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(gr. Mr. Cooke), showed Dendrobium splendidissimum grandi- 

 flomm. 



Messrs. Linden, l'Horticulture Internationale, Pare Leopold, 

 Brussels, exhibited Phalsnopsis Aphrodite (amabilis), Linden's 

 variety, in which the purple colour at the base of the labellum 

 of the type is entirely suppressed. 



F. W. Moore, Esq., Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, 

 Dublin, sent flowers of Aerides platycheilum and of Ly caste 

 xytriophora. 



Orchid Committee, March 28, 1893. 



Harry J. Veitch, Esq., F.L.S., in the Chair, and eighteen 

 members present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, for a group of rare 

 Orchids, in which the varieties of Dendrobium Dalhousieanum, 

 Odontoglosum Pescatorei " Model," 0. P. picturatum, 0. 

 crispum, Cattleya Trianae alba, and Cypripediums were very fine. 

 A curious plant in the group was Cypripedium Chamber- 

 lainianum platytaenium, with broad labelloid petals. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Philip Crowley, Esq., Waddon House, Croydon (gr. Mr. 

 King), for a group of Orchids, made up chiefly of fine plants 

 of Ada aurantiaca and Cypripedium villosum, with Cattleya 

 Lawrenceana, Odontoglossums, a fine pan of Sophronitis 

 grandiflora, &c. 



First Class Certificate. 



To Dendrobium Wardianum album (votes, unanimous), 

 from William Rufus Lee, Esq., Beech. Lawn, Audenshaw, 

 Manchester (gr. Mr. Billington). This fine variety is dis- 

 tinguished from D. W. candidum, Reich, f., by the almost entire 

 absence of the chocolate blotches at the base of the labellum. 



To Dendrobium x Bryan (D. luteolum $ x D. Wardianum d) 

 (votes, unanimous), from Norman C. Cookson, Esq., Oakwood, 

 Wylam-on-Tyne (gr. Mr. Murray). In habit, form, and colour 

 of the flower this approaches D. luteolum, but the segments 



