CXcii PROCEEDINGS OF THE EOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Okchid Committee, November 21, 1905. 

 Mr. H. J. Veitch in the Chair, and eighteen members present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Charlesworth, Bradford, for a group of hybrid Orchids. 

 To M. Chas. Vuylsteke, Loochristy, Ghent, for hybrid Odontoglossunis. 

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



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Low, Enfield, for a selection of Cypripediums, Cattleyas, &c. 

 To Messrs. Stanley, Southgate, for a group. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Cypripedium x 1 The Baron ' (Hitchensice x nitens 1 Sander's 

 variety ') (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Sander, St. Albans. Dorsal 

 sepal white, spotted with dark rose and with a green base. Petals and lip 

 yellowish, tinged and marked with purple. 



Award of Merit. 



To Disa pulchra ' Tring Park variety ' (votes, unanimous), from the 

 RightjHon. Lord_Rothschild, Tring Park (gr. Mr. A. Dye). Inflorescence 

 a foot in height and bearing ten pale-lilac pink flowers bearing a resem- 

 blance to those of a gladiolus. Native of Griqualand East, South Africa. 



To Mormodes Badium (votes, unanimous), from the Right Hon. Lord 

 Rothschild. The type plant, bearing an erect inflorescence of ruby-red 

 flowers. The yellow variety was shown from Tring Park, January 12, 

 1897, and was voted an Award of Merit. 



To Cypripedium x Thalia giganteum (insigne Chantinii x 'Baron 

 Schroder ') (votes, 9 for, 3 against), from Francis Wellesley, Esq., Westfield, 

 Woking (gr. Mr. Hopkins). Dorsal sepal broader and rounder than in 

 any previously shown ; white, with a green base and many spotted lines 

 of rose-purple colour. (Fig. 62.) 



To Cattleya ' Mrs. Pitt ' var. magnified {Harrisoniana x Doiviana 

 aurea) (votes, 12 for, 2 against), from Major G. L. Holford, Westonbirt 

 (gr. Mr. Alexander). Sepals and petals rose-pink ; lip orange, darkest 

 in the centre. 



To Odontoglossum x Hallio -crispum Theodora (Hallii x crispum 

 roseum) (votes, unanimous), from De B. Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, 

 Sevenoaks (gr. Mr. Stables). Flowers equal to a good 0. crispum, 

 primrose-yellow, spotted with red-brown. 



To Odontoglossum x Phoebe (cirrhosum x crispum) (votes, unanimous), 

 from Messrs. Charlesworth. Flowers nearest to those of 0. cirrhosum, but 

 with broader and shorter segments ; white, tinged with pink and evenly 

 spotted with red dish- brown. 



Cypripedium x Actceus chardwarense {insigne x Leeanum) (votes, 

 unanimous), from G. F. Moore, Esq., Bourton-on-the-Water (gr. Mr. 

 Page). Flowers nearest to C. insigne ; greenish, with white upper half 

 to the dorsal sepal, which has a green base and some purple blotches. 



