lx PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Orchid Committee, April it, 1917. 
Frederick J. Hanbury, Esq., in the Chair, and eight members 
present. 
Awards Recommended :— 
Silver Banksian Medal. 
To Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Orchidhurst, Tunbridge Wells, 
for a group of hybrid Odontiodas and Odontoglossums. 
First-class Certificate. 
To Odontioda X ' Coronation,' Orchidhurst variety (parentage un- 
recorded) (votes 5 for, 1 against), from Messrs. Armstrong & Brown. 
Darker in colour and slightly larger in size than the original, for which 
Mons. Chas. Vuylsteke received a F.C.C. May 23, 1911. The flowers 
of the Orchidhurst variety are over three and a half inches across ; 
the ground colour blush-white, the inner parts of the segments blotched 
with dark red, and the margins tinged with purple. The parentage 
is probably Odontioda X Vuylstekeae crossed with a hybrid Odonto- 
glossum. The fine plant shown bore a four-branched inflorescence 
of forty-nine flowers. 
Other Exhibits. 
Mr. J. E. Shill, The Dell Gardens, Englefi eld Green : Cattleya X 
' Lady Rowena ' (Warneri alba X ' Suzanne Hye de Crom '). 
Messrs. Charlesworth, Haywards Heath : Laeliocattleyas &c. 
Messrs. Sander, St. Albans : white Cattleyas and hybrids. 
Messrs. Stuart Low, Jarvisbrook : Laeliocattleyas and cut spikes 
of Vandas. 
Orchid Committee, April 24, 191 7. 
Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bt., in the Chair, and thirteen members 
present. 
Awards Recommended : — 
Silver Flora Medal. 
To Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells, for hybrid 
Odontoglossums and Odontiodas. 
Silver Banksian Medal. 
To Messrs. Charlesworth, Haywards Heath, for Laeliocattleyas 
&c. 
Preliminary Commendation. 
To Odontoglossum crispum var. ' Dreadnought ' (votes unanimous), 
from Messrs. Armstrong & Brown. Obtained by crossing two blotched 
forms of 0. crispum, and resulting, as is often the case, in the blotching 
being merged into an almost self-coloured flower. Sepals and petals 
bright reddish-claret in various shades, margin white. 
