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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Flowers larger than ordinary forms, and of a reddish-orange colour ; lip 

 fringed. 



To Odontoglossum crispum 'Domino' (votes, unanimous), from J. 

 Leemann, Esq., Heaton Mersey (gr. Mr. Edge). Flowers white with dark 

 purplish blotches. 



To Odontoglossum crispum * Countess of Derby ' (votes, unanimous), 

 from J. Leemann, Esq. (gr. Mr. Edge). Flowers white tinged with rose, 

 and evenly spotted with dark purplish blotches. 



To Odontoglossum crispum ' Raymond Crawshay ' (votes, unanimous), 

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

 fine rose-tinted flower, heavily blotched with reddish-orange colour. 



To Sobralia Ruckerii (votes, unanimous), from Sir Trevor Lawrence, 

 Bart., Burford (gr. Mr. W. H. White). A rare and handsome species. 

 Sepals and petals pale rose-purple ; lip white at the base, and with a 

 showy yellow band running up the centre ; front of the lip bright dark- 

 rose-purple. 



To Brasso-Cattleya x nivalis (Brassavola fragrans x Cattleya inter- 

 media) (votes, unanimous), from J. Leemann, Esq., Heaton Mersey (gr. Mr. 

 Edge). Plant and flowers resembling the natural hybrid Brasso-Cattleya 

 X Lindleyana. Flowers white. 



To Cattleya Mendelii 'Queen Alexandra' (votes, 11 for, 5 against), 

 from Mr. H. A. Tracy, Twickenham. A light-coloured large flower 

 with the margin of the lip and the tips of the petals tinged with purple. 

 (Fig. 152.) 



Botanical Certificate. 



To Oncidium stramineum, from Frau Ida Brandt, Ziirich (gr. Mr. 

 Schlecht). Flowers yellowish, spotted with dark red. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. R. B. Leech, Dulwich, for a fine plant of Epidendrum Wallisii 

 in flower. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Jas. Veitch staged a fine group of Orchids. 



Messrs. Hugh Low showed a group of Cattleyas and other Orchids. 



Baron Sir H. Schroder (gr. Mr. H. Ballantine) sent a fine inflorescence 

 of Cymbidium pendulum atropurpureum. 



W. W. Mann, Esq., Bexley, showed Odontoglossum crispum Mannii, 

 white, with one large brown spot in each segment. 



Frank A. Rehder, Esq., Gipsy Hill (gr. Mr. Norris), showed a yellow- 

 tinted Dendrobium Wardianum. 



Major Joicey, Sunningdale Park (gr. Mr. F. J. Thorne), showed a 

 finely flowered specimen of Diacrium (Epidendrum) bicornutum and 

 Dendrobium macrophyllum. 



Frank W. Mason, Esq., Warwick, sent flowejs of good Cattleya 

 Mendelii. 



J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. (gr. Mr. J. Davis), sent Dendrobium macro- 

 phyllum, ' Glebelands variety.' 



Mr. T. Rochford showed spotted forms of Odontoglossum crispum. 



