70 EEPOETS OF THE FLOKAL COMMITTEE, 



promised as actual donations, principally by her Majesty and his 

 Royal Highness the President of the Society; and (2) that 

 various Fellows and others had agreed to propose different 

 branches of their family, and friends, to the extent of upwards of 

 two hundred, as Life Members, and also to lend above 21,0001. on 

 Debentures; so that, it may be assumed, that above 30,000Z. out of 

 the 50,000Z, required, was subscribed by the 31st of August last. 



XI. REPORTS OF THE FLORAL COMMITTEE. 



{Continued from p. 60.) 

 August 11, 1S69.— The Rev. Joshua Dix in the Chair. 



A large number of objects was exhibited on this occasion, the 

 greater part consisting of Florist's flowers. There were besides, 

 however, among the miscellaneous plants, some of considerable 

 interest, namely : — 



Athyrium Filix-fcemina, var. mnlticeps (ilf oor^) :— from 

 Messrs. Veitch & Son, of Exeter and Chelsea, This was a very 

 handsome addition to the crested forms of hardy Ferns. Its 

 fronds and pinnae were multifid-crisped, on the same general plan 

 as those of the varieties multifidum, corymbi/erum, depauperatum, 

 and others. The present was, however, distinct from any pre- 

 viously known form, and combined the singular lacerate tassels 

 of depauperatum, with the symmetrical fronds of multifidum. It 

 was stated to have been found in Cornwall, some miles from 

 Truro, and both it and a seedling plant had continued constant 

 to its peculiai-ities. The fronds are about two feet long, bipinnate ; 

 the pinnae terminating in large corymbosely multifid-crisped 

 tassels, consisting of narrow lacerate segments, so that the 

 frond is symmetrically tasselled along the margins, while its apex 

 is divided into a large corymbosely branched tuft ; the j^iunules 

 are unequal in size, irregular in form, and inciso-serrate. This 

 plant was awarded a Fiest-Class Certificate of Mekit, as a 

 new and distinct ornamental hardy Fern. 



Hybrid Cattleyas {granulosa xHarrisojiice):— from Messrs. 

 Veitch & Son. These were exceedingly interesting, as affording 

 the first examples of well-marked, and really showy new forms 

 of orchids, produced by hybridizing. The present exhibition, 

 consisting of five seedling plants, the flowers of which had a 



