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cxcii [192] PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

ORCHID COMMITTEE, NOVEMBER 21, 1905.

Mr. H. J. VEITCH in the Chair, and eighteen members present.

Awards Recommended:—

Silver Flora Medal.

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

To M. Chas. Vuylsteke, Loochristy, Ghent, for hybrid Odontoglossums.

To Messrs. Jas. Veitch, Chelsea, for a group.

Silver Banksian Medal.

To Messrs. Low, Enfield, for a selection of Cypripediums, Cattleyas, &c.

To Messrs. Stanley, Southgate, for a group.

First-class Certificate.

To Cypripedium × 'The Baron' (Hitchensiæ × nitens 'Sander's
variety) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Sander, St. Albans. Dorsal
sepal white, spotted with dark rose and with a green base. Petals and lip
yellowish, tinged and marked with purple.

Award of Merit.

To Disa pulchra 'Tring Park variety' (votes, unanimous), from the
Right Hon. Lord Rothschild, Tring Park (gr. Mr. A. Dye). Inflorescence
a foot in height and bearing ten pale-lilac pink flowers bearing a resemblance
to those of a gladiolus. Native of Griqualand East, South Africa.

To Mormodes Badium (votes, unanimous), from the Right Hon. Lord
Rothschild. The type plant, bearing an erect inflorescence of ruby-red
flowers. The yellow variety was shown from Tring Park, January 12,
1897, and was voted an Award of Merit.

To Cypripedium × Thalia giganteum (insigne Chantinii × 'Baron
Schröder) (votes, 9 for, 3 against), from Francis Wellesley, Esq., Westfield,
Woking (gr. Mr. Hopkins). Dorsal sepal broader and rounder than in
any previously shown; white, with a green base and many spotted lines
of rose-purple colour. (Fig. 62.)

To Cattleya 'Mrs. Pitt' var. magnifica (Harrisoniana × Dowiana
aurea) (votes, 12 for, 2 against), from Major G. L. Holford, Westonbirt
(gr. Mr. Alexander). Sepals and petals rose-pink; lip orange, darkest
in the centre.

To Odontoglossum × Hallio-crispum Theodora (Hallii × crispum
roseum) (votes, unanimous), from De B. Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield,
Sevenoaks (gr. Mr. Stables). Flowers equal to a good O. crispum,
primrose-yellow, spotted with red-brown.

To Odontoglossum × Phœbe (cirrhosum × crispum) (votes, unanimous),
from Messrs. Charlesworth. Flowers nearest to those of O. cirrhosum, but
with broader and shorter segments; white, tinged with pink and evenly
spotted with reddish-brown.

Cypripedium × Actaeus chardwarense (insigne × Leeanum) (votes,
unanimous), from G. F. Moore, Esq., Bourton-on-the-Water (gr. Mr.
Page). Flowers nearest to C. insigne; greenish with white upper half
to the dorsal sepal, which has a green base and some purple blotches.