RTS or THE FLORAL COMMITTEE, 

 -From Messrs. E, G. Henderson & 



— From Messrs. Low & Co., 5 varieties of C.persicum. 



April 12, 1800.— The Rev. Joshua Dix in the Chair. 

 The following additional donations for the Experimental Floral 

 Department at Chiswick, were minounced as having been 

 received since those reported on March 8th. 

 Mr. W. Chateu, SaiiVon Walden-4S sorts of Hollyhock. 

 Messrs. Iveey & Son, Dorking— 12 sorts of Indiau'Azalea. 

 Messrs. Low & Co., Clapton — 1:5 new Verbenas, and 14 new 

 Petunias of 1860, 34 Bedding Pelargoniums, 9 Bedding 

 Lobelias, 9 Heliotropes, 6 Bouvardias, 35 Fuchsias, 13 

 Tydfeas, 16 Achimenes, 12 Variegated Begonias. 

 Messrs'. Paekee & Williams, Holloway— -12 sorts of Fuchsia, 



(■) Petunias, 5 Achimenes and TydiBas, 4 Bouvardias'. 

 .Air. TuRNEE, Slough— 43 sorts of Flower Seeds, 31 sorts of 



Show Pelargoniums, and 01 other Pelargoniums. 

 Mr. Van Houtte, Ghent — 25 sorts of Achimenes and Tydaea. 

 The plants exhibited on this occasion were :— 

 lycaste Skinneri, var. superba : —From Messrs. Veitch & 

 Son, Clielsea. This beautiful aud very distinct variety, which 

 was shown along with three other imported forms of L. Skinneri, 

 was awarded a First Class Certificate of Merit. The 

 flowers were very handsome; the sepals being of the usual 

 delicate rose or blush colour, the petals an intense rich velvety 

 rose crimson, and the lip white. It had been sent from 

 Guatemala by G. U. Skinner, Esq. The others which accom- 

 panied it, had the lip variously spotted or bordered. 



Vanda gigantea :— from Messrs. Veitch & Son. This was a 

 cut spike about a foot long ; it bore numerous flowers, measuring 



leathery texture ; they were of a palish yellow irregularly r 



tvith cinnamon-coloured, oculate blotches : the 



epals were oblong- 



)vate obtuse, the two lateral ones remarkably keeled behind ; 

 5 petals nearly of the same form but somewhat smaller; and 

 i lip small, narrow, incurved, with two short rounded auricles. 



J awarded a Special Certific. 





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