ORCHID COMMITTEE, MAY 25. 
XC1X 
Cultural Commendation. 
To Mr. F. J. Thorne (gr. to Major Joicey, Sunningdale), for 
Anguloa Ruckerii, with six fine flowers from one growth. 
To Mr. R. Johnson (gr. to Thos. Statter, Esq., Stand 
Hall, Manchester), for Cypripedium x Macrochilum giganteum 
superbum. 
Other Exhibits. 
Welbore S. Ellis, Esq., Dorking (gr. Mr. Barrell), sent a fine 
group of Odontoglossum crispum and Miltonia vexillaria. 
Messrs. Linden, Brussels, sent spikes of Odontoglossums, &c. 
W. G. Soper, Esq., Caterham Valley (gr. Mr. A. Wood), 
showed Miltonia vexillaria. 
Reginald Young, Esq., Liverpool, sent Cypripedium x ‘ Belus ’ 
(Harrisianum nigrum $ Mastersianum J). 
Mr. John Robson Rowdon, Cheshire, sent a form of Odonto¬ 
glossum x Rochfordianum (Adrian®). 
Orchid Committee, Temple Gardens, May 25, 1898. 
Henry Little, Esq., in the Chair, and eighteen members 
present. 
Awards Recommended 
The list of Cups and Medals awarded by the Council will be 
found on p. lvi. 
First-class Certificate. 
To Cattleya Mendelii ‘ Oakes Ames ’ (votes, 9 for, 8 against), 
from Messrs. Hugh Low, Clapton. Fine in colour, the petals 
bearing a crimson feather. (Fig. 49.) 
To Odontoglossum x Adrian® venustum (votes, 10 for, 8 
against), from Messrs. Linden, Brussels. A densely spotted 
hybrid of 0. Hunnewellianum. 
To Odontoglossum x crispo-Harryanum (votes, 9 for, 4 
against), from Mr. C. Vuylsteke, Loochristy, Ghent. A garden 
hybrid resembling a pale 0. Harryanum. 
To L®lio-Cattleya x ‘ Admiral Dewey’ (C. Warneri formosa 
xL.-C. elegans) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Charleswo h, 
