peduncle is erect. At present we have only seen it bearing a single flower, but as 
we have seen both its parents produce two flowers, this plant may also be twin- 
flowered, when it becomes strong. The flowers are large and brilliantly coloured, 
the dorsal sepal very broad, the whole central part being rich crimson with 
darker veins, and the apex snowy white; the lower sepal is much smaller, greenish 
white, veined with green, Petals deflexed, the basal part yellowish green, freckled 
with blackish spots, and the edges ornamented with black hairs, the tips violet- 
purple ; the lip is brown, shaded with purple on the upper side, paler beneath. Its 
flowers last a very long time in beauty. : 
This plant should be grown in a pot, and raised somewhat above the rim, 
the soil it requires being a mixture of light turfy loam, good peat fibre, some 
small nodules of charcoal, and a little sharp sand, the whole well mixed together. 
Before potting let the drainage be arranged in good working order, as the plant 
requires a liberal supply of water during the whole season. | 
AWARDS MADE BY THE OrcHID CoMMITTEE oF THE Royat HorticuLTURAL SocrETY 
FOR THE FIRST QUARTER IN THE YEAR 1891.—January 3rd, Award of Merit to Messrs. 
Sander and Co., St. Albans, Herts, for Lelia anceps Ballantiniana, a soft, delicate 
flower, with rosy pink sepals, and broad large petals of a deeper hue, especially 
towards the tips; lip intense rich maroon-crimson with a rich yellow crest. To the 
Right Hon. J. Chamberlain, Esq., Highbury, Birmingham, for Lelia anceps grandi- 
flora, a bold and massive flower, remarkable for the breadth of its sepals and petals, 
which are dark rose in colour; lip very dark crimson, the throat and side lobes 
yellowish streaked with crimson. 
February 10th, First Class Certificate to Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, The 
Nurseries, King’s Road, Chelsea, for Cypripedium Creon, a hybrid between C. enanthum 
superbum and C. Harrisianum superbum. It seems to be fairly intermediate 
between its parents, but we think, as shown, it missed the beauties of either; it 
was twin-flowered, and, perhaps, when it blooms again it may be seen to better 
advantage. 
Award of Merit to Thos. Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield, Manchester, 
for Cattleya Triane plumosa, a very handsome form of the species, having the 
sepals and petals of a dark rose, median band in the latter of an intense rich 
rose; the lip crimson with a rich yellow throat. To Mr. Wm. Whiteley, The 
Nurseries, Hillingdon, for Odontoglossum triumphans, a form with large flowers, 
having the ground colour rich golden yellow, heavily marked with transverse 
streaks and blotches of chocolate-brown, but we have seen a much darker form. 
(Continued under Plate 427). 
