Clxxxii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



(Sallieri Hyeanum x cenanthum superbum), C. x ' Lady 

 Isobel ' (Rothschildianum x Stonei), and C. x ' Lord Derby ' 

 (Rothschildianum x superbiens). 



Messrs. F. Sander & Co. showed hybrid Cypripediums 

 Maxillaria striata, &c. 



Mrs. Harris, Lamberhurst (gr. Mr. S. Huggins), showed 

 Cattleya x 1 Miss Harris ' (Mossiae x Schilleriana). 



Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Clapton, sent Cattleya x ' Minucia ' 

 (Loddigesii x Warscewiczii), Cypripedium x 'Alfred Hollington,' 

 and other Cypripediums. 



C. L. N. Ingram, Esq., Elstead House, Godalming (gr. Mr. 

 T. W. Bond), showed Laelia x splendens (crispa x purpurata), 

 interesting as demonstrating that this cross did not obtain 

 L.-C. x Exoniensis, to which it is very inferior. Also L.-C. x 

 Andreana (C. bicolor x L.-C. x elegans Turneri) as L.-C. x 

 1 Gazelle.' 



A. W. Warburton, Esq., Vine House, Haslingden, Manchester 

 (gr. Mr. T. Lofthouse), showed Cypripedium insigne 'Laura 

 Kimball,' a fine yellow form near to C. insigne Sanderianum. 



Messrs. James Veitch & Sons showed Cattleya x 

 * Melpomene' (Mendelii <? Forbesii£). 



Orchid Committee, September 21, 1897. 



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

 present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Clapton, for an effective group 

 of Orchids. 



First Class Certificate. 



To Laelia pumila ' Gatton Park ' variety (votes, unani- 

 mous), from Jeremiah Colman, Esq., Gatton Park, Surrey 

 (gr. Mr. King). A peculiar variety with white flowers, the 

 sepals and petals of which were suffused with a decided blue 

 tint. Front of the lip purplish blue. Fig. 83. 



