Clviii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



To Miltonia x Bhuana var. Stevensii (Boezlii alba x vexillaria Leo- 

 poldii (votes, 8 for, 4 against), from W. Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange, 

 Stone (gr. Mr. Stevens). A compact and floriferous form with white 

 flowers, having reddish lines at the base of the lip. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. May, gr. to J. B. Joel, Esq., Childwickbury, for a fine 

 specimen of Odontoglossum Bothschildianum, 1 Northaw variety,' with 

 five spikes. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. J. Veitch : Cypripedium spectabile. 



Mons. Mertens, Ghent : hybrid Odontoglossums. 



Walter Cobb, Esq., Rusper (gr. Mr. C. J. Salter) : Cattleya x Mar- 

 tinetii dulcotensis. 



G. W. Bird, Esq., West Wickham (gr. Mr. Redden) : an Odontioda 

 resembling 0. heatonensis. 



Orchid Committee, June 23, 1908. 

 Mr. J. Gueney Fowler in the Chair, and twenty-one members present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver Flora Medal. 

 To De B. Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks (gr. Mr. Stables), for 

 hybrid Odontoglossums. 



To Messrs. Charlesworfch, Heaton, Bradford, for a group. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Stanley, Southgate, for Cattleyas. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Odontoglossitm crispum 1 Princess of Wales ' (votes, unanimous), 

 from Baron Sir H. Schroder, The Dell, Egham (gr. Mr. Ballantine). A 

 large form with broad-petaled white flowers, the sepals being tinged with 

 lilac and the labellum having a large brown blotch in front of the yellow 

 crest. s 



Award of Merit. 



To Odontioda x Wickhamensis (Odontoglossum crispum x Cochlioda 

 sangninea) (votes, 16 for, 1 against), from G. W. Bird, Esq., Manor House, 

 West Wickham (gr. Mr. Redden). Resembling 0. x heatonensis, but with 

 broader and less acute segments. Flowers white, tinged with rose-pink 

 and spotted with light red. 



To Epidendrum virens (votes, 14 for, 2 against), from Sir Trevor 

 Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O., Burford (gr. Mr. White). Sepals and petals 

 pale green, lip white with some purple lines ; fragrant. Guatemala. 



To Dendrobium Jerdonianum (votes, unanimous), from Sir Trevor 

 Lawrence, Bart. A compact evergreen species with a profusion of orange- 

 coloured flowers with long narrow segments. Native of Western Ghats, 

 India ; altitude 2.000 feet. 



