lxxiv PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Award, of Merit. 



To Odontoglossum x loochristyense 'Lord Howick' (crispum x trium- 

 phans) (votes, unanimous), from Captain G. L. Holford (gr. Mr. Alexander). 

 Flowers bright yellow with a few large brown blotches ; lip white, with 

 brown markings and yellow crest. 



To Lcelio-Cattleya x Wells iana magnified (L, purpurata x C. 

 Triancei) (votes, 12 for, 1 against), from Francis Wellesley, Esq. (gr. 

 Mr. Gilbert). A fine flower, with sepals and petals tinged and veined 

 with purple ; front of lip ruby-purple. 



Fig. 63. — Dendrohium Wigani.u xanthochilum. (Journal of Horticulture.) 



Cypripcdmm x ' Minos ' ' Young's variety ' (Spicerianum x Arthu- 

 <>ii) (votes, unanimous), from R. Briggs-Bury, Esq., Bank House, 

 Accrington (gr. Mr. Wilkinson). Dorsal sepal white, with purple lines 

 and a green base ; petal and lip yellowish, tinged with purple. 



To Odontoylossum x Wilckeanum 1 Rex' (crispum x hdeo-purpurewii) 

 (votes, 15 for, 2 against), from Messrs. Sander, St. Albans. Flowers 

 cream colour blotched with brown. The spike bore sixteen flowers. 



Botanical Certificate. 



To Bulbophyllum suavissimum, from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. A 

 pretty species with slender sprays of cream-coloured, fragrant flowers. 

 The plant bore eighteen spikes. Native of the Himalaya. 



