ORCHID COMMITTEE, JANUARY 13. 



Ixix 



noble flower of fine substance and form, yellowish-cream colour, the upper 

 sepal being veined and blotched with purple, the petals and lip tinged 

 with rose- purple. 



Fig. 59. — Cypripedium x ' Minnie.' 



Award of Merit. 



To Cypripedium x 1 Minnie ' (parentage unrecorded) (votes , 

 unanimous), from Francis Wellesley, Esq., Westfield, Woking (gr. Mr. 

 Gilbert). A very perfectly formed flower. Upper sepal round and flat , 



