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First-Class Certificates were awarded by the Floral Committee 

 to the following '. 



To Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart, M.P., for 



No. 1. Luddemannia Lehmanni. — This is a most remarkable plant, 

 and is alluded to in Herr Eeichenbach's communication. 

 It is variable in its inflorescence, and allied to the 

 Acinetas, the plant at the Conference bearing a 

 couple of drooping spikes or racemes, the most pro- 

 minent colour being of a rich old gold or orange hue. 

 The bulbs are ovoid, slightly channelled ; the leaves a foot 

 long by about three inches in breadth. It is a plant 

 extremely rare in collections. 



To Wm. Ijee, Esq., Downside, Leatherhead, for 



No. 2. Cypripedium Godefroya. — A remarkable dwarf-growing 

 Lady's Slipper, recently introduced from Cochin China 

 by M. Godefroy, of Augentieul, near Paris. In habit 

 and in its marbled leafage it closely resembles 

 C. niveum, but the flowers are more heavily dotted and 

 blotched with purple on a white ground. The plant 

 has been well figured in the Garden and also in the 

 " Orchid Album," and is one of the most remarkable 

 and showy of all the new kinds. 



To Mr. Ballantine, Gardener to Baron Schroder, The Dell, 



Egham, for 



No. 3. Odontoglossum Alexandra Veitchii. — A strong-growing 

 broad-petalled variety,' of really first-class merit. The 

 sepals and petals are snow-white, spotted distinctly with 

 cinnabar brown, the lip being white with a rich yellow 

 crest. It was certificated under the name of 0. crispum 

 Veitchii, but to avoid confusion, I have throughout this 

 report used Lindley's name only for the varieties having 

 a yellow ground colouring, and have in like manner 

 reserved the name 0. Alexandra? for such as have white 

 grounds. If this plan were generally followed, both 



