CCxlviii PKOCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Alvard of Merit. 



To Cypripedium x 'Helen II.' {C . imigne Chantmii x C. hellatulum) 

 (votes, unanimous), from Robert Tunstill, Esq., Monkholme, Burnley 

 (gr. Mr. Balmforth). Flower cream-white, with greenish base to the 

 upper sepal, which, like the petals, was marked with reddish purple. 

 (Fig. 357.) 



To Cattleya x ' Portia ' [C. labiata x C. Bowrincjiana) (votes, 7 for, 

 4 against), from Robert Tunstill, Esq. (gr. Mr. Balmforth). Flowers 

 bright rose, with dark rose-purple front to the lip. 



To Cypripedium x ' Mrs. Alfred Fowler ' (C Charlesworthii x 

 C. Lathamiaimm) (votes, unanimous), from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., 



Fig. 357. — Cypripedium x ' Helen II.' {Journal of Horticulture.) 



Glebelands, South Woodford (gr. Mr. .J. Davis). Upper sepal large, rolled 

 back at the edges on the lower half ; base nearly black, changing 

 gradually upwards to rose-purple, which colour extends in lines into the 

 white margin. Petals and lip greenish yellow, marked with purple. 



To Cypripedium x Salus, var. ' Mrs. F. Wellesley ' (C. concolor x 

 C. Dayanum) (votes, unanimous), from F. Wellesley, Esq., Westfield, 

 nr. Woking (gr. Mr. Gilbert). Leaves handsome ; dark green on whitish 

 ground. Flower white, slightly tinged with green, the upper sepal 

 marked, the petals dotted, and the face of the lip tinged with purple. 



