Cll PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Orchid Committee, June 14, 1898. 



Haeey J. Veitch, Esq., in the Chair, and seventeen members 



present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Jas. VeHch, Chelsea, for a fine group of Orchids. 

 To Messrs. Stanley Mobbs & Ashton, Southgate, for a group 

 of Orchids. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Leopold de Rothschild, Esq., Gunnersbury House (gr. 

 Mr. Jas. Hudson), for a noble specimen of LcTelia purpurata with 

 thirty-three flowers, grown from a portion of a plant purchased 

 by Mr. Hudson's father in 1861. 



To Messrs. Hugh Low, Bush Hill Park, for a plant of 

 Odontoglossum crispum named ' Prince of Wales.' The finest 

 of the large white type. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Odontoglossum crispum ' Prince of Wales ' (votes, unani- 

 mous), from Messrs. Hugh Low. (Figs. 51 and 52.) 



To Lselio- Cattleya x ' Eudora ' (Aphrodite) splendens (votes, 

 unanimous), from Messrs. Jas. Veitch. Flowers large ; light 

 rose ; lip purplish crimson. 



To Lselio Cattleya x ' Duke of York ' (L.-C. x elegans x C. 

 x Brymeriana) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. F. Sander, St. 

 Albans. Flowers rose-colour ; Hp rose-purple ; in form re- 

 sembling Cattleya x ' Victoria Regina.' 



Award of Merit. 



To Lselia purpurata Ernestii (votes, unanimous), from R. I. 

 Measures, Esq., Camberwell (gr. Mr. H. J. Chapman). Flowers 

 white with a slight yellow shade ; lip with narrow chocolate 

 lines and pale rose tint on the disc. 



To Scuticaria Hadwenii (votes, unanimous), from Sir 

 Frederick Wigan, Bart., Clare Lawn, East Sheen (gr. Mr. W. H. 

 Young). A fine variety with seven flowers was shown. 



To Cattleya Mossise Reineckiana ' Madonna ' (votes, 12 for, 



