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Holford, C.V.O., C.I.E., Westonbirt, Tetbury (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander). 

 Flowers like those of G, Doiviana aurea, golden-yellow, delicately flushed 

 with reddish rose, lip carmine-crimson, with gold lines at the base. 



To Brasso-Cattleya x 1 Siren ' (B. Digbyana x C. Skinneri) (votes, 

 unanimous), from Major G. L. Holford. Growth resembling C. Skinneri ; 

 flowers bright rose, with white base to the fringed labellum. 



To Cypripcdium x ' Beryl ' (' Mrs. Wm. Mostyn ' x Becckmanii) (votes, 

 unanimous), from Major G. L. Holford. Flower closely approaching 

 C. Beeckmanii, and of fine shape ; dorsal sepal emerald-green, with white 

 margin and heavy blackish blotches ; petals and lip greenish-yellow, 

 tinged and marked with mahogany-red. 



Fig. 115. -Sophro-Cattleya x eximia, ' Fowler's Var.' (Journal of Horticulture.) 



To Cypripedium Fairrieanum 'Black Prince' (votes, unanimous), 

 from Messrs. Sander, St. Albans. A very remarkable variety, having the 

 greater part of the dorsal sepal covered with broad reticulated bands of 

 dark purple, the rest of the flower being also of a very dark hue. 



To Cypripedium insigne 'Gwynedd' (votes, 10 for, 2 against), from 

 Drewett 0. Drewett, Esq. (gr. Mr. Renwick). A seedling of the 

 C. insigne Chantinii class. 



Botanical Certificate. 



To Cirrhopctalum rctusiusculum, from Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart. 

 Gatton Park, Reigate (gr. Mr. W. P. Bound). A singular little species 

 with one-sided heads of orange- coloured flowers tinged with red. 



