clxxvi PROCEEDINGS OF THE KOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Orchid Committee, August 31, 1909. 

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



Awards Recommended. 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Lieut.-Col. G. L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O., Westonbirt (gr., Mr. 

 H. G. Alexander), for hybrid Cattleyas and Laeliocattleyas. 



To H. S. Goodson, Esq., Putney (gr., Mr. Day), for a group. 



To Messrs. Charlesworth, Haywards Heath, for hybrids and rare 

 species. 



To Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, for a group. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Stuart Low, Bush Hill Park, for a group. 



Award of Merit. 



To Laeliocattley a x ' Golden Oriole,' Westonbirt variety (L.-c. Gharles- 

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

 Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O. Sepals and petals bright chrome yellow ; lip 

 ruby-red veined with gold from the base to the centre. 



To Sophrocattleya x Blackii (S. grandiflora x C. Hardy ana) (votes, 

 unanimous), from R. G. Thwaites, Esq., Streatham (gr., Mr. Black). 

 Resembling a dark form of Sophrocattleya x ' Doris.' Flowers dark scarlet 

 tinted with cherry-red. 



Botanical Certificate. 



To Dendrobium muricatum, from F. W. Moore, Esq., Royal Botanic 

 Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin. A remarkable species from New Caledonia, 

 in growth resembling an Eria, and having short conical pseudo-bulbs, each 

 furnished with a fleshy green leaf. The inflorescence springs from near 

 the apex of the pseudo-bulb, and bears on the outer half a raceme of 

 fifteen flowers, each an inch across, whitish mottled with chocolate 

 purple, the crimped front of the narrow lip being yellow. 



To Angraecum ( = Listrostachys) forcipakim, from Sir Trevor 

 Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O , V.M.H. (gr., Mr. White). A singular dwarf 

 species from the Cameroons. Leaves semi-terete, fleshy. Inflorescence 

 erect, bearing eight to ten pellucid white flowers the spurs of which are 

 enlarged at the tips. 



Certificate of Appreciation. 



To Odontioda x Grairiana (Odontoglossum Bossiimajus x Cochlioda 

 Noezliana), from Monsieur H. Graire, Amiens. Growth of Odontoglossum 

 Bossii majus. Inflorescence with several flowers bearing a resemblance 

 to 0. x Bradshaiviac (fig. 34). Sepals and petals tinged with salmon-red ; 

 lip blush-white with yellow crest. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. H. G. Alexander, Orchid grower to Lieut.-Col. G. L. Holford 

 for finely-grown hybrid Orchids. 



