CCXXvi PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



C. L. N. Ingram, Esq., Godalming (gr. Mr. T. W. Bond), 

 sent Cattleya x Comfrey (Lawrenceana x Warsciwiczii). 



J. T. Bennett Poe, Esq., Holmewood, Cheshunt (gr. Mr. 

 Downes), showed Vanda Sanderiana and Cypripedium x Phoenix, 

 of unrecorded parentage. 



Mrs. S. Wood, Moorfield, Glossop, sent Cypripedium x Alcides 

 var. 



S. G. Lutwyche, Esq., Beckenham, sent Cypripedium x 

 pavoninum and C. x Indra. 



Orchid Committee, November 23, 1897. 



Harry J. Veitch, Esq., in the Chair, and eleven members 

 present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver Flora Medal. 



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

 Orchids, principally Cypripediums. 



To Messrs. Hugh Low, Clapton, for a group of Orchids. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, Birmingham (gr. 

 Mr. Smith), for a group of six specimen Cattleyas and Laelio- 

 Cattleyas, amongst them being the beautiful Laelio- Cattleya 

 ' Clive ' (C. Dowiana $ x L. pumila pnestans <$). Sepals and 

 petals bright rose ; lip rich maroon-purple with a golden yellow 

 base marked with fine red lines. (Fig. 134.) 



To Messrs. F. Sander, St. Albans, for a group of Orchids. 



Award of Merit. 



To Cattleya labiata ' White Queen ' (votes, unanimous), from 

 W. P. Burkinshaw, Esq., Hessle, near Hull (gr. Mr. J. Barker). 

 Flowers white, with a lemon -yellow tinge at the base of the lip, 

 and slight trace of pink at its apex. 



To Cypripedium x Beeckmani (stated to be villosum Boxalli 

 superbum x bellatulum) (votes, unanimous). The majority of 

 the Committee doubted the use of C. bellatulum as one of the 

 agents in its production. A massive flower with emerald green 



