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Cranstounise (C. Harrisoniana X L. tenebrosa), a very interesting plant, 

 which was described at page 19 of our eighth volume. 



De B. Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks (gr. Mr. Stables), exhibited 

 a spike of a plant called Laelia anceps Amesiana Theodora, having the 

 sepals white, tinged with rose, the petals rather darker and tipped with 

 purple, and the front lobe of the lip deep rich purple. 



Mrs. Haywood, Woodhatch Lodge, Reigate (gr. Mr. Salter), sent 

 Cypripedium X Lawrebel punctatissimum, having the petals spotted with 

 dark purple. 



F. Hardy, Esq., Tyntesfield, Ashton-on-Mersey (gr. Mr. Stafford), sent 

 cut flowers of Cypripedium insigne aureum, C. i. giganteum, C. X Lee- 

 anum giganteum, C. X L. reticulatum, and Sophrocattleya X Hardyana. 



H. S. Leon, Esq., Bletchley Park (gr. Mr. Hislop), showed the rare and 

 interesting Cattleya X Arthuriana (Dormaniana X luteola) and Cattleya X 

 preciosa var. Hislopi, a handsome form with rosy lilac flowers, veined with 

 purple on the lip. 



H. T. Pitt, Esq., Rosslyn, Stamford Hill (gr. Mr. Thurgood), showed a 

 very finely coloured cut flower of Lycaste X Ballise superba. 



F. Wellesley, Esq., Westfield, near Woking (gr. Mr. Gilbert), showed 

 Cypripedium X Minnie (? X Leeanum X nitens), having the dorsal 

 sepal white, with a small green base, and some purple spots in the 

 middle, and the lip and petals yellowish with brown markings. 



Messrs. Heath & Son, Cheltenham, showed Cypripedium X Leeanum 

 viride, C. X Lathamianum giganteum, and two pretty light forms of 

 Dendrobium Phalsenopsis. 



M. Lucien Linden, Brussels, exhibited plants of the yellow Cypripedium 

 X insigne Chantini Lindeni, and the handsome Oncidium varicosum 

 moortebeekense, having a well-marked red-brown blotch at the base of the 

 bright yellow lip. 



Mr. J. McBean, Cooksbridge, showed a large form of Cypripedium 

 insigne, called " McBean's variety," in which the dorsal sepal was more 

 elongated than usual. 



Messrs. C. W. Nieuwerf & Co., Pinner Road, Harrow-on-the-Hill, 

 showed examples of their bamboo blinds, specially recommended for shad- 

 ing Orchid and other plant houses. The blinds are made in Java, from long 

 strips of bamboo, woven together with a strong cord of " Kemoetie," and 

 are light and easy to roll up, either with or without a roller. They afford 

 the necessary shade to the plants without light or ventilation being inter- 

 fered with, and the Committee passed a Vote of Commendation to them. 



A very fine display of the Society's pictures of Certificated Orchids, 

 made by Miss Roberts, was arranged down the middle of the hall. Cypri- 

 pedium was represented by about sixty drawings ; Cattleya by about one 



