COMMITTEE. 



and aftef this they began to flower freely. The bloom, although 

 diminutive, is very fragrant, and the foliage is ornamental. The 

 largest of the roots when taken up weighed 7 lbs. 2 ozs., 6 lbs. 

 13 ozs., and 6 lbs. 4 ozs. (now, altogether, 19 lbs. 1 oz.) ; while 

 those from the cut sets weighed 4 lbs., o lbs. 3 ozs., and -i lbs. 

 (now, altogether, 9 lbs. 3 ozs.) We have also grown them on our 

 light sandy land very successfully, without any sticl^s, both in this 

 and in last season." One of the roots was 3 feet 9 inches long, 

 and 10 inches in circumference. 



LEEKS.— Mr. Turnee, of Slough, sent two good specimens of 

 the large Rouen, from seed received from the Horticultural 

 Society; also of the Giant, or Alton Castle, the largest of 

 which weighed 2 lbs. 2 ozs. 



XX. REPORTS OF THE FLORAL COMMITTEE. 



November 10th.— The Rev. Joshua Dix in the Chair. 



The following plants were submitted for the opinion of the 

 Committee : — 



Cattleya Dominiana :— from Messrs. Veitch & So^-, Exeter 

 and Chelsea. This was a very beautiful plant, with large flowers 

 resembling C. lahiata, of a pale purplish rose-colour or blush, 

 the lip yellowish towards the base, and delicately veined all over 

 with fcright rich purple. It is one of the two-leaved group. 

 This remarkable production, had been raised by Mr. Dominy, 

 the clever foreman at Messrs. Veitch's, Exeter Nursery, between 

 C. lahiata and C. amethystina, the latter a garden name for one 

 of the forms of C. Loddigesii, so that it is a cross 1)ctween the 

 single-leaved and the two-leaved group. Dr. Lindley remarks 

 that the appendage of the column behind the anther, is that of 

 C. Mo.m(B, not of C. lahiata, and that in general aspect the 

 flowers resemble C. intermedia, another form of C Loddi<jem, 

 but the petals are thin, membranous, and wavy, as in C. lahiata. 

 It obtained a Fikst-Class Cektificate of Merit. 



Nephielaphy Hum pulchrum:— from Messrs. Veitch & Son. 



is a dwarf creeping-stemmed Orchid, with moderate-sized 



This leaves, purple behind, pale dull greyish with a coppery 



and transverselv blotched with dull olive-green on the upper 



