cliV PEOCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Messrs. Hugh Low, Enlield, showed a collection of Orchids. 
Messrs. F. Sander, St. Albans, showed several hybrids of Cypri- 
pedium Hothschildianum, &c. 
Mr. De B. Crawshay, Sevenoaks (gr. Mr. S. Cooke), showed Odonto- 
glossum X crispo-Hallii, var. Crawshayanum ; 0. crispum Crawshay anum, 
and 0. crispum * Mrs. De B. Crawshay.' 
Mr. C. C. Hurst, Burbage, Hinckley, showed a number of seedlings of 
Cypripedium x ' Pluto,' showing remarkable variation in the foliage. 
M. Chas. Maron, Brunoy, France, exhibited seventeen hybrid Cattleyas 
and Lfelio-Cattleyas. 
Sir F. AVigan, Bart., showed hybrid L^elio- Cattleyas, &c. 
C. L. N. Ingram, Esq., Godalming (gr. Mr. T. W. Bond), showed 
Gattleya x ' Firebrand ' (Schilleriana x Lawrenceana). 
Walter Cobb, Esq., Tunbridge Wells (gr. Mr. J. Howes), sent 
Catasetum callosum bearing male and female flowers ; also Cypripedium 
X I'Ansonii. 
A. H. Smee, Esq. (gr. Mr. Humphreys), showed Microstylis congesta. 
Mr. Geo. Hansen, Berkeley, California, very kindly sent his work 
on Hybrid Orchids. 
Orchid Committee, July 25, 1899. 
Harry J. Veitch, Esq., in the Chair, and fifteen members present. 
Awards Recommended :— 
Silver Flora Medal. 
To Messrs. James Veitch, Chelsea, for a group of Orchids. 
First-class Certificate. 
To Sophro-Cattleya x ' Queen Empress ' (Cattleya Mossiae ? Sophron- 
itis grandiflora^) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. James Veitch, 
Chelsea. The finest of the Sophronitis grandiflora hybrids. Sepals 
bright rosy crimson ; petals rosy crimson with darker veining ; lip 
yellow at the base, with purple lines ; front lobe and edges of the side 
lobes bright reddish rosy crimson, the side lobes having a narrow yellow 
margin. (Fig. 80.) 
To Disa X Diores, var. Clio superba (Veitchii x grandiflora) (votes, 
unanimous), from Messrs. James Veitch, Chelsea. Flowers bright 
magenta-crimson, with yellow and purple markings in the centre. 
Award of Merit. 
To Vanda teres ' Gunnersbury Park var.' (votes 8 for, 4 against), from 
Messrs. de Kothschild, Gunnersbury (gr. Mr. George Reynolds). A pretty 
light form, with some resemblance to the hybrid V. x ' Miss Joaquim.' 
Other Exhibits. 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. (gr. Mr. W. H. White), showed Stan- 
hopea aurantiaca, a fine flower of the S. Wardii class. Orange-ye How, 
with blackish spots on the hypoehile. 
