CXC PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
Orchid Committee, August i, 1916. 
Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bt., in the Chair, and fifteen members 
present. 
Awards Recommended : — 
Silver Flora Medal. 
To Messrs. Charlesworth, Haywards Heath, for hybrids. 
Award of Merit. 
To Laeliocattleya x ' General Letchitsky ' (callistoglossa x bletch- 
leyensis) (votes 9 for, 1 against), from Messrs. Charlesworth. Sepals 
and petals bright rose colour, and the lip deep purple, with a narrow 
lilac margin. 
To Laeliocattleya X ' Maqueda' (L.-c. X ' Geo. Woodhams ' X C. X 
' Lord Rothschild ') (votes 10 for, o against), from Messrs. Armstrong 
& Brown, Tunbridge Wells. In this, as in some other Laeliocattleyas 
recently shown, progressive crossing has almost entirely eliminated 
the yellow disc of the lip, which is a prominent feature in Cattleya 
Dowiana, which twice enters into its composition, C. Gaskelliana, C. 
Warscewiczii, and Laelia purpurata, which also took part in the produc- 
tion. Flowers large and of good shape, bright purplish rose, with ruby- 
crimson lip. 
Other Exhibits. 
Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bt., Gatton Park (gr. Mr. Collier) : Laelia X 
eximia, Gatton Park variety. 
Messrs. Flory & Black, Slough : Cattleya X ' Nena ' (' Adula ' X 
Dietrichiana) . 
Messrs. Mansell & Hatcher, Rawdon, Yorks : Cattleya X ' Helen 
Langley ' (' Mrs. Myra Peeters ' X Dusseldorfei ' Undine '). 
Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells : new hybrids. 
Messrs. Charlesworth, Haywards Heath : Laeliocattleya X ' General 
Sakharoff ' (L.-c. x callistoglossa X C. Gaskelliana) and L.-c. x ' Appam ' 
(L.-c. x ' Scylla ' x C. Dowiana aurea). 
Orchid Committee, August 15, 1916. 
Sir Harry J. Veitch in the Chair, and fifteen members present. 
Awards Recommended :• — 
Silver Flora Medal. 
To Messrs. Charlesworth, Haywards Heath, for hybrid Cattleyas and 
Laeliocattleyas. 
Silver Banksian Medal. 
To Messrs. Stuart Low, Jarvisbrook, for showy species and hybrids. 
To Messrs. Hassall, Southgate, for Cattleya x ' Sybil ' and C. x 
' Adula/ 
