clxviii PKOOEEDING-S OE THE KOYAL HOKTICULTUEAL SOCIETY. 



R. G. Thwaites, Esq. : Odontoglossum. 



Baron Sir H. Schroder : Odontoglossum ' Black Prince.' 



Oechid Committee. 

 At Holland House, July 6, 1909. 

 Me. H. J. Veitch in the Chair, and twenty-one members present. 



[For Cups and Medals awarded by the Council after consultation with 

 the Judges see p. ci.] 



Awards Recommended :— 



First-class Certificate. 



To Laeliocattleya x Martineti ' The Prince ' (L. tenebrosa x C. 

 Mossiae aurantiaca) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Sander, St. Albans. 

 A very fine hybrid with rich bronzy-orange sepals and petals and deep 

 vinous-purple lip. (Fig. 108.) 



Award of Merit. 



To Cattleya Mossiae Wageneri Sanderae (votes, 9 for, 4 against), from 

 Messrs. Sander, St. Albans. A pure white flower of fine shape, the disc 

 of the lip yellow. 



Certificate of Appreciation. 



To Miltonioda x Hamvoodii (Miltonia vexillaria x Cochlioda 

 Noezliana). A new bigeneric hybrid raised by the exhibitors, Messrs. 

 Charlesworth, and still immature. The very small plant bore one flower 

 about two inches in length. Sepals and broader petals bright cerise- 

 rose ; lip cream-white freckled with rose. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. G. E. Day (gr. to H. S. Goodson, Esq., Putney), for a 



specimen of the white Cattleya Mossiae Wageneri with seventeen 

 flowers. 



Other Exhibits. 



Lieut.-Col. G. L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O. (gr., Mr. H. G. Alexander) : 

 the large-flowered, blotched Odontoglossum crispum ' Sappho.' 



Mr. G. Bornemann, Blankenburg, Harz, Germany : an interesting 

 collection of spikes of hybrid Disas. 



Oechid Committee, July 20, 1909. 

 Mr. H. J. Veitch in the Chair, and twenty-two members present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver Flora Medal. 

 To F. M. Ogilvie, Esq., The Shrubbery, Oxford (gr., Mr. Balmforth), 

 for Odontoglossums and Miltonia vexillaria. 



