CXCiv PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
To Cattleya x ' Venus,' Orchidhurst variety (Iris x Dowiana 
aurea) (votes unanimous), from Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Orchid- 
hurst, Tunbridge Wells. Flowers of good shape, bronzy-yellow, with 
ruby-crimson lip, having orange markings on the base and isthmus 
between the short side lobes and expanded front. 
To Sophrolaelio cattleya x 'Lutetia' (S.-l.-c. x ' Sandhage ' X C. x 
'Fabia') (votes unanimous), from Messrs. Charlesworth, Hay wards 
Heath. Sepals gold-bronze colour with a violet shade, petals rose- 
purple with reddish tips. Lip dark claret, with orange centre and 
yellow lines at the base. 
Other Exhibits. 
R. Windsor Rickards, Esq., Usk Priory, Monmouthshire : rare 
Cypripediums and Odontoglossum x ' Albion 1 rubescens. 
R. G. Thwaites, Esq., Streatham : varieties of Laeliocattleya x 
luminosa. 
Mr. C. F. Waters, Balcombe : Vanda coerulea. 
Messrs. Flory & Black, Slough : Cirrhopetalum Rothschildianum. 
Orchid Committee, October 24, 1916. 
Sir Harry J. Veitch in the Chair, and eighteen members present. 
Awards Recommended :— 
Gold Medal. 
To Messrs. Charlesworth, Haywards Heath, for a fine group of 
hybrids, including over 100 specimens of the orange-scarlet Epidendrum 
vitellinum autumnale. 
Silver Flora Medal. 
To Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, for hybrids and rare species. 
To Messrs. Hassall, Southgate, for hybrid Cattleyas. 
Silver Banksian Medal. 
To Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells, for new hybrids. 
To Messrs. Flory & Black, Slough, for Cattleyas and Laeliocattleyas. 
First-class Certificate. 
To Odontoglossum x ' Menier ' (gandavense x amabile) (votes unani- 
mous), from Ernest G. Mocatta, Esq., Wo burn Place, Addlestone 
(gr. Mr. Stevenson). The original form, shown previously in its early 
stage by Mr. Mocatta. A very fine Odontoglossum. The stout spike 
bore thirteen large chocolate-claret flowers, with white tips to the 
segments. 
To Cattleya x ' Thebes 1 var. ' Britannia ' (' Adula ' x Dowiana 
aurea) (votes unanimous), from Messrs. Sander, St. Albans. One of 
the best yellow-petalled Cattleyas. Flowers large and of good sub- 
stance, cowslip-yellow, with ruby-red lip tinged with purple in front. 
