cclxviii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Lieut.-Colonel G. L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O. : Laelio-Cattleya x 

 1 Golden Beauty,' and Brasso-Cattlcya x 'Mrs. J. Leemann,' Westonbirt 

 variety. 



Francis Wellesley, Esq., Westfield, Woking: Cattleya lab lata, 'Her 

 Majesty the Queen,' a large pure white flower with a faint tinge of pink 

 on the lip ; and C. Gaskelliana 1 Delight,' fine in shape, white with a 

 small rose spot on the lip. 



J. Forster Alcock, Esq. : three hybrid Cypripediums. 



G. P. Walker, Esq. : Laelio-Cattleya x ' Hetherwood.' 



H. H. Armitage, Esq., Sheffield : Cattleya Dowiana aurea x C. 

 1 Viictoria Regina.' 



W. P. Horton, Esq., Seaford : hybrid Cypripediums. 



Orchid Committee, November 24, 1908. 



Mr. J. Gurney Fowler in the Chair, and twenty-two members 



present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, for hybrid Cypripediums, &c. 



To Messrs. Charlesworth, Hayward's Heath, for Laelio-Cattleyas, &c. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Hugh Low, Enfield, for a group. 



To Messrs. Cypher, Cheltenham, for Cypripediums. 



To Messrs. Heath, Cheltenham, for a group. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Cyprijiedium x ' Dreadnought ' (' Troilus ' x insujne ' Harefield 

 Hall ') (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Sander, St. Albans. A noble 

 flower, and a great improvement on C. x ' Aeson ' giganteum, which is 

 its nearest ally. Dorsal sepal over three inches wide, gamboge-yellow, 

 spotted with light purple on the lower half, white above ; petals and lip 

 pale yellow, tinged and veined with light purple. (Fig. 129.) 



To Vanda coeridea, var. ' R. Chollet ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Sander, St. Albans. A fine round flower, tinged and veined with violet. 



Award of Merit. 



To Cypripedium x 1 Arethusa ' (' Milo ' x nitens Sallierii aureum) 

 (votes, unanimous), from Lieut.-Colonel G. L. Holford, CLE., C.V.O. , 

 Westonbirt (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander). A handsome yellow flower, with the 

 upper half of the dorsal sepal pure white, the base being greenish-yellow 

 with rose spots. (Fig. 130.) 



To Odoutoglossum x Groganiac (Edivardii x Uro-Skinneri) (votes, 

 unanimous), from J. Hubert Grogan, Esq., Slaney Park, Baltinglass, Co. 

 Wicklow, Ireland. Flowers on stout branched spikes, purple with rosy- 

 mauve lip having a yellow crest. 



