plants if allowed to get any headway, so carefully remove them as they put in 
an appearance. 
AWARDS MADE BY THE ORCHID CoMMITTEE (continued from under Plate 454). 
An Award of Merit to Drewett O. Drewett, Esq., Riding Mill on-Tyne, for 
Cypripedium Ceres, a cross between C. hirsutissimum and C. Spicerianum, having 
much the appearance of the other crosses with C. hirsutissimum, but this is 
certainly the finest yet seen, 
An Award of Merit to Baron Schroder, The Dell, Egham, for Odontoglossuwm 
ioplocon, which is a plant very much like QO. EHdwardii, and with a spike of 
bloom of the same colour. 
An Award of Merit to Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., for Lycaste Yi oungit, a 
small but beautiful soft yellow-flowered species which appears to be a_ profuse 
bloomer. 
An Award of Merit to Messrs. B. S. Williams and Son, Victoria Nursery, 
Upper Holloway, London, for Lycaste Youngii. 
A Cultural Commendation to Lord Foley, Ruxley Lodge, Esher, for Celogyne 
cristata, a group of well-grown and beautifully flowered plants. De 
Silver Gilt Medal to Messrs. Hugh Low and Co., Clapton, for a group of 
Orchids. 
Silver Floral Medal to Messrs. B. S. Williams and Son, Holloway, for a group 
of Orchids. 
Silver Banksian Medal to Messrs F. Sander and Co., St. Albans, for a group 
of Orchids. 
Marco 8th. An Award of Merit to J. F. Jackson, Esq., Bonner Place, 
Bexley, Kent, for Odontoglossum Pescatorei (Jackson’s var.), a very much-spotted 
flower. 
An Award of Merit to Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, for Cypri- 
pedium Ianthe, a cross between C. Harrisianum and C venustum, 
An Award of Merit to the same firm for C. Brysa, a cross between C. Sedenii 
candidum and C. Boisserianum: this seems to be a large form of the first-named, 
tinged with green. 
A Botanical Certificate to Messrs. Lewis and Co., Southgate, for Disa incarnata, 
a very pretty species, having orange and yellow flowers: it is a native of 
A Botanical Certificate to Messrs. Hugh Low and Co., Clapton, for Dendrobium 
amethystoglossum, a species introduced from the Philippines just twenty years ago. 
A Botanical Certificate to W. L. Barkley, Esq., The Briars, Reigate, for 
Oncidium chrysomorphum, a very rare species, having flowers less than an inch 
across, golden yellow. 
(Continued under Plate 456.) 
