CCxlii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Aioard of Merit. 



To Lcelio-Cattleya x ' Mrs. Chamberlain ' (L. Digbyana x C. cho- 

 coensis) (votes, unanimous), from the Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, 

 M.P., Birmingham (gr. Mr. Mackay). Flower large, lip fringed. Sepals 

 and petals white with a slight blush tint. Disc of lip greenish-yellow ; 

 front pale pink. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. W. H. White, gr. to Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, for 

 a fine plant of the rare East African Angrcecum Kotschyi, cultivated at 

 Burford since its introduction in 1880. 



To Mr. J. Gilbert, gr. to Francis Wellesley, Esq., Westfield, Woking, 

 for a fine plant of Cattlcya x Maroni (velutina x Dowiana aurea) with 

 nine flowers on a spike. 



To Mr. Walters, gr. to H. J. Elwes, Esq., Colesborne Park, for 

 Habcnaria carnea. 



Other Exhibits. 



Baron Sir H. Schroder (gr. Mr. H. Ballantine) showed the original 

 plant of Odontoglossum x Wattianum with a very fine spike of flowers. 



Norman C. Cookson, Esq. (gr. Mr. H. J. Chapman), sent Lcelia pumila 

 prcestans ' Oakwood variety ' ; white slightly tinted with lavender and 

 with a slate -blue front to the lip. 



Mr. Jas. Douglas sent Lcelio-Cattleya x Gottoiana ' Edenside variety.' 



Mr. H. A. Tracy showed Lcelio-Cattleya x 'Proserpine' (L.Dayana x 

 C. velutina). 



H. J. Elwes, Esq., showed Stenoglottis longifolia 1 Colesborne 

 variety.' 



Messrs. B. S. Williams showed Lcelio-Cattleya x ' Henry Greenwood, 

 and Cypripedium x Goiveri. 



A. Heygate, Esq., Milford-on-Sea, sent Cypripedium x 'Francis Hey- 

 gate ' (Charlesworthii x Masters ianum). 



Orchid Committee, November 4, 1902. 

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



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Jas. Veitch, Chelsea, for a collection of hybrid Orchids. 

 To C. H. Feiling, Esq., Southgate (gr. Mr. Stocking), for a large 

 collection of Cypripediums. 



To J. Bradshaw, Esq., Southgate (gr. Mr. Whitelegge), for a group of 



Cattlcya labiata, &0. 



Silver JJanksian Medal. 



To J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebe-lands, South Woodford (gr. Mr. J. 

 Davis), for a group of Orchids, one specimen of Cattlcya labiata having 

 thirty-six fine flowers. 



