Ivi PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



FLORAL COMMITTEE. 



Dr. Denny in the Chair. 



The most attractive group in the conservatory was that contri- 

 buted by Messrs. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, which was composed of 

 a large number of handsome Orchids, Rhododendrons, and a few 

 Palms. About 160 Orchids were shown, comprising some good 

 specimens of the most attractive species and varieties in cultivation, 

 many choice and delicate forms being represented. Dendrobiums 

 were particularly numerous, and an excellent idea of the exceptional 

 beauty of this genus could be gained from the species in the col- 

 lection. The lovely D. Dalhousieanum was bearing two racemes of 

 its large pale buff-coloured flowers, the labellums having near the 

 base two large roundish deep purple blotches ; D. Devonianum had 

 four growths with about fifty flowers, the whitish petals, sepals, and 

 labellums being tipped with purple, and the latter marked with 

 yellow in the centre ; D. chrysotoxum was bearing nearly twenty 

 fine racemes of bright yellow neatly formed flowers; D. densifloruml 

 had three large racemes of flowers, the white sepals and petals 

 pleasantly contrasting with the golden labellums; D. Farmeri, a 

 very beautiful species, had large recemes of flowers, the sepals and 

 petals pale blush white, the roundish labellums being pale yellow 

 in the throat; D. Jamesianum had pure white flowers, a long 

 labellum blotched with bright orange red in the centre ; D. tortile 

 roseum was noteworthy for the pale purple, narrow, curled sepals 

 and petals, with a somewhat trumpet-shaped pale yellow labellum ; 

 D. infundibulum somewhat resembled D. Jamesianum, the petals, 

 however, were much broader, the labellum larger, more frayed, and 

 marked with chrome yellow ; the bright purple D. lituiflorum, the 

 well-known D. crassinode, D. nobile, and the small-flowered pure 

 white D. japonicum, together with others, were admirably repre- 

 sented. Fifty-seven Odontoglossums were staged, including 0. 

 Roezlii, 0. triumphans, 0. nebulosum, 0. cirrhosum, 0. pulchellum, 

 0. cordatum, 0. Pescatorei, and many other equally attractive 

 forms in fine condition. Lycastes, 0ncidiu m s, Cattleyas, Masde- 

 vallias, and Epidendrums were represented by good specimens. 



