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and 0. triumphans. With these were arranged Dendrobium 

 Wardianum, D. Leechianum x ; two plants of Saccolabium 

 bellinum, and other showy Orchids. 



To Messrs. Pitcher & Manda, Hextable, Swanley, Kent, for a 

 collection of fifty species and hybrid varieties of Cypripediums. 

 Among them were three forms of C. callosum ; three of Harris- 

 ianum x ; a good example of C. Laforcadei x ; C. pavoninum 

 x, C. Sallierii x, and C. S. Hyeanum x ; the rare C. 

 Schomburgkianum ; C. villosum albo-marginatum, C. God- 

 seffianum x , and C. Arthurianum superbum x , a very distinct 

 and handsome form, with the tip of the dorsal sepal pure white 

 with purple spots. 



Bronze Banksian Medal. 



To Walter Cobb, Esq., Silverdale, Sydenham, for Orchids 

 in flower, viz., Vanda Amesiana, Phalaenopsis Stuartiana, 

 Cypripedium calurum Eougieri x, C. Boxalli superbum, C. 

 Amesianum x, C. politum x, and Saccolabium bellinum. 

 First Class Certificate. 



To Cypripedium Creon x (C. cenanthum superbum x C. 

 Harrisianum superbum ? ). (Votes, 5 for, 3 against.) Eaised 

 and exhibited by Messrs. J as. Veitch & Son. 

 Award of Merit. 



To Cattleya Trianse-plumosa (votes, unanimous), from Thos. 

 Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield, near Manchester (gardener, 

 Mr. Johnson). This is of the C. T. Backhousiana section, 

 with crimson tip and feather on the petals. 



To Odontoglossum triumphans, Whiteley's variety (votes, 

 unanimous), from Mr. Wm. Whiteley, Hillingdon, near 

 Uxbridge. A variety with large and handsome flowers, the lip 

 unusually large and flat, of a bright reddish brown, evenly edged 

 with white (fig 47). 



Botanical Certificate. 

 To Masdevallia ephippium (M. trochilus) (votes, unanimous), 

 from Messrs. Pitcher & Manda. 



Cultural Commendation. 

 To Malcolm S. Cooke, Esq., Kingston Hill (gardener. Mr. D. 

 Cullimore), for a specimen of Cattleya guttata Prinzii (C. ame- 

 thystoglossa) (votes, unanimous), which had for the third year 

 in succession borne about twenty-five flowers on a spike. 



