Clxxxiv PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



nationale, Brussels. Flowers intermediate between those of the 

 supposed parents. Sepals and petals of a peculiar light greyish- 

 blue, with numerous violet spots, lip violet-blue. Fig. 84. 



To Miltonia x Peetersiana (votes, 6 for, 4 against), from 

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

 H. J. Chapman). The original record supposed this to be 

 between M. spectabilis Moreliana and M. Clowesii. The plant 

 shown was evidently M. Regnelli x M. spectabilis Moreliana. 

 Flowers light purple, the lip being formed as in M. Regnelli. 



To Lycaste .Denningiana (votes, unanimous), from the Royal 

 Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin. Flowers of the L. gigantea 

 class. Sepals and petals yellowish-green ; lip large, reddish 

 orange. Fig. 85. 



To Oncidium Papilio (votes, unanimous), from D. M. Grims- 

 dale, Esq., Kent Lodge, Uxbridge. 



To Cattleya x Hardy ana Lowias (votes, unanimous), from 

 Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Clapton. A large, well-formed, and 

 richly coloured variety. 



Other Exhibits. 



W. S. McMillan, Esq., Ardenholme, Maghull, Liverpool (gr. 

 Mr. W. G. Robertson), sent Cattleya x Hardyana alba, with 

 white sepals and petals and purple-crimson lip veined with 

 orange. The Committee considered it similar to C. aurea ' Mrs. 

 Fred Hardy.' 



Messrs. Collins & Collins, Cumberland Park, Willesden, 

 sent Odontoglossum Pescatorei and one plant of 0. x excellens. 



Sir Frederick Wigan, Clare Lawn, East Sheen (gr. Mr. 

 W. H. Young), sent Houlletia Brocklehurstiana. 



Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, staged a small group of 

 Orchids, in which were good examples of Dendrobium Grifhthia- 

 num, D. Gratrixianum, with a single white flower tinged with 

 purple on the lip ; Miltonia x Lamarcheana, M. Bluntii 

 Lubbersiana, Cypripedium bellatulum album, Cypripedium x 

 Saundersianum, Odontoglossum grande, &c. 



