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ccviii [208] PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

Cultural Commendation.

To Mr. G. G. Whitelegge (gr. to J. Bradshaw, Esq.), for a very large
specimen of Cattleya × Mantinii.

To Mr. W. H. White (gr. to Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart.), for a fine
specimen of Angræcum distichum.

To Messrs. Sander & Sons, for Cymbidium Tracyanum magnificum
with five spikes.

To Messrs. McBean, Cooksbridge, for Cattleya Bowringiana with
twenty spikes.

Diploma Awards:—

Cattleya labiata.

First Diploma: To Cattleya labiata, 'Captain J. F. Laycock,' from
Captain Laycock.

Second Diploma: To Cattleya labiata 'Hector,' from J. Bradshaw,
Esq.

Cattleya labiata (hybrids).

First Diploma: To Cattleya × Fabia Bradshawiæ, from J. Bradshaw,
Esq.

Second Diploma: To Cattleya × Fabia, 'Fowler's variety,' from
J. Gurney Fowler, Esq.

Sophronitis grandiflora (hybrids).

First Diploma: To Sophro-Cattleya × eximia, from J. Gurney
Fowler, Esq.

Dendrobium Phalænopsis.

First Diploma: To Dendrobium Phalænopsis 'Miss Louisa Dean,'
from G. F. Moore, Esq.

Other Exhibits.

Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., sent hybrid Cattleyas.

The Marquis de Wavrin sent Cattleya × 'Adrienne de Wavrin'
(maxima × Warscewiczii).

Mr. Mertens, Ghent, sent hybrid Orchids.

Messrs. Hugh Low & Co. staged a group.

Messrs. Stanley Ashton & Co. showed a collection of Cattleyas &c.

Francis Wellesley, Esq., showed Cypripedium × 'Shelba,' 'Westfield
variety' (Harrisianum superbum × triumphans.) A fine dark hybrid,
and others.

Jeremiah Colman, Esq., staged a selection of Cattleya labiata and
hybrids.

ORCHID COMMITTEE, NOVEMBER 20, 1906.

Mr. J. GURNEY FOWLER in the Chair, and twenty-one members present.

Awards Recommended:—

Silver-gilt Flora Medal.

To Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Heaton, Bradford, for a group of
hybrid Orchids.