Ixvi PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Sir Chas. W. Strickland, Bart., Hildenley, Malton, for 

 Cattleya citrina, nine plants of which were exhibited growing 

 on blocks, in the most healthy and vigorous condition. 



To Mr. W. H. Young, gardener to F. Wigan, Esq., Clare 

 Lawn, East Sheen, for Laelia majalis, the flowers of which were 

 large and remarkably well coloured.- 



To Mr. W. Murray, gardener to Norman C. Cookson, Esq., 

 Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne, for a striking example of Cypripedium 

 Kothschildianum. 



Other Exhibits. 



E. B.White, Esq., Arddaroch, Garelochhead, N.B. (gardener, 

 Mr. Brown), contributed cut blooms of aboutf twenty beautiful 

 varieties of Cattleya Mendelii, and a few Lrelia purpurata, and 

 was accorded a special vote of thanks. 



T. Statter, Esq., Whitefield, near Manchester (gardener, 

 Mr. B. Johnson), sent Cypripedium Lawrenceanum expansum, 

 with a very large upper sepal ; and Cattleya Mendelii ccelestis, 

 a form almost pure white, except for the pale purple tinge on 

 the lip. 



F. Wigan, Esq. (gardener, Mr. W. H. Young), sent Phalaen- 

 opsis speciosa, Dendrobium clavatum, and Cymbidium tigrinum, 

 the latter being a well-flowered plant in a small pot. 



Gustav R. Le Doux, Esq. (gardener, Mr. Chapman), con- 

 tributed a few Masdevallias and several Odontoglossums — 0. 

 nebulosum being particularly fine. 



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

 Phillips), staged Odontoglossum crispum, Cypripediums, and a 

 soft-tinted form of Sobralia macrantha known as delicata. 



Mr. Martin Standing, The Gardens, Patching, Worthing, 

 exhibited Dendrobium densiflorum. 



Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, sent the curious Cypri- 

 pedium viridiflorum, which, as the specific name implies, has 

 green flowers. 



Messrs. Seeger & Tropp, East Dulwich, staged a small group 

 of interesting Orchids, comprising Cypripediums, Masdevallias, 

 and Cattleyas. 



