lxvi PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Award of Merit. 



To Laeliocattleya x 1 Goldfinch ' superb a (L.-c. warnhamiensis x 

 C. Dowiana aurea) (votes, 20 for, 1 against), from Lieut. -Col. G. L. 

 Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O. (gr. Mr. Alexander). A profuse-flowering hybrid 

 with bright yellow flowers with crimson-purple lips bearing orange lines 

 at the base. 



To Cypripedium x ' Leander,' Exhims variety (villosum x Leeanum) 

 (votes, 14 for, 7 against), from J. Forster Alcock, Esq., Exhims, North- 

 church. Dorsal sepal white spotted with purple. Lip and petals greenish- 

 yellow tinged with purple. 



Other Exhibits. 



His Grace the Duke of Marlborough : Cattleya Trianaei, Blenheim 

 variety. 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O. : Epidendrum erubescens. 



Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart. : rare Orchids. 



Sir W. Marriott : two Sophrocattleyas. 



Lieut.-Col. G. L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O. : hybrids. 



E. G. Thwaites, Esq. : Odontioda Bradshawiae. 



W. Bolton, Esq. : Cypripedium x ' Iris ' magnificum. 



Mr. F. McBean : Odontoglossums and Cattleyas. 



Monsieur Mertens : hybrid Odontoglossums. 



Messrs. Armstrong & Brown : Cypripedium x ' Hera.' 



Messrs. Duchesne, Belgium : Cattleya Schroderae ' The Giant.' 



Orchid Committee, February 23, 1909. 

 Mr. Harry J. Veitch in the Chair, and twenty-six members present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, for a group in which the hybrid 

 Odontoglossums and Phalaenopsis Schilleriana were remarkable. 



Silver Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. Charlesworth, Hayward's Heath, for hybrids. 



Silver Banhsian Medal. 



To Messrs. Cypher, Cheltenham, for a group. 



To Monsieur Mertens, Ghent, for hybrid Odontoglossums. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Laeliocattleya x 'Pizarro,' Westonbirt variety (L. Jongheana x 

 C. Dowiana aurea) (votes, unanimous), from Lieut.-Col. G. L. Holford, 

 CLE., C.V.O. (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander). Flowers as large as those of 

 C. Dowiana, rose coloured, with gold veining on the lip. (Fig. 27.) 



To Cattleya Trianaei Mooreana (votes, 13 for, 5 against), from 

 Lieut.-Col. G. L. Holford, CLE., C.V.O. Flowers of good shape. Sepals 

 and petals silver- white tinged with rose, the petals having a claret-purple 

 band. Lip deep claret-purple with yellow disc. 



