XXXii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



triumphans, &c, with Laslia harpophylla, Cattleya citrina, and 

 Dendrobiums. 



To Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, for a group of cut 

 flowers of rare Orchids, comprising a quantity of spikes of 

 Ccelogyne cristata alba ; some fine forms of Cattleya Trianse, 

 both pure white and coloured ; Dendrobium nobile Cooksoni, 

 Odontoglossum blandum ; two distinct forms of Cattleya ame- 

 thystoglossa, and other species. Messrs. Sander also exhibited 

 the new hybrid Masdevallia Kimballiana, the result of a cross 

 between M. Veitchiana and M. Shuttleworthii. 



First Glass Certificate. 



To Odontoglossum luteo-purpureum var. Amesianum (votes, 

 unanimous), from Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans. This 

 extraordinary variety has flowers wholly of a pale greenish 

 yellow, and without spotting of any kind. 



To Dendrobium nobile, Hardy's var. (votes, unanimous), from 

 George Hardy, Esq., Pickering Lodge, Timperley, Cheshire, 

 (gardener, Mr. William Holmes). The distinguishing features in 

 this variety are its large flowers, broad sepals and petals, and 

 bright colour. 



To Cattleya Triana3 Hardyana (votes, unanimous), from Geo. 

 Hardy, Esq. (gardener, Mr. William Holmes). A variety with 

 finely shaped flowers, having very broad white petals ; sepals 

 tinged with lilac ; lip crimson in the front lobe, stained with 

 primrose yellow in the throat. 



Other Exhibits. 



Norman C. Cookson, Esq., Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne, sent 

 a plant of Dendrobium nobile Cooksoni, which had been obtained 

 from seeds of common D. nobile, crossed with pollen of D. n. 

 Cooksoni. The remainder of the seedlings which have as yet 

 flowered have proved typical D. nobile. Also a plant of 

 Phajus Cooksoni x . 



Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Clapton, exhibited Saccolabium 

 bellinum, and also a form of it with a yellow ground colour 

 to the flowers. 



F. A. Bevan, Esq., Ludgrove, New Barnet (gardener, Mr. B. 

 Phillips), sent cut flowers of two varieties of Cattleya Trianse and 

 various other Orchids to be named. They were referred to the 

 Secretary of the Committee, who gave the required information. 



