ORCHID COMMITTEE, FEBRUARY 12. 
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Messrs. Jas. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea. The cross was effected 
between the species mdicated in the name, and a great improve- 
ment on C. tricarinata made. The flowers are cream- white 
tinged with rose. 
Cultural Commendation. 
To Phahunopsis x inte ii edia Portei (votes, unanimous), from 
the Right Hon. Lord Rothschild, Tring Park, Tring (gr. Mr. 
E. Hill). A grand example, with six branches to the spike, 
bearing together over fifty flowers. 
To Odontoglossum coronarium (votes, unanimous), from 
Baron Schroder, The Dell, Staines (gr. Mr. H. Ballantine). 
To Odontoglossum coronarium (votes, unanimous), from Sir 
Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, Dorking (gr. Mr. W. H. White). 
Other Exhibits. 
The Right Hon. Lord Rothschild (gr. Mr. E. Hill) showed 
Laelia superbiens. 
Sir Frederick Wigan, Clare Lawn, East Sheen (gr. Mr. W. 
H. Young), sent fine specimens of Stauropsis (Vanda) gigan- 
tea, Cypripedium x Wiganianum, C. Rothschildianum, C. x 
Lathamianum, and the true Lselia praestans. 
Fred Hardy, Esq., Tyntesfield, Ashton-on-Mersey (gr. Mr. 
T. Stafford), showed a collection of cut flowers of Cattleya 
Trianae, Phalaenopsis, Dendrobiums, &c. 
Walter Cobb, Esq., Dulcote, Tunbridge Wells (gr. Mr. J. 
Howes), sent Odontoglossum crispum " La Gascoyne," a fine 
spotted form. 
Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, staged a number of rare 
Orchids, among which were Cypripedium x Fordianum (C. Stonei 
^ xC. callosumj ), Dendrobium luteolum superbum, Odonto- 
glossum Coradinei albanense, Phaius x Marthas, P. x amabilis, &c. 
Messrs. W. L. Lewis & Co., Southgate, N., showed Cattleya 
TriaiiEe Ashtonii. 
F. M. Burton, Esq. Highfields, Gainsborough, sent three 
hybrid Cypripediums. 
W. Thompson, Esq., Stone, Staffordshire (gr. Mr. W. Stevens), 
showed cut blooms of Cattleyas, Odontogiossums, &c, 
E. Marshall, Esq., Claremont House, Abbey Road, Grimsby, 
(gr. Mr. Jas. Johnson), sent six forms of Cattleya Trianae, 
which, like Mr. Thompson's, were frozen in transit. 
