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Co., St. Albans. This is like an enlarged form of C. cenantlmm 

 superbum, the same bright rosy crimson being in the dorsal 

 sepal, which also has dark brown lines at the base. The petals 

 much resemble those of C. calophyllum x , and the lip is of a 

 purplish brown. 



To Laelia Gouldiana (votes, unanimous), from T. Statter, Esq., 

 Stand Hall, Whitefield, Manchester (gardener, Mr. K. Johnson). 

 The species is now well known ; its flowers much resemble those 

 of L. autumnalis atrorubens. 



Award of Merit. 



To Cattleya O'Brieniana (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. F. 

 Sander & Co., St. Albans. The plant has the growth of a dwarf 

 C. Loddigesii, and the flowers, which are of a pale lilac colour, 

 also resemble those of that species in some particulars ; but the 

 labellum has the form of C. Walkeriana. 



To Laelia Tresederiana (L. crispa superba x Cattleya Lod- 

 digesii), from T. Statter, Esq., Whitefield, Manchester (gardener, 

 Mr. Johnson). The growth of this plant resembles Cattleya 

 Loddigesii, but the flowers call to mind a small Laelia crispa. 

 Sepals and petals nearly white ; lip yellow, marked with purple 

 lines on the throat, the front lobe being veined and tinged with 

 purple, the edge undulated. (Votes, unanimous.) 



To Cypripedium Maynardii x (C. purpuratum x Spiceri- 

 anum) (votes, 8 for, 1 against), from Messrs. F. Sander & Co., 

 St. Albans. The upper sepal is green at the base, suffused with 

 rosy veins over the lower half, and white at the upper half. The 

 edges are revolute at the base, and a purple line runs up the 

 middle. Petals pale green, spotted with purple at the base, and 

 suffused with purple on the outer halves ; lip brownish purple ; 

 staminode violet colour. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Lieut.-Colonel G. N. Pepper, Milford Hill, Salisbury 

 (gardener, Mr. J. Currey), for a specimen of Laelia anceps 

 with thirty flower spikes, bearing together over sixty blooms. 



To T. A. Gledstanes, Esq., Manor House, Gunnersbury 

 (gardener, Mr. Denison),for a fine specimen of Coelogyne barbata 

 with seven spikes of flowers. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. James Veitch & Son, King's Eoad, Chelsea, exhibited 



