XCV111 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Orchid Committee, May 10, 1898. 



Henry Little, Esq., in the Chair, and sixteen members 

 present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver Gilt Flora Medal. 

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



Silver Banksian Medal. 

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



First-class Certificate. 



To Spathoglottis x aureo-Yeillardii (votes, unanimous), from 

 Messrs. Jas. Veitch. (See vol. xxi. p. xcv.) 



To Lgelio-Cattleya x ' Hippolyta,' Dulcote variety (votes, 

 unanimous), from Walter Cobb, Esq., Dulcote, Tunbridge Wells 

 (gr. Mr. J. Howes). (See vol. xxi. p. xci.) 



Award of Merit. 



To Laelio-Cattleya x ' Fascinator ' (L. purpurata x C. 

 Schroder*) (votes, 8 for, 2 against), from C. L. N. Ingram, 

 Esq., Godalming (gr. Mr. T. W. Bond). Much like L.-C. x 

 1 Aphrodite ' (L. purpurata x C. Mendelii). 



Award of Merit. 



To Sophro-Cattleya x ' George Hardy ' ( Sophronitis grandinora 

 x Cattleya Acklandia?) (votes, unanimous). A pretty dwarf 

 hybrid with reddish scarlet flowers, from Fred. Hardy, Esq., 

 Tyntesfield, Ashton-on-Mersey (gr. Mr. T. Stafford). 



To Cattleya intermedia, Fowler's variety (votes, unani- 

 mous), from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, Soutb 

 Woodford (gr. Mr. J. Davis). A large form, blush- white in 

 colour, with a purplish crimson front to the lip. It bore a 

 general resemblance to a good form of L.-C. x Schilleriana, but 

 the polliniae were of typical Cattleya. 



Botanical Certificate. 



To Epidendrum chitagense, from F. W. Moore, Esq., Royal 

 Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Flowers yellow with purple spots. 



