lxx PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Orchid Committee, April ii, 1916. 
Mr. J. Gurney Fowler in the Chair, and twenty members present. 
Awards Recommended : — 
Silver Flora Medal. 
To Messrs. Charlesworth, Haywards Heath, for Odontoglossums 
and other hybrids. 
To Messrs. Cypher, Cheltenham, for Cymbidiums, Masdevallias, &c. 
To Messrs. McBean, Cooksbridge, for Cymbidiums and Odonto- 
glossums. 
Silver Banksian Medal. 
To Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, for hybrids and rare species. 
To Messrs. Hassall, Southgate, for Cattleya Schroederae and hybrids. 
First-class Certificate. 
To Laeliocattleya x ' Britannia,' Blenheim variety (L.-c. x Canham- 
iana X C. Warscewiczii ' Ft. M. Beyrodt ') (votes unanimous), from 
His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock 
(Orchid grower Mr. Smith). Flowers nearly 8 inches across. Sepals 
and petals pure white ; lip mauve-purple with a white margin. 
Award of Merit. 
To Odontoglossum X illustrissimum, Shrubbery variety (Lambeau- 
ianum x ardentissimum) (votes unanimous), from F. Menteith 
Ogilvie, Esq., The Shrubbery, Oxford (gr. Mr. Balmforth). Flowers 
rich bronzy claret, with white tips to the segments. 
To Odontioda X ' Joan/ Bryndir variety (Oda. x Charlesworthii 
X Odm. X ardentissimum) (votes 13 for, 4 against), from Dr. Miguel 
Lacroze, Bryndir, Roehampton Lane (gr. Mr. Cresswell). Sepals 
and petals bright magenta rose colour, with a scarlet shade, the crest 
of the lip being yellow. 
To Cypripedium X ' William Lloyd ' var. ' Negro ' (bellatulum X 
Swanianum) (votes unanimous), from Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, 
Tunbridge Wells. One of the darkest-coloured Cypripediums, the 
flowers being blackish maroon with a freckling of rose on the upper 
part of the dorsal sepal. 
To Odontioda x ' Prince Albert ' {Oda. x ' Zephyr ' x Odm. X 
percultum) (votes 15 for, 1 against), from Messrs. Flory & Black, 
Slough. Flowers of fine shape, deep rosy-red, the lip whitish, mottled 
with rose colour. 
Preliminary Commendation. 
To Odontoglossum crispum ' General Petain,' from Messrs. Arm- 
strong & Brown. The small seedling bore one large white flower 
heavily blotched with reddish purple. 
