Cl PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



ORCHID COMMITTEE. 



May 9, 1911. 



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

 - members present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, for Oattleyas and hybrids. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Stuart Low, for Dendrobiums, Cattleyas, etc. 

 To J. S. Moss, Esq., Bishop's Waltham, for hybrid Odontoglos- 

 sums. 



To Messrs. J. Cypher, Cheltenham, for a gro\ip. 



First-class Certificate. 

 To' Odontoglossum x ilMstrissimu7,n var. ' Queen Mary ' (Lam- 

 heauianum x ardentissimum) (votes, unanimous), from W. Thompson, 

 Esq., Walton Grange (gr. Mr. Stevens). Sepals and petals deep 

 rinous purple, with slight white markings at the bases and margins of 

 the segments. Lip white, marked with purple on the basal half. 



Award of Merit. 



To Miltonia x Hyeana {Bleuana x vexillaria) (votes, 14 for), 

 from F. M. Ogilvie, Esq., Oxford (gr. Mr. Balmforth). Flowers 

 closely resembling M. x Bleuana, tinged with rose-pink. 



To Odontioda x rosefieldiensis (C. Noezliana x 0. triumphans) 

 (votes, 15 for), Irom de B. Crawshay, Esq., Eosefield, Sevenoaks (gr. 

 Mr. Stables). Flowers of a uniform orange-scarlet. Lip whitish, 

 tinged with rose, and with prominent yellow ridges at the base. 



To Odontoglossum x harveng tense Craw shay anum (crispum x 

 triumphans) (votes, unanimous), from de B. Crawshay, Esq. A 

 home-raised form, very superior to the imported natural hybrids. 

 Colour primrose-yellow, blotched with light brown. 



Other Exhibits, 



F. M. Ogilvie, Esq. : Cattleya Meiidelii alba, and other rare orchids. 

 Francis Wellesley, Esq. : Brassocattlaelia x ' King Emperor ' 

 (B.-l. X Dighyano-purpiirata x L.-c. x Domijiiana). 

 Pantia Ealli, Esq. : Cattleya intermedia alba. 

 de B. Crawshay, Esq. : hybrid Odontoglossums. 

 Mr. E. V. Low: a group. 

 Messrs. McBean : a group. 



E. Brooman White, Esq. : spikes of Odontoglossum. 

 Mrs. Norman Cookson : flowers of Odontoglossum. 

 Samuel Larkiu, Esq. : Ljicaste gificnifca. 



