Cl PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Miltonia vexillaria ' The Rev. ¥/. Wilks ' (gigantea x ' Queen 

 Alexandra ') (votes unanimous), from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Bracken- 

 hurst, Pembury (gr. Mr. J. Davis). An extraordinary home-raised 

 variety, of fine size and substance and unique in colour. Flowers 

 delicate peach -blossom colour, slightly darker in the veining, and having 

 a light violet flush at the base of the petals, the crest of the hp being 

 yellow, with hght reddish lines. (Fig. 75.) 



To Odontoma X CJiarlesworthii (0dm. Uro-Skinneri X Miltonia 

 vexillaria) (votes unanimous), from Messrs. Charlesworth, Haywards 

 Heath. Plant in growth intermediate between the parents. 

 Inflorescence erect, bearing four flowers, flatly arranged as in M. 

 vexillaria, and over one inch across. Sepals and petals with white 

 ground, spotted with dark purple. Lip shaped Hke M. vexillaria, 

 bright magenta-rose in front. Crest yellow, with ruby-red markings 

 on white ground in front. 



To Odontoglossum X percultum ' King George ' [Rolfeae X arden- 

 tissimum) (votes, 12 for, i against), from F. Menteith Ogilvie, Esq., 

 Oxford (gr. Mr. Balmforth). The fine form which secured an A.M. 

 July 2, 1912, but now improved. Flowers white, with large transverse 

 purple blotches. The spike bore 12 blooms. 



Award of Merit. 



To Brassocattleya X ' Ilene,' The Dell variety (B.-c. X ' Madame 

 Chas. Maron ' X C. Dowiana) (votes unanimous), from Baron Bruno 

 Schroder, The Dell, Englefield Green (gr. Mr. J. E. Shill). The second 

 crossing with C. Dowiana resulted in a larger flower of firm substance, 

 bright rose, with a yellow disc to the fringed lip. 



Cultural Commendation, 



To Mr. J. Davis (gr. to J. Gurney Fowler, Esq.), for a fine 

 specimen of Cattleya Warscewiczii, with six spikes and twenty-three 

 flowers. 



To Mr. W. H. White, Orchid-grower to Ehzabeth Lady Lawrence, 

 Burford, for a specimen of Odontoglossum Pescatorei with five branched 

 spikes of white flowers. 



Other Exhibits. 



F. Menteith Ogilvie, Esq. : Odontoglossum Uro-anthum [Kegeljani 

 (polyxanthum) X Uro-Skinneri). 



E. R. Ashton, Esq. : Odontioda x Hemptinneana, Broadlands 

 variety, and Sophrolaeliocattleya X * Sibyl.' 



H. S. Goodson, Esq. : Odontoglossum x ' Snowflake.' 



Messrs. Flory & Black : Cattleya Gaskelliana alba and other Orchids. 



Messrs. McBean : a group. 



