Ixxii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



To Laeliocattleya X ' Ariel ' (C. Dowiana aurea x L. Cowanii) 

 (votes unanimous), from Lieut. -Col. Sir Geo. L. Holford. Flowers 

 six to ten on a tall spike, salmon-red, with ruby-red lip. 



To Phalaenopsis x ' Ariadne ' (' Aphrodite ' x Stuartiana) (votes 

 unanimous), from Messrs. Sander, St. Albans. Flowers white, with the 

 spotting on the lateral sepals as in P. Stuartiana. The variety shown 

 was an imported natural hybrid. The original was raised by Messrs. 

 Jas. Veitch, and flowered by them in 1896. 



Other Exhibits. 



Da B. Crawshay, Esq. : Odontoglossums. 



Mons. Jules Hye de Crom : Cypripedium Tracy anum. 



C. J. Lucas, Esq. : Cypripediums. 



Messrs. Davidson : rare Orchids. 



Miss Helen F. M. Sidney : Dendrohmm Ainsworthii. 



Mr. L. Lawrence : Selenipedium Sedeni candiduliim. 



Orchid Committee, March 10, 19 14. 



Sir Harry J. Veitch in the Chair, and twenty members present. 



Awards Recommended : — 



Silver Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. Jas. Veitch, Chelsea, for a group of Dendrobium Wardi- 

 anum, Lycaste Skinneri, and Odontoglossums. 



To Messrs. Charlesworth, Haywards Heath, for hybrids. 

 To Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, for hybrids and rare species. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Stuart Low, Jarvisbrook, Sussex, for hybrids and 

 Dendrobiums. 



To Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells, for hybrid 

 Odontoglossums, Odontiodas, &c. 



To Messrs. J. Cypher, Cheltenham, for a group. 



Bronze Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Flory & Black, Slough, for hybrids. 

 To Messrs. W. B. Hartland, Cork, for a group. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Sophrocattleya x Wellesleyae {S. grandi flora x C. lahiata) 

 (votes unanimous), from Lieut. -Col. Sir Geo. L. Holford, K.C.V.O., 

 Westonbirt (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander). A very beautiful hybrid. 

 Flowers large for its class, scarlet, with a rich cerise-red glow. The 

 inflorescence bore three flowers. 



Award of Merit. 



Laeliocattleya X ' Dulce ' (C. Mendelii x L. anceps Sanderiana) 

 (votes unanimous), from Messrs. Sander. Inflorescence one foot. 



