ORCHID COMMITTEE, APRIL 9. 



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To Masdevallia x ' Alceste ' (Veitchiana x 'Asmodia') (votes, unani- 

 mous), from Messrs. Jas. Veitch. Flowers nearly as large as those of 

 M. Veitchiana ; dark red on orange ground. 



To Odontoglossum x Denisoni^e nebula (votes, 10 for, 1 against), 

 from De B. Crawshay, Esq., Sevenoaks (gr. Mr. Stables). Flowers 

 white with light brown spots. Probably a second cross of (). x 

 Wilckeanum. 



To Odontoglossum x loochristyense * Mrs. De B. Crawshay ' (votes 



Fig. 150 Epidendrum x Clarissa superbum. {Joiirtml of Horticulture.) 



7 for, 5 against). In colour and form approaching 0. triumphans, but with 

 less red-brown marking on the tiowers. 



To Miltonia vexillaria, ' Rosslyn variety ' (votes, 10 for, 4 against), 

 from H. T. Pitt, Esq., Stamford Hill (gr. Mr. Thurgood). Flowers large, 

 almost entirely of a bright rose purple colour. 



Cultural Covimendation. 

 To Mr. J. May, gr. to J. B. Joel, Esq., Potter's Bar, for a grand plant 

 of Cypripedrum Rothschildianum with seven flowers. 



