cclxxii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Orchid Committee, December 22, 1908. 



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



present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver Flora Medal. 

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

 To Messrs. Charlesworth, for a group. 



To. F. Menteith Ogilvie, Esq., Oxford (gr. Mr. Balmforth), for 

 Cypripediums and hybrid Lycastes. 



To Messrs. McBean, Cooksbridge, for Odontoglossums. 



Silver Banhsian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Cypher, Cheltenham, for Cypripediums. 



First-class Certificate. 

 To Odontoglossum x ' Magali Sander ' (Bolfeae x Adrianae 1 F. K. 

 Sander ') (votes, unanimous). A very large and distinct hybrid with broad 

 segments ; flowers white tinged with rose and uniformly blotched with 

 claret. 



To Calanthe x 1 Angela ' (Sedeni burfordiensis x Chapmanii) (votes, 

 unanimous), from Norman C. Cookson, Esq., Oakwood, Wylam (gr. Mr. 

 H. J. Chapman). Lip three-lobed, ruby-crimson ; sepals and petals of 

 a lighter tint of rose-crimson. 



To Cypripedium x ' Antinous ' (' J. Howes ' x 1 Actaeus ') (votes, 

 unanimous), from Lieut.-Col. G. L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O., Westonbirt 

 (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander). Dorsal sepal white, spotted with purple on 

 the lower half, which is greenish ; petals and lip pale yellow, with an 

 obscure green veining. 



Award of Merit. 



To Calanthe x * Norman ' (vestita gigantea x hybrida rubro-oculata), 

 from Norman C. Cookson, Esq. Sepals and petals rose-purple tipped 

 with white ; lip mauve-crimson. 



To Oncidium bicallosum, Sander's variety (votes, unanimous), from 

 Messrs. Sander. Sepals and petals chestnut brown ; lip large, yellow. 



Botanical Certificate. 



To Dendrobium elongatum, from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O. 

 (gr. Mr. W. H. White). A dwarf species from Annam, with the habit of 

 D. cymbidioides. Inflorescence of fifteen flowers, white, the lip having 

 a purple margin and some dark spots. 



To Epidendrum punctiferum, from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. 

 Resembling a small slender E. inversum. Flowers greenish, with purple 

 spots on the lip. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. H. G. Alexander, gr. to Lieut.-Col. G. L. Holford, for the rare 



Coelogyne Moorcana, with two spikes. 



To Mr. H. J. Chapman, gr. to Norman C. Cookson, Esq., for 

 Cypripcdium x Leeanum Clinkaberryanum, with fifteen flowers. 



