling. 



'Award of Merit. 



To Odontoglossum platycheilum superbum (votes, unanimous), from 

 Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O., V.M.H. (gr. Mr. W. H. White). A 

 pretty Guatemalan species, of which a solitary specimen appeared and 

 received an Award of Merit, March 22, 1892. That example had white 

 flowers spotted with rose on the lip. The present form bore' seven spikes, 

 generally two-flowered, pink with rose-spotted lip. 



To Acrides Vandarum (votes, 7 for, 2 against), from Mrs. Bevington, 

 Sevenoaks (gr. Mr. Huxley). The well-known terete-leaved species, with 

 blush-white flowers. 



To Cirrliopetalum Wendlandianum (votes, unanimous), from Sir 

 Trevor Lawrence, Bart., V.M.H. An ally of C. Collcttii, with flowers in a 



