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Chapman). _ A fine hybrid of dwarf habit. Sepals and petals rosy lilac ; 

 lip purplish crimson, suffused with yellow at the base, which also bore 

 lines of darker purple. (Fig. 188.) 



Award of Merit. 



To Cattleya granulosa, ' Hessle variety ' (votes, unanimous), from W. 

 P. Burkinshaw Esq., Hessle, Hull (gr. Mr. Barker). Flower large, sepals 

 and petals yellow, heavily spotted with purple ; lip broad, fringed, rosy 

 carmine. 



To Cypripedium x ' A. de Lairesse' (G. Curtisii x C. Eo thschildianum) 

 (votes, unanimous), from the Botanic Gardens, Birmingham. Dorsal 

 sepal greenish white, with dark purple lines ; petals green, spotted with 

 chocolate-brown ; lip greenish, shaded with brown. 



To Oncidium Forbesii Bradshaica> (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Stanley, Ashton, Southgate. A distinct form in which the brown 

 markings of the type are nearly suppressed, the flower being almost 

 wholly yellow, the situation of the darker markings being indicated by a 

 greenish line. 



Botanical Certificate. 



To Ancectochilus concinnum, Hort., from Mr. E. Kromer, Bandon Hill, 

 Croydon. Leaves dark reddish olive, with copper-coloured veining. 

 Flowers white. 



Other Exhibits. 



De B. Crawshay Esq. (gr. Mr. Stables), showed Odontoglossum x 

 Craw shay anum (Hallii x Harry anum). 



Francis Wellesley, Esq., Woking (gr. Mr. Gilbert), sent Lcelia x ' Iona,' 

 • Westfield variety ' (tenebrosa x Day ana), and Cypripedium ' Mrs. 

 Arthur Wells' (Sclligerum majus x Bothschildianum). 



H. T. Pitt, Esq. (gr. Mr. Thurgood), showed Cattleya Gaskellia?ia, 

 'Rosslyn variety' ; and Cattleya Dowiana, 'Pitt's variety.' 



J. S. Moss, Esq., Wintershill, sent Lalio-Cattlcya xMylamiana 

 (L. crispa x C. granulosa). 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. (gr. Mr. W. H. White), showed a fine 

 three -flowered inflorescence of the large white Habenaria Susanna. 



