clxxii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Fred Hardy, Esq., Tyntesfield, Ashton-on-Mersey (gr. Mr. T. 

 Stafford), showed Cattleya Mossiaa Wageneri, the white C. M. 

 Hardyae, Loalia tenebrosa Charlesworthii, Laalio-Cattleya x 

 Arnoldiana, &c. 



R. I. Measures, Esq., Cambridge Lodge, Camberwell (gr. 

 Mr. H. J. Chapman), sent Cypripedium leucochilum grandi- 

 florum, and C. x Salus, a hybrid of C. concolor, with greenish- 

 yellow flowers slightly tinged with lilac. 



Mr. N. Blandford, Bitterne, Southampton, showed Cattleya 

 Warscewiczii with an almost entirely purple lip. 



Mr. H. A. Tracey, Twickenham, sent flowers of fine forms 

 of Cattleya Mendelii. 



The Rev. F. Paynter, Stoke Hill, Guildford, sent Phaius x 

 (Humblotii x bicolor), resembling a small P. x Cooksonii. 



Orchid Committee, July 13, 1897. 



Harry J. Veitch, Esq., in the Chair, and twelve members 



present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Award of Merit. 



To Laelio- Cattleya xCanhamiana var. albida (L. purpurata x 

 C. Mossiae) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Jas. Veitch & Sons, 

 Chelsea. Sepals and petals white, with a very faint pink tint. 

 Lip broad, the front of a dark crimson purple. 



To Epidendrum nemorale (votes, 9 for), from Frau Ida 

 Brandt, Brunnenhof, Riesbach, Zurich (gr. Mr. Schlecht). A 

 fine inflorescence of the major form of this handsome old Mexican 

 species was shown. 



To Phaius x Ashworthianus (Mannii x maculatus) (votes, 

 8 for), from Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans. A distinct 

 hybrid, with yellow flowers, slightly tinged with green ; and with 

 conspicuous brown markings on the lip. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Jas. Veitch & Sons showed Laalio- Cattleya x Eunomia 

 (L. pumilaxC. Gaskelliana), L.-C. x Zephyra (L. xanthina x 

 C. Mendelii), plants of Disa x Veitchii, &c. 



Frau Ida Brandt, Zurich, sent cut spikes of Epidendrum 



