CXIii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Prizes. 



The following prize was awarded : — 



Class 1. — Twelve Stove or Greenhouse Plants, in pots not 

 exceeding 12 inches in diameter. First Prize, Silver Gilt Flora 

 Medal and £3, to E. M. Nelson, Esq., Hanger Hill House, 

 Ealing (gardener, Mr. E. Chadwick). 



ORCHID COMMITTEE. 



James O'Brien, Esq., in the Chair, and eight members 

 present. 



Awards Recommended 



First Class Certificate. 

 To Cypripedium macrochilum x (C. longifolium $ and 



C. [Uropedium] Lindenii <?) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Jas. Veitch & Sons, the raisers. This extraordinary hybrid ex- 

 hibits many curious and beautiful features, the most prominent 

 of which is the large and strangely elongated labellum or pouch, 

 whose enlargement is all the more singular as the pollen parent 

 is practically without a labellum. The plant exhibited had a 

 four-flowered scape of flowers equal in size to those of C. cauda- 

 tum, but with shorter petals. The colour is similar to C. cauda- 

 tum Wallisii, and the inside of the pouch is very beautifully 

 spotted. 



To Cypripedium Youngianum x var. Corningianum (C. 

 superbiens J ? and C. philippinense $) (votes, unanimous), ex- 

 hibited by Messrs. Jas. Veitch & Sons under the provisional 

 name C. Corningianum x . This variety was much darker than 

 the original C. Youngianum x (C. superbiens x C. Roebeleni), 

 which had previously received an Award of Merit. 



Award of Merit. 



To Dendrobium Statterianum (votes, unanimous), from Thos. 

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

 Mr. R. Johnson). A supposed natural hybrid, probably between 



D. Bensonias and D. crystallinum. The fine plant exhibited 

 resembled D. Bensoniaa in growth, but the flowers were like 

 those of a fine form of D. crystallinum, and with a rich yellow 



