Ixxii PROCEEDINHR OF THE KOYAL HOETTCTTLTUKAL ROCTRTY. 



Orchid Committee, Februaky 6, 1912. 

 Mr. J. GuRNEY Fowler in the Chair, and eighteen rnemhers present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. W. Baylor Hartland, Cork, for Odontoglossiims and 

 Cypripediums. 



Silver BanJcsian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Charlesworth, for a group. 

 To Messrs. J. Cypher, for Cypripedinms. 

 To Messrs. McBean, for a group. 

 To Messrs. Stuart Low, for a group. 



First-class Certificate. 

 To 0 d onto glos sum x * Merhn ' (parentage unrecorded) (votes, 15 

 for, 2 against), from Lieut. -CoL Sir George L. Holford, K.C.V.O. 

 (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander). Flowers closely approaching the best 

 blotched forms of Odontoglossum crispum; white, with about ten rose- 

 purple blotches on the sepals, and one large irregular blotch, and some 

 smaller ones of a darker shade on the petals ; lip white with yellow 

 crest and some rose-purple blotches. (Fig. 56.) 



Award of Merit. 



To Odontoglossum x * Memoria Lily Neumann ' (parentage un- 

 recorded) (votes, unanimous), from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. (gr. Mr. 

 J. Davis). A beautiful hybrid with the inner two-thirds of the sepals 

 and petals deep claret-purple, with slight white lines, and white tips 

 tinged with rose. Lip white with some dark-purple blotches in front 

 of the yellow crest. 



Other Exhibits. 



Lieut.-Col. Sir George L. Holford, K.C.V.O.: hybrids. 

 Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart, V.M.H. : Odontoglossum x ColUerii 

 (' Phoebe ' x ardentissimum). 



Francis Wellesley, Esq. : hybrids. 



J. Gurney Fowler, Esq.: Odontoglossum crispum 'Olive.' 



Mr. W. A. Manda, St. Albans : four varieties of Cattleya Trianiae. 



Messrs. Hassall : Cypripediums. 



Mr. Tracy, Twickenham : Oncidium anthocrene. 



Orchid Committee, February 20, 1912. 

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



Awards Recommended:— 



Gold Medal. 



To Lieut.-Col. Sir George L. Holford, K.C.V.O., Westonbirt (gr. 

 Mr. H. G. Alexander), for a very fine group. 



