CClxx PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Orchid Committee, November 9, 1909. 



Mr. Harry J. Veitch, V.M.H., in the Chair, and nineteen members 



present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver Flora Medal. 

 To His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim (gr. Mr. Hunter), 

 for a group of Vanda coerulea. and Oncidiums. 



To Messrs. Charlesworth, Haywards Heath, for a group. 



Silver Banksian Medal, 



To Messrs. Stuart Low, Bush Hill Park, for Cattleyas, &c, including 

 white forms of C. labiata. 



To Messrs. Jas. Cypher, Cheltenham, for Cypripediums. 



To E. Rogerson, West Didsbury, Manchester (gr. Mr. W. C. Price), 

 for hybrid Cypripediums. 



To Mr. E. V. Low, Haywards Heath, for white Gattleya labiata, &c. 



Award of Merit. 



To Laeliocattleya x ' Corunna,' Westonbirt variety (L.-c. x Ingramii x ?) 

 (votes, 12 for, 4 against), from Lieut.-Col. G. L. Holford, CLE., C.V.O. 

 (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander). Taller in growth than L.-c. x Ingramii. 

 Flowers bright magenta-rose with ruby-crimson lip, having gold veining 

 from the base. 



To Laeliocattleya x ' Baroness Schroder ' var. ' Madame Henriette ' 

 (L. Jongheanax C. Trianaei) (votes, 14 for), from Monsieur le Comte 

 Joseph de Hemptinne, St. Denis Westrem, Ghent. Flowers rose-pink 

 and differing from the original form in having a purple feathered line up 

 the petals, and crimson-purple blotch on the yellow lip. 



Other Exhibits. 



Lieut.-Col. G. L. Holford, CLE., C.V.O. : new hybrid Cypripediums. 



Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., V.M.H. (gr. Mr. Collier) : Cattleya x 

 ' Portia ' coerulea, and other Orchids. 



H. S. Goodson, Esq. (gr. Mr. G. E. Day) : two hybrids. 



Francis Wellesley, Esq. (gr. Mr. Hopkins) : hybrid Cypripediums. 



J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. (gr. Mr. J. Davis) : Cyprijpedium x ' Troilus.' 



Monsieur Mertens, Ghent : Odontoglossums. 



R. Brooman- White, Esq. : Odo?itoglossnm crispum varieties. 



G. P. Walker, Esq. (gr. Mr. McGregor) Odontoglossum x 'Jasper' 

 (amabilc x crispum roseum). 



