CCxii PEOCEEDINGS OF THE EOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
ORCHID COMMITTEE. 
Oechid Committee, October 9, 1900. 
Harry J. Veitch, Esq., in the Chair, and fifteen members present. 
Awards Recommended. 
Aioard of Merit. 
To Lseha pumila, ' Bush Hill ' variety (votes, unanimous), from 
Messrs. Hugh Low. Flowers white, with a pink tinge on the front 
of the labellum. 
Botanical Certificate. 
To Cirrhopetalum maculosum guttulatum, from Sir Trevor Lawrence, 
Bart., Burford (gr. Mr. W. H. White). A good variety of the plant 
known in gardens as Bulbophyllum umbellatum. Flowers cream- white 
spotted with light purple. 
To Gongora nigrita, from the Eoyal Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, 
Dublin. Flowers cream-white blotched with purple. Native of Guiana. 
Other Exhibits. 
The Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, M.P., Highbury, Birmingham 
(gr. Mr. Smith), staged an interesting group composed of Cattleya 
Bowringiana, and hybrids of it, including the typical Cattleya x Mantini 
(Bowringiana x Dowiana aurea), and C. x Mantini superba, a very rich 
crimson-purple form of it ; also Cattleya x Bowringiano-velutina, var. 
' Hilda,' with rose-purple flowers, the circular-fronted labellum being 
formed like C. velutina. Also in the group were Laelio-Cattleya x ' Duke 
of York ' (L.-C. X elegans x C. x Brymeriana), Cattleya x ' Minucia ' 
(Loddigesii x Warscewiczii), and Dendrobium Phal^enopsis, 'Chamber 
Iain's ' variety. 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. (gr. Mr. W. H. White), showed Maxillaria 
striata, Angr^pcum citratum, a fine rose-tinted form of Vanda Sanderiana,. 
Epidendrum sceptrum, and Masdevallia x Ajax superba. 
The Hon. Walter Rothschild, Tring Park (gr. Mr. E. Hill), showed 
Cattleya x Maroni, ' Tring Park ' variety (velutina x Dowiana aurea). 
W. E. Brymer, Esq., M.P., Dorchester, sent a Lfi^lio-Cattleya (C. 
Mendeli x-L.-C. x elegans). 
Sir Frederick Wigan, Bart. (gr. Mr. W. H. Young), showed flowers of 
Cattleya labiata, ' The Puritan ' (white, with pink front to the lip), and 
LjbHo- Cattleya x Ingrami (L. Dayana x C. Dowiana aurea). 
Henry Little, Esq., Baronshalt, Twickenham (gr. Mr. Howard) , showed 
varieties of Cattleya Dowiana aurea. 
Captain Holford, Westonbirt (gr. Mr. Chapman), showed good 
Dendrobium Phahenopsis. 
Messrs. Jas. Veitch sent Cattleya x ' Chloe ' (Bowringiana x bicolor). 
