CCXXxiv PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Award of Merit. 



To Odontoglossum crispum Truffautianum (votes, unanimous), from 

 Baron Sir H. Schroder, Bart. Flowers large, white, tinged with purple ; 

 the petals bearing clusters of reddish-purple blotches, and the sepals one 

 large one of the same colour. (Fig. 192.) 



To Odontoglossum cordatum aureum (votes, unanimous), from W, 

 Thompson, Esq. (gr. Mr. Stevens). In this the brown marking of the 

 type is suppressed and the flowers are wholly white and yellow. 



To Epi-Cattleya x matutina (C. Bowringiana x E. radicans) (votes, 

 unanimous), from Messrs. Jas. Veitch. Flowers lilac, tinted with salmon- 



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Fig. 192. — Odontoglossum crispum Truffautiaxum. (The Garden.) 



colour, with a yellow ground-colour on the labellum, the form of which 

 was different from the plant originally shown, and resembled Epi-Cattleya 

 x 1 Mrs. J. O'Brien.' 



Botanical Certificate. 

 To Oncidium triquetrum, from H. T. Pitt, Esq. A dwarf species of 

 the section Equitantia, from Jamaica. Flowers in slender sprays, 

 whitish, stained and spotted with crimson. 



Cultural Commendation. 

 To Mr. Alexander (gr. to Captain Holford), for a large and splendidly 

 cultivated specimen of Odontoglossum luteo-purpureum with two spikes of 

 over twenty flowers each. 



