ORCHID COMMITTEE, SEPTEMBER 15 



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Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Sii Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford (gr. Mr. White), for Orchids 

 of great botanical interest. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Zygopetalum x Boeblingianum {rostratum x maxillare Gautieri 

 (votes, unanimous), from C. G. Roebling, Esq., Trenton, New Jersey, 

 U.S.A. (gr. Mr. Clinkaberry), in whose garden it was raised. The habit of 

 the plant resembled that of Z. maxillare, but the form of the flowers 



Fig. 197.— Cypripedioi Lawrenceaxum Gratrixiaxum. {Journal of Horticulture.) 



partook more of Z. rostratum. Inflorescence erect, flowers several on the 

 upper part of the spike; sepals whitish-emerald-green with a purplish 

 band up the middle ; petals nearly white, marked with purple on the 

 inner halves. Lip large, violet at base, white in front, with bright 

 purplish-rose markings. 



The plant was afterwards sold by auction at Messrs. Protheroe and 

 Morris's Rooms by order of the owner and was bought for fifty guineas by 

 Sir F. Wigan, Bart., the amount, by Mr. Roebling's order, being handed 

 to the Royal Horticultural Society as a donation towards the Xew Hall 

 now in course of erection. 



