lxvi PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



ORCHID COMMITTEE. 



January 5, 1915. 



Mr. J. Gurney Fowler in the Chair, and twenty-two members 



present. 



Awards Recommended : — 



Silver Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. Charlesworth. Haywards Heath, for hybrid orchids. 

 To Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells, for Cattleya X 

 ' Maggie Raphael ' alba and other winter-flowering hybrids. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, for hybrids and rare species. 

 To Messrs. McBean, Cooksbridge, for Cymbidiums &c. 

 To Messrs. J. Cypher, Cheltenham, for Cypripediums. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Cypripedium x ' Christopher ' var. ' Grand Duke Nicholas ' 

 (' Actaeus ' var. 1 Miss F. H. Cann ' X Leeanum ' Corona ') (votes, 

 14 for, 4 against), from G. F. Moore, Esq., Chardwar, Bourton-on-the- 

 Water (gr. Mr. Page) . Flower large, whitish green, with the greater 

 part of the dorsal sepal pure white, sparsely spotted with purple. 



Award of Merit. 



To Cypripedium x ' Pyramus ' var. ' Chardwar Ideal ' (' Hera 

 Euryades ' X 'Mrs. Win. Mostyn ') (votes, 13 for, 3 against) , from 

 G. F. Moore, Esq. Resembling C. X ' Hera Euryades.' Petals and 

 lip yellow, tinged mahogany-brown. Dorsal sepal white, closely 

 blotched with purple. 



To Odontoglossum X eximium xanthotes (ardentissimum X crispum) 

 (votes unanimous), from Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bt., Gatton Park 

 (gr. Mr. Collier). Flowers pure white, with an occasional orange spot, 

 as in the 1 xanthotes ' varieties of both parents. 



To Cymbidium x Coningsbyanum, Brockhurst variety (grandi- 

 florum X insigne) (votes, 13 for, 1 against), from F. J. Hanbury, Esq., 

 Brockhurst, East Grinstead. Flowers on erect spikes, large, cream- 

 white, with rose-purple markings. 



To Cypripedium x Arthurianum, Langley variety (Fairrieanum 

 X insigne ' Harefield Hall') (votes, 13 for, 1 against), from Messrs. 

 Flory & Black, Slough. Larger and more heavily marked than the 

 original, which was awarded F.C.C., Oct. 10, 1SS2. The variety now 

 shown had the broad dorsal sepal white, with green base and large 

 rose-purple blotches. 

 Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. Collier, gr. to Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bt., for a fine 

 specimen of Odontoglossum X eximium xanthotes with twenty-seven 

 flowers. 



