clxii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



ORCHID COMMITTEE. 



May 14, 1912. 



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



present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver 'Flora Medal. 



To H. T. Pitt, Esq., Eosslyn, Stamford Hill (gr. Mr. Thurgood), 

 for a group of Miltonia vexillaria and other orchids. 



To Mr. Sidney Flory, Tracy's Nursery, Twickenham, for Oattleyas, 

 hybrid Odontoglossums, &c. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To de B. Grawshay, Esq., Sevenoaks (gr. Mr. Stables), for hybrid 

 Odontoglossums and Odontiodas. 



To Messrs. Hassall, Southgate, for Gattleyas and hybrids. 



To E. G. Thwaites, Esq. (gr. Mr. G. M. Black), for Odontiodas 

 and other hybrids. 



To Messrs. McBean, Oooksbridge, for a group. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Cymbidium x Woodhamsianum, Fowler's variety ( x ehurneo- 

 Lowianum x Lowianum) (votes, unanimous), from J. Gurney Fowler, 

 Esq., Glebelands, South Woodford (gr. Mr. J. Davis). A very fine 

 hybrid with flowers five inches across, and of a clear apricot-yellow 

 colour with a band of chestnut-red inside the margin of the lip. 

 (Fig. 131.) 



Award of Merit. 



To Laeliocattleya x * Apollo ' (C. Schroderae x L.-c. x warn- 

 hamiensis) (votes, 13 for, 2 against), from 0. J. Lucas, Esq., Wam- 

 ham Court, Horsham (gr. Mr. Duncan). A flower of good size; pale 

 nankeen-yellow with orange disc, and pale pink front to the lip. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. W. H. White, Orchid-grower to Sir Trevor Lawrence, 

 Bart., V.M.H., for Dendrohium Loddigesii. It is the D. pulchelluin 

 Hort., D. Seidelianum Eeichb. f. . . 



Other Exhibits. 



Mrs. Norman C. Cookson, Oakwood, Wylam (gr. Mr. H. J. Chap- 

 man), Odontoglossum x 'Solon' var. 'Eoland,' and 0. crispum, 

 blotched variety. 



