Ivi PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



ORCHID COMMITTEE. 



January 3, 1911. 

 Mr. J. GuRNEY Fowler in the Chair, and sixteen members present. 



Awards Recommended : - 



Gold Medal. 



To Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells, for a large 

 group of Cypripediums, including 500 plants of about 200 varieties. 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 



To E. G. Thwaites, Esq., Chessington, Streatham (gr. Mr. J. M. 

 Black), for hybrid Gattleyas, Odontiodas, &c. 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. J. Gypher, Gheltenham, for Gypripediums. 

 To Messrs. Stuart Low, for a group. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Jas. Veitch, Ghelsea, for hybrid Gypripediums. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Laeliocattleya x Cranstounae, Westonbirt variety (C Harris- 

 oniana x L. tenehrosa, Walton Grange variety) (votes, unanimous), 

 from Lieut-Gol. Sir George L. Holford, K.G.V.O. A very fine hybrid 

 with flowers of large size and firm substance. Sepals and petals 

 primrose yellow; lip white with a veined rose-purple blotch on each 

 side of the tube. The spike bore six flowers. (Fig. 80.) 



Award of Merit. 



To Odontioda x CooTcsoniae {C. Noezliana x 0. x ardentissimum) 

 (votes, unanimous), from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, South 

 Woodford (gr. Mr. J. Davis). Flowers deep blood-red with a faint indi- 

 cation of white on the margins of the petals, and a pale rose tint on the 

 Up. 



Cultural Commendation. 



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

 men of Cypripedium x chrysotoxum ' Victor ' with nine flowers. 



Other Exhibits. 



J. Guruey Fowler, Esq. : Cypripedium x Leeanum var. * J. Gurney 

 Fowler, ' 



Lieut. -Gol. Sir George L. Holford, K.G.V.O. : hybrid Gypripedium. 

 Francis Wellesley, Esq. : three new Gypripediums. 

 H. S. GoodSon, Esq. : Odontoglossums. 



