CCXXXViii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Mr. Ed. Kromer sent Epid&ndrwm floribundum. 



M. Ch. Beranek, Paris, showed Lcelio-Cattleya x ' Lutetia ' (C. 

 vclutina x L.-C. x elegans Turner i). 



H. T. Pitt, Esq., Stamford Hill (gr. Mr. Thurgood), showed a small 

 collection of Orchids. 



Francis Wellesley, Esq. (gr. Mr. Gilbert), showed Lcelio-Cattleya x 

 Scliilleriana ' Westfield variety,' and other Orchids. 



Orchid Committee, October 7, 1902. 

 Mr. Harry J. Veitch in the Chair, and fifteen members present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 



To H. T. Pitt, Esq., Rosslyn, Stamford Hill (gr. Mr. Thurgood), for 

 an extensive group of Orchids. 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Jas. Veitch, Chelsea, for a group of late-flowering hybrid 

 Lrelio-Cattleyas, &c. 



To Walter C. Walker, Esq., Winchmore Hill (gr. Mr. Geo. Cragg), for 

 a group of Odontoglossum crispum. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Charlesworth, Bradford, for a group of hybrid Orchids. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Lcelio-Cattleya x ' Madame Chas. Maron ' (C. Warscewiczii x 

 L. Digbyana) (votes, unanimous), from Baron Sir H. Schroder, The Dell, 

 Egham (gr. Mr. H. Ballantine). A fine large flower with rose-coloured 

 sepals, petals, and front to the finely fringed lip. 



To Sophro-Lcelia x lieatoniensis (S. grandi flora x L. purpurata) 

 (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Charlesworth, Bradford. Flower purplish 

 red ; lip veined purple. (Fig. 281.) 



Award of Merit. 



To Lcelio-Cattleya x * Isis, Rosslyn variety' (C. x Marstersonice x 

 L. pumila) (votes unanimous), from H. T. Pitt, Esq., Rosslyn, Stamford 

 Hill (gr. Mr. Thurgood). Flower formed like C. Loddigesii, which, crossed 

 with C. labiata, produced C. x Marstcrsonue ; but larger, bright rose with 

 claret-crimson marking on the lip. 



To Cattlcya x 1 Firefly ' (Dormaniana x Bowringiana) (votes, 10 for, 

 3 against), from Messrs. Hugh Low, Bush Hill Park. Sepals and petals 

 rose, lip elongated, purple, with very small side lobes clipping the base of 

 the column. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. Jas. Hudson, V.M.H., gr. to Leopold de Rothschild, Esq., 

 (lunnersbury House, Acton, for a finely grown plant of Dendrobium 



