clxVlii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Commended. 



Patent Tree Pruner (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. G. 

 Coppin & Sons, Addington, Surrey. A simple and effective 

 contrivance for the purpose in view. 



Other Exhibits. 



His Grace the Duke of Northumberland, Syon House, Brent- 

 ford (gardener, Mr. G. Wythes), sent blooms of a white-flowered 

 Chrysanthemum named Duchess of Northumberland. The 

 Committee expressed a desire to see a plant in flower. 



Messrs. Pitcher & Manda, Swanley, sent a plant in flower of 

 Chrysanthemum Mrs. Alpheus Hardy. 



Mr. A. Waterer sent fine examples of Picea pungens glauca 

 and Cedrus atlantica glauca, two very handsome Conifers. 



A unanimous vote of thanks to the Chairman closed the 

 proceedings for 1890. 



ORCHID COMMITTEE. 



Haery J. Veitch, Esq., F.L.S., in the Chair, and eleven 

 members present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



First Class Certificate. 



To Cymbidium Tracyanum (votes, unanimous), from Mr. 

 H. A. Tracy, Orchid Nurseries, Amyand Park Road, Twickenham. 

 This is the largest flowered of all the Cymbidiums, the botanical 

 features resembling those of C. Hookerianum, and the colouring 

 that of C. giganteum. The plant bore a fine spike of sixteen 

 flowers, each six inches across (see fig. 48). 



To Cypripedium Osbornei x (C. Harrisianum superbum x C. 

 Spicerianum) (votes, 9 for, 1 against). The flowers are larger 

 than those of C, Pitcherianum x , which it resembles in many 

 respects. It should be recorded that there are several varieties 

 obtained from the same parentage, and therefore resemble 

 each other in a great degree, viz., C. Erycina x, C. Pitcheri- 

 anum x , C. Savageanum, C. Seegerianum x . The plant cer- 

 tificated was sent by W. Howard, Esq., The Grove, Teddington 

 (gardener, Mr. T. Osborne). 



To Cypripedium Pollettianum x (C. calophyllum x C. oenan- 

 thum superbum) (votes, 5 for, 3 against), from Messrs. F. Sander & 



