7 -2 (5 IlEPORTS OF THE FLORAL COMMITTEE, 



XCIL— REPORTS OF THE FLORAL 



COMMITTEE, 



8th October, 1862. 



{Continued from p. 692.) 

 INTER"^rATiONAL FRUIT SHOW. 



October 8th. — The Sul>comraittee which met on this occasiou 



made the following awai'ds : 



Phalaenopsis Lowii:— from Messrs. Low & Co., Clapton. A 



very pretty and distinct epiphyte from Moulmein, with the general 

 aspect, in the flowers, of P. Schilleriana. The plants, as yet 

 weak, w^ere small, with elliptic acute leaves channelled down the 

 centre, and somewhat recurved at the tip; the flowers roseate: the 

 sepals ovate, and, as well as the broad roundish petals, hlush; 

 the lip yellow at the hase, purple in front, its sides deflected, so 

 that it appeared hroadly linear, blunt, with a prominent raised 

 plate on the face towards the apex; and the column furnished 

 with a long linear incurved beak- It was awarded a Fieist- 

 Class CERTiFiCATJi:, A plant of the same species from J, Day, 

 Esq., of Tottenham, arrived too late for entry. 



Araucaria Cunninghamii glaucai—from Mr, Bull, Chelsea. 



A handsome conservatory shrub, with quite the habit of ^. Cun- 

 niughmniij but with the branches and foliage distinctly glaucous. 



It was stated to come from Port Molle, and was awarded a First- 

 Class Ceutificate. 



Gleichenia (glauca) : — from Messrs. Veitch & Son, Exeter 

 and Chelsea. An elegant form of the small-leaved division of 

 GlelcheniaSy remarkably glaucous on the under side, and shown 

 unJer the name of Gleichenia glauca, which, however, belongs to 

 quite a different plant. It was not mature, but is probably a 

 form of G, circinata, commonly called G» microphylla, A 

 Fjrst-Class Ceuttficatje was awarded to it. 



Drynaria diversifolia:— from Messrs. Veitch & Son. This 



was shown under the name of D. Hillii, and had been imported 

 from Jloreton Bay. It is one of the fine polypodiaceous ferns 

 which, besides their fructifying fronds, bear short sterile sessile ones, 

 in form resembling more or less closely the leaves of the oakr As 



