that during the summer months the plant succeeds well in the warm end of the 
Odontoglossum house, hung up close to the roof-glass, but shaded from the direct 
rays of the sun during the hottest part of the day. During the growing season it 
delights in an abundant supply of water to its roots, but the drainage must be in 
good working order, so that it may be carried away quickly, and at the same time 
the atmosphere should be maintained in a moist and growing state. After blooming, 
water should be withheld to a great extent, but on no account must the plant be 
so dried as to cause it to suffer from drought, for when this occurs much mischief 
is done, causing it to shrivel, from which state it is frequently very difficult 
to get it to start into fresh growth in the following spring. During the winter 
the atmosphere must be maintained in a dry state, and the temperature should not be 
allowed to fall below 55° or 60°. The soil should consist of good peat fibre and 
some sphagnum moss, adding some nodules of charcoal, but very little soil is 
necessary, and this should be made firm and sound. A small white scale is very 
apt to infest this plant, and if not cleaned away in time it works sad mischief; 
so look the plant or plants over carefully and frequently, wiping away this or any 
other insect which may be upon them. 
AWARDS MADE BY THE ORcHID Commrrree oF THE RoyaL HorticuLruraL Soctety, 
FOR THE SECOND QUARTER IN THE YEAR, 1891. 
Apri 14th. First Class Certificate to Norman C. Cookson, Esq., Wylam-on- 
_ Tyne, for Dendrobium ‘* Venus,” a cross between D. nobile and D. Falconeri, the 
flowers of which very much resemble those of D. Falconeri giganteum. 
First Class Certificate to Baron Schréder, The Dell, Egham, for Epidendrum 
Dellense, a hybrid between FE. xanthinum and FE. radicans; the flowers are of a 
rich orange-scarlet, larger than EF. xanthinum, but very much resembling that d sessa: 
in shape; a very fine variety. 
First Class Certificate to Baron Schroder for Odontoglossum Dellense, a 
_ supposed natural hybrid between O. Pescatorei and O. prenitens; it resembles 
somewhat a densely spotted form of O. excellens, the chief difference being in the 
crest and the column. 
Aprit 21st. First Class Certificate to Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., M.P., for 
Odontoglossum Pescatorei “Prince of Orange,” a very beautiful form, having the 
ground colour of rich yellow, the sepals and petals freely spotted with chocolate. 
First Class Certificate to J. Larkin, Esq., Delrow, Watford, for Oncidium 
_Larkinianum, a beautiful form which was figured by us on plate 405, vol. ix., to 
which we would beg to refer our readers. 
S May 28th. First Class Certificate to Sir Travor Lawrence, Bart., M.P., 
Baron Schréder, and Mr. F. Sander for Aérides Savageanum, a_ species eieeadulca 
a oa by the last named. The flowers are somewhat small, of a brilliant crimson; it is 
oe Come distinct, and handsome species, evidently different from anything known. 
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