XCviii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Orchid Committee, May 10, 1898. 
Henry Little, Esq., in tlie Chair, and sixteen members 
present. 
Awards Recommended 
Silver Gilt Flora Medal. 
To Messrs. Jas. Yeitch, Chelsea, for a group of Orchids. 
Silver Banksian Medal. 
To Messrs. Hugh Low, Clapton, for a group of Orchids. 
First-class Certificate. 
To Spathoglottis x aureo-Yeillardii (votes, unanimous), from 
Messrs. Jas. Yeitch. (See vol. xxi. p. xcv.) 
To Laelio-Cattleya x ‘ Hippolyta,’ Dulcote variety (votes, 
unanimous), from Walter Cobb, Esq., Dulcote, Tunbridge Wells 
(gr. Mr. J. Howes). (See vol. xxi. p. xci.) 
Award of Merit. 
To Laelio-Cattleya x ‘ Fascinator ’ (L. purpurata x C. 
Schroderse) (votes, 8 for, 2 against), from C. L. N. Ingram, 
Esq., Godaiming (gr. Mr. T. W. Bond). Much like L.-C. x 
‘ Aphrodite ’ (L. purpurata x C. Mendelii). 
Award of Merit. 
To Sophro-Cattleya x ‘ George Hardy ’ (Sophronitis grandiflora 
x Cattleya Acklandise) (votes, unanimous). A pretty dwarf 
hybrid with reddish scarlet flowers, from Fred. Hardy, Esq., 
Tyntesfield, Ashton-on-Mersey (gr. Mr. T. Stafford). 
To Cattleya intermedia, Fowler’s variety (votes, unani¬ 
mous), from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, South 
Woodford (gr. Mr. J. Davis). A large form, blush-white in 
colour, with a purplish crimson front to the lip. It bore a 
general resemblance to a good form of L.-C. x Schilleriana, but 
the polliniae were of typical Cattleya. 
Botanical Certificate. 
. To Epidendrum chitagense, from F. W. Moore, Esq., Royal 
Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin. Flowers yellow with purple spots. 
