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The Committee again tender their thanks to the Editors of 

 the daily Press for the liberality with which they have published 

 matters in connection with the affairs of the Club. 



Signed on behalf of the Committee. 



Henry Caracciolo. 



On the motion of Mr. Potter seconded by Dr. Rodriguez the 

 reports were unanimously adopted. The meeting then proceeded 

 to the election of officers for the ensuing year. A ballot being 

 taken the following was the result : President : Sir John T. 

 Goldney ; Vice-Presidents: Professor Carmody, F.I.C., F.C.S., 

 Mr. Syl. Devenisb, M.A. 



Mr. F. W. Urich was unanimously re-elected Honorary 

 Secretary and Treasurer. The Finance, Business and Publica- 

 tion Committees were elected. A special vote of thanks was 

 recorded to Mr. II. K. Mole for services rendered to the Publication 

 Committee during the past year. 



At 9 p.m. the meeting adjourned. 



CLUB PAPER. 



FOUR ONCIDIUMS OF TRINIDAD. 



By T. I. Potter. 



OF all the numerous genera of orchids to be found in the 

 Island of Trinidad there are none to compare with the four 

 representatives of the genus Oncidium which form the subject 

 of this paper. 



Among our native orchids we have many beautiful species, 

 but for beauty of bloom and duration of flowers in perfect 

 condition none to surpass these four species, a fact which is proved 

 by the demand for them from abroad. 



There is the beautiful Diacrum bicornutum (known locally 

 as the " Virgin " from a fancied resemblance in the shape of the 

 column to a statue of The Holy Mother) with its almost white 

 sweetly scented blossoms which in the dry season adorns the 

 rugged and waterworn rocks of the Bocas and North Coast. 

 Then again the curious white waxy slipper shaped pair of (lowers 

 of Stcmhopea grandiflora relieves the gloom of the dense forest 

 and attracts the solitary bees in large numbers by its rich 



