Sander & Co., St. Albans. A very old, but still very rare and 

 handsome Orchid, with the habit of the larger Acinetas. 



To Odontoglossum luteo-purpureum illustre (votes, unani- 

 mous), from Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans. This is a finely 

 marked form with much of the appearance of 0. Hallii. 



To Thunia Bensonire Winniana, from Charles Winn, Esq., 

 The Uplands, Selly Hill, Birmingham. An improvement in every 

 respect on the type. Flowers rosy purple. 



Botanical Certificate. 

 To Cycnoches chlorochilon (votes, unanimous), from Sir 

 Trevor Lawrence, Bart., M.P. (grower, Mr. W.White). A noble 

 example of the Swan Orchid, with two spikes, each bearing six 

 flowers of a peculiar greenish-yellow colour. 



Other Exhibits. 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., M.P., exhibited Odontoglossum 

 crispum " Purple Emperor," a variety with flowers of a charm- 

 ing rosy-purple tint ; also 0. cuspidatum platyglossum, and a 

 grand plant of Masdevallia Davisii. 



J. T. Gabriel, Esq., Palace Koad, Streatham Hill, sent a fine 

 form of Cypripedium Curtisii. 



Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, exhibited the new 

 hybrid Cypripedium Astraea (C. Spicerianum $ x C. philippin- 

 ense?), which the Committee desired to see again. Also the 

 beautiful Disa Veitchii x (D. racemosa x D. grandiflora) and 

 Thunia Veitchiana x . 



E. Gotto, Esq., The Logs, Hampstead Heath (gardener, 

 Mr. T. Banks), staged two good forms of Lrelia grandis, and a 

 Lrelia purpurata with white flowers having two purple marks, 

 one on each side of the lip. 



Messrs. Seeger & Tropp, Lordship Lane, East Dulwich, 

 exhibited several Orchids of botanical interest. 



Messrs. F. Sander & Co. sent two curious Catasetums of the 

 C. barbatum section, Epipendrum Bandii, Odontoglossum Mulus, 

 Phajus Humblotii, &c. 



