cclxvi PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Norman C. Cookson, Esq. : Calanthe x ' Angela.' 

 A. TVarburton, Esq. : Cypripedium insigne excelsis, resembling C. 

 insigne ' Harefield Hall.' 



Orchid Committee, November 10, 1908. 

 Norman C. Cookson, Esq., in the Chair, and twenty-two members present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Charlesworth, Hayward's Heath, for a group of hybrid 

 Orchids. 



To Messrs. Cypher, Cheltenham, for a group. 



To Mr. H. A. Tracy, Twickenham, for a group, including several fine 

 seedling forms of Cypripedium Spicerianum. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Hugh Low, for a group. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Sophro-Cattleya x 1 Doris ' (S. grandiflora x C. Dowiana 

 aurea) (votes, unanimous), from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, 

 South Woodfood (gr. Mr. J. Davis). A very fine hybrid of dwarf habit 

 and bearing bright scarlet flowers about three inches across. (Fig. 128.) 



Award of Merit. 



To Cypripedium x 1 Dante ' magnificum f Hera Euryades ' x 

 Charlesiuorthii) (votes, unanimous), from Lieut.-Colonel G. L. Holford, 

 CLE, C.V.O., Westonbirt (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander). Dorsal sepal 

 white blotched with claret-purple ; petals and lip honey-yellow tinged 

 with red-brown. 



To Cattleya x Clarkiae intensa (labiata x bicolor) (votes, unani- 

 mous), from Leopold de Rothschild, Esq., Gunnersbury House (gr. 

 Mr. J. Hudson). A pretty hybrid, formed like C. x ' Iris.' Flowers bright 

 rose with magenta crimson lip. 



To Cattleya x Fabia Cooksoniae (labiata Cooksoniae x Dowiana 

 aurea) (votes, unanimous), from Norman C. Cookson, Esq., Oakwood, 

 Wylam (gr. Mr. H. J. Chapman). Flowers formed like C. labiata. 

 Sepals and petals white, lip purplish-rose with gold veining from the base. 



Botanical Certificate. 



To Bulbophyllum cup>rcum, from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart, K.C.V.O. 

 (gr. Mr. W. H. White). A strong-growing species allied to B. Carey anum, 

 and with copper-yellow flowers. 



To Bulbophyllum lilacinum, from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. 

 Flowers in dense racemes, white tinged with lilac. 



To Polysiachya Laurcntii, from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. A 

 distinct species from the Congo district. Leaves dark green and 

 coriaceous. Flowers in branched terminal spikes, white with yellow 

 crest to the labellum. 



