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clxx [170] PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

Habit dwarf. Flowers five ona short spike, white, tinged with green on
the speals.

Cultural Commendation.

To Mr. May (gr. to J. B. Joel, Esq., Potter's Bar), for a very large
specimen of Cypripedium Rothschildianum with three spikes, each of
five flowers and one bud.

Other Exhibits.

The Right Hon. Rothschild (gr. Mr. Dye) sent the finely coloured
Lælia purpurata, 'Tring Park variety.'

The Right Hon. Lord Auckland (gr. Mr. Matthews) showed cut spikes
of Lissochilus Krebsii.

Frances Wellesley, Esq. (gr. Mr. Hopkins), sent Lælia purpurata
'Mrs. R. A. H. Mitchell,']] Cattleya-Skinneri 'Minnie,' Cypripedium Lawrenceanum
'Majestas,' and Lælio-Cattleya × Lucia 'Westfield variety.'

Messrs. Hugh Low staged a small group.

Messrs. John Cowan showed Odontoglossum crispum 'Edith Bolton.'

John S. Moss, Esq., sent a good spotted Odontoglossum crispum.

ORCHID COMMITTEE, TEMPLE SHOW, MAY 30, 1905.

Mr. N. C. Cookson in the Chair, and twenty-seven members present.

[For the Cups and Medals awarded by the Council, see page xxiii [23] ].

Awards Recommended:—

First-class Certificate.

To Cattleya citrina maxima (votes, unanimous), from the Marquis de
Wavrin, Somerghem, Belgium (gr. M. de Geest). Flowers very large, rich
yellow, fragrant.

To Zygopetalum Ballii (votes, unanimous), from Elijah Ashworth,
Esq., Harefield Hall (gr. Mr. Holbrook). Probably a natural hybrid of
Zygopetalum rostratum, and resembling the garden hybrid Z. × Roeblingianum.
Flowers white, with purple markings up each of the segments,
and at the base of the lip. (Fig. 49.)

To Odontoglossum × amabile 'Ixion' (Harryano-crispum × crispum)
(votes, unanimous) from M. Chas. Vuylsteke, Loochristy, Ghent. A fine
blush-white flower, with reddish-rose markings on the sepals and petals.
(Fig. 50.)

Award of Merit.

To Odontoglossum × Lawrenceanum 'Adonis' (triumphans × Rolfeæ)
(votes, unanimous), from M. Chas. Vuylsteke. A fine yellow flower,
heavily barred with chocolate-purple. Lip white, with purple marks around
the crest.

To Odontoglossum × loochristyense 'Arddarroch variety' (crispum ×
triumphans) (votes, unanimous), from R. Brooman-White, Esq., Garelochhead,
N. B. Flowers large, the basal ground-colour of the segments
whitish, the apical halves yellow, both colours blotched with chestnut
brown.