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season; thus we have seen this plant thriving in an ordinary greenhouse and in a 
pine stove in the same garden, but the plant in the latter house was growing the 
fastest and the best. During the winter season it appears to like a thorough 
and severe resting, such as few Orchids can withstand, but such treatment should 
be carried out with forethought and care, if the plant is to appear creditable after 
the resting season. We recommend the plant to be kept in the Brazilian house 
during the winter, and during this season very little water will suffice, but during 
the summer season the plant enjoys an abundance of water and heat; it will not 
injure this plant if it is stood under the full influence of the sun’s rays without 
any shading whatever. It is a strong-rooting plant, so that larger pots than 
usual are necessary to accommodate it; drain these well, and use for soil half good 
turfy peat and loam; pot firmly, and elevate the plant slightly so as to provide 
for its pendulous spikes. 
AWARDS MADE BY THE OrcHID ComMirTEEe (concluded from under Plate 436). 
Awards of Merit. 
May 28th. To T. Statter, Esq., Standhall, Whitefield, Manchester, for Lelia 
elegans Statteriana, having pure white sepals and petals, and a very broad bright 
crimson lip; a magnificent form. 
To Mr. F. Sander, for Odontoglossum crispum Amesianum, which is a superb 
variety, having the sepals and petals freely blotched with crimson. 
To Messrs. Hugh Low and Co., Clapton, for Dendrobium Parishi albens, a 
nearly pure white flower, the first white form that has been found of the typical 
plant. 
To Mr. F. Sander, for Odontoglossum excellens Sandere, an excellent form, 
with large flowers profusely spotted with bright crimson. 
To Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., M.P., for Masdevallia luteo-oculata, a fine 
scarlet flower, with a yellow tube and eye. 
To Messrs. Heath and Son, his ae ok for a large form of the typical Cypripedium 
Steet, called magnificum. 
To Mr. F. Sander, for Cypripedium Euryale, a very handsome variety, a cross 
ean C. Lawrenceanum and C. superbiens. 
Joye 13th. To Malcolm S. Cook, Esq., Kingston Hill, for Lelia desis, Cullimore’s 
iety, having “—— and petals white with a serves = of dull purple, the lip deep 
To Sir ‘teaves ar ccs, Bart., M.P., for a good form of Clea Mossie. 
To Mr. R. B. Cater, Westfield, Bath, for Cattleya Mendeliit, Morgan’s variety. 
; JUNE 27th. To Mr. F, Sander for Leacena bicolor, an old plant introduced 
early fifty years ago, which some of our contemporaries call a new plant; it has 
creamy white sepals and petals, and deep purple lip. Also for Oduntoglossum luteo- 
iu ees: as of See size, and with eps. -coloured mazkings. 
