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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



E. I. Measures, Esq., Cambridge Lodge, Flodden Road, 

 Camberwell (gardener, Mr. H. Simpkins), exhibited, under pro- 

 visional names, Cypripedium leucochilum, a supposed hybrid 

 between C. Godefroyaa and C. bellatulum ; and C. tortile, imported 

 by Mr. Osmers from the Dutch East Indies. It resembles a 

 small form of C. philippinense, with the petals more than usually 

 twisted. The Committee referred these to Kew. 



Messrs. F. Sander & Co. showed Masdevallia Measuresiana x 

 (M. amabilis x M. tovarensis). It had a slender scape with two 

 small white flowers, tinged at the edge with rose. 



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

 Cullimore), sent a cut spike of a fine form of Cattleya velutina, 

 and flowers of three varieties of Laelia elegans Turnerii. 



F. Wigan, Esq., Clare Lawn, East Sheen (gardener, Mr. W. 

 H. Young), exhibited Aerides suavissimum. 



G. Palmer, Esq., Springfield, sent Cypripedium apiculatum, 

 Springfield variety (C. Boxalli x C. barbatum), which differs 

 from the original form in being of a darker tint. 



FRUIT COMMITTEE. 



P. Ceowley, Esq., F.L.S., in the Chair, and thirteen members 



present. 



W. Roupell, Esq., Harvey Lodge, Roupell Park, S.W., sent 

 four varieties of early Dessert Apples, Mr. Gladstone, Irish 

 Peach, Red Astrachan, and Devonshire Quarrenden, grown on 

 dwarf trees in his garden within five miles of Charing Cross. 



Messrs. Laxton Brothers, Bedford, sent seedling Apple 

 Harvest Queen. 



Mr. W. H. Bannister, Cote House, Westbury-on-Trym, sent 

 well-coloured fruits of Doyenne Boussoch Pear, from a bush 

 tree. 



Messrs. T. Burton & Sons, Bexley Heath, sent four boxes of 

 Peaches. 



Seedling Melons were shown by Mr. G. Wythes, Syon 

 House Gardens, Brentford ; Mr. A. Bishop, Bury St. Edmunds ; 

 and Mr, Wilson, Fulham. 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., M.P., Burford Lodge, Dorking, 



