Dendrobium Wardianum album is a compact-growing deciduous plant, of pendent 
habit, so that it is best grown in a hanging basket, well drained, using for soil 
about half-and-half good peat fibre and chopped sphagnum moss, During the 
growing season the temperature should be kept high, the atmosphere moist, and it 
also will require a good supply of water to the roots, and overhead from the syringe, 
When growth is finished it should be removed to a dry airy house, and kept 
without any water to the roots; this has the effect of maturing the bulbs, as it 
causes the leaves to ripen and fall off, and the bulbs being strong and plump, 
they do not suffer through being kept without water. Care must be taken, however, 
that this drying is not carried to excess, or they will shrivel up, and will not produce 
any flowers the following spring, or if the flowers are produced they will be of inferior 
quality ; but if the plants are wintered cool and dry, the flowers will come away 
about the month of March in great perfection. Of course, when the flower-buds begin 
to appear, the plants require to be removed to a warmer and moister atmosphere, 
and to have water, given to their roots occasionally. 
AWARDS MADE BY THE OrcHID CoMMITTEE (continued from under Plate 449). 
Novemper 10th. A First Class Certificate was awarded to Messrs. Veitch and 
Sons, Chelsea, for Phaius maculatus grandifolius. The leaves resembled P. grandi- 
folius, sparingly spotted with yellow; the spike was some three feet in height, the 
_ flowers large and handsome, sepals and petals yellow, with a tinge of bronze, the 
lip yellow at the base, and, in front, reddish chestnut, lined with the same colour. 
The same Award was made to Baron Schroeder, The Dell, Egham, for Cypripedium 
insigne Sandera, which is a lovely flower, of a shining clear lemon, saving the 
upper part of the dorsal sepal, which is pure white. This is a charming plant, 
but is not unique, as has been stated. The same Award was conferred upon 
Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, for Dendrobium Leeanum, a plant that came 
home with the large importation of D, Phalenopsis from New Guinea, from 
which it is quite distinct, having slightly compressed pseudobulbs, the flowers large 
and showy, sepals white, flushed with dark rose, the petals much broader, deep 
rosy crimson, lip rich rosy crimson in front, pale green at the base. 
DecemBer 8th. An Award of Merit to Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., M.P., 
for Calanthe vestita versicolor. The flowers are large, white, the centre tinged with 
yellow and crimson; it is one of the Burford Lodge hybrids. The same Award 
was made to Sir Trevor for Cypripedium Leeanum giganteum, which is a very fine 
form of this hybrid, and which originated, we think, with Mr. Cypher, of Cheltenham. 
The same Award was conferred on Messrs. Pitcher and Manda, Hextable, for 
Cypripedium Leeanum Masereelianum, which is a superb flower, beautifully marked. 
(Continued under Plate 451.) 
