CCX PROCEEDINGS OF THE EOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



ORCHID COMMITTEE. 



Orchid Committee, July 9, 1907, at Holland House. 

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

 [For Cups and Medals awarded by the Council see p. cxxix.] 



Awards Recommended :— 



First-class Certificate. 



To Laelio-Cattleya x 1 Clive,' ' Lambeau's variety ' (L. pumila 

 praestans x C. Dowiana aurea) (votes, 22 for, 2 against), from Mons. 

 Lambeau, Brussels. A remarkable variation, much taller in growth and 

 larger in flower than other forms. Sepals and petals deep purplish rose, 

 the finely displayed lip ruby-crimson, with thin gold lines from the base 

 to the centre. 



Award of Merit. 



To Cymbidium Humblotii (votes, unanimous), from Mons. A. A. 

 Peeters, Brussels. Flowers bearing a resemblance to those of Coelogyne 

 pandurata ; pale apple -green, with blackish markings on the bases of 

 the petals and the lip (Botanical Certificate, June 7, 1892). 



To Brasso-Cattleya x 'Mary' (B. nodosa grandiflora x C. Law- 

 renceana) (votes, unanimous), from Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton 

 Park (gr. Mr. W. P. Bound). Flowers shaped nearer to those of the 

 Brassavola parent, but larger, cream white, spotted with rose-purple. 

 (Fig. 108.) 



Other Exhibits. 



Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park : a group of Orchids, includ- 

 ing British species. 



Messrs. Sander, St. Albans : rare species and hybrids. 



Messrs. Charlesworth, Bradford : group in which the various Laelio- 

 Cattleyas and hybrid Cattleyas were effectively displayed. 



Messrs. Hugh Low, Enfield : group of Oncidiums, Odontoglossums, &c. 



Messrs. Stanley, Southgate : group of Cattleyas. 



Mrs. Ernest Hills, Redleaf, Penshurst (gr. Mr. Bingham) : a group of 

 Miltonia vexillaria. 



R. I. Measures, Esq., Camberwell (gr. Mr. Smith) : group of over fifty 

 species, varieties, and hybrids. 



Messrs. Jas. Veitch, Chelsea : a group. 



Francis Wellesley, Esq. (gr. Mr. Hopkins) : Cattlcya Warsceiviczii 

 ' Mrs. Francis Wellesley,' a large light-coloured flower of good shape. 



Waiter Cobb, Esq. (gr. Mr. C. J. Salter) : Odontoglossum x 

 Cobbianum. 



