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colour on the front of the hp, was also 
shown. 
Mr. E. V. Low, Vale Bridge, Haywards 
Heath, exhibited the grand Cypripedium 
Waterloo (see Awards), C. Ea:i-1 of Tanker- 
ville, and a strong plant of Sophro-Cattleya 
Doris with four flowers. 
Mons. Mertens, Mont. St. Amand, Ghent, 
exhibited a small group of hybrid Odonto- 
glossums containing some excellent varieties. 
Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Bush Hill 
Park, Enfield, were awarded a Silver Bank- 
sian Medal for a good group containing 
several rare species, such as Cirrhopetalum 
Medusae, Bulbophyllum hirtum, and Grobya 
galeata with four flower spikes. Other 
plants were Masdevallia Laucheana, Octo- 
meria Juncifolia, and Cattleya labiata alba. 
Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, 
showed a hybrid Cypripedium between 
Actasus and insigne Harefield Hall. 
R. Brooman-Wliite, Esq., Arddarroch, 
Garelochhead, sent an excellent variety of 
the pretty Oncidium sarcodes and a choice 
selection of cut spikes of good varieties of 
Odontoglossum crispum. 
Messrs. J. and A. A. McBean, Cooksbridge, 
exhibited some dark varieties of Laslia 
anceps and some good Cypripediums. 
Messrs. W. B. Hartland and Sons, Ard- 
cairn, Ballintemple, Co. Cork, sent several 
good Cypripediums, amongst which were 
Euryades splendens, Thalia Mrs. Francis 
Wellesley, and Minos Youngii. 
AWARDS. 
Awards of Merit. 
Vanda coerulea Bluebeard, from Lieut.- 
Col. Sir George L. Holford, K.C.V.O., Wes- 
tonbirt (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander). The 
finest coloured variety yet seen. The flower 
is large, broad in all its parts, and of a deep 
indigo-blue. 
Odontoglossum Ceres Plumpton Hall 
variety (Rossii x Rolfeas), from W. R. Lee, 
Esq., Plumpton Hall, Heywood, Lancashire. 
A very pretty form of this rare hybrid ; it 
differs from those previously seen by having 
a lip tinged with rose. 
O. Rouge Dragon (Phoebe x ardentissi- 
mum), from W. R. Lee, Esq A graceful 
hybrid, with a spike of nicely-blotched flowers 
showing clearly the influence of O. cirrhosum 
derived through O. Phoebe. 
Cypripedium Waterloo (Mrs. Wm. Mostyn 
X Ranjitsinhjii), from Mr. E. V. Low, Vale 
Bridge, Haywards Heath. One of the best 
and most distinct Cypripediums, with an 
extva large dorsal sepal, which is white, 
flushed with rosy purple at the base. The 
petals and lip are prettily formed and marked 
with purplish-brown. 
Botanical Certificates. 
Angr^cum pellucidum, from J. S. Berg- 
heim, Esq., Belsize Court, Hampstead. A 
curious species with pendulous spikes of white 
flowers. It is a native of Sierra Leone, and 
is figured in iheBotanical Register of January, 
1844. 
Brassia Forgetiana, from Messrs. Sander 
and .Sons. A species with greenish-white 
flowers, marked on the sepals and petals with 
dark brown. 
Dendrobium speciosum nitiduin, from Sir 
Jeremiah Colman, Bart., V.M.H. (gr. Mr. 
Collier). An Australian species, with large 
spikes of creamy-white flowers. 
Cultural Commendation 
To Mr. W. H. White (orchid grower to Sir 
Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O.), for a 
specimen of Lycaste costata with over twenty 
flowers. 
To Mr. Bristow (gr. to Mrs. Temple, Groom- 
bridge), for a well-flowered plant of Lselia 
anceps Amesiana Temple's variety. 
To Mr. Collier (gr. tO' Sir Jeremiah Colman, 
Bart., V.M.H.), for Dendrobium speciosum 
nitidum having forty-six flower spikes. 
To Mr. Balmforth (gr. to F. Menteith 
Ogilvie, Esq., The Shrubbery, Oxford), for a 
fine variety of Odontioda Charlesworthii with 
seventeen flowers on a single spike. 
December 20th. 
Members of the Orchid Committee present : 
J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. (in the chair), and 
Messrs. James O'Brien (hon. sec), A. Dye, 
Henry Little, Harry J. Veitch, J. Charles- 
worth, C. H. Curtis, A. A. McBean, F. J. Han- 
bury, W. Cobb, W. H. Hatcher, W. H. White, 
H.G.Alexander, de B. Crawshay, and Gurney 
Wilson, 
