ORCHID COMMITTEE, MAY 25. 



XCIX 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. F. J. Thorne (gr. to Major Joicey, Sunningdale), for 

 Anguloa Kuckerii, with six fine flowers from one growth. 



To Mr. E. Johnson (gr. to Thos. Statter, Esq., Stand 

 Hall, Manchester), for Cypripedium x Macrochilum giganteum 

 superbum. 



Other Exhibits. 



Welbore S. Ellis, Esq., Dorking (gr. Mr. Barrell), sent a fine 

 group of Odontoglossum crispum and Miltonia vexillaria. 



Messrs. Linden, Brussels, sent spikes.of Odontoglossums, &c. 



W. G. Soper, Esq., Caterham Valley (gr. Mr. A. Wood), 

 showed Miltonia vexillaria. 



Reginald Young, Esq., Liverpool, sent Cypripedium x ' Belus ' 

 (Harrisianum nigrum $ Mastersianum £ ). 



Mr. John Robson Rowdon, Cheshire, sent a form of Odonto. 

 glossum x Rochfordianum (Adrians). 



Orchid Committee, Temple Gardens, May 25, 1898. 



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

 present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



The list of Cups and Medals awarded by the Council will be 

 found on p. lvi. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Cattleya Mendelii ' Oakes Ames ' (votes, 9 for, 8 against), 

 from Messrs. Hugh Low, Clapton. Fine in colour, the petals 

 bearing a crimson feather. (Fig. 49.) 



To Odontoglossum x Adrians venustum (votes, 10 for, 8 

 against), from Messrs. Linden, Brussels. A densely spotted 

 hybrid of 0. Hunnewellianum. 



To Odontoglossum x crispo-Harryanum (votes, 9 for, 4 

 against), from Mr. C. Vuylsteke, Loochristy, Ghent. A garden 

 hybrid resembling a pale 0. Harryanum. 



To Laelio-Cattleya x ' Admiral Dewey' (C. Warneri formosa 

 xL.-C. elegans) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Charlesworth, 



