ORCHID COMMITTEE, MARCH 28. 



XCV 



Cultural Commendation. 

 To Messrs. Heath & Son, Cheltenham, for a fine home-raised 

 variety of Odontoglossum x excellens named Tresederianum 

 (votes, unanimous). 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. W. L. Lewis k Co. staged a good group of Orchids, 

 embracing most of the showy species of the season. Among 

 the Odontoglossums was 0. Pescatorei Lewisii, which had the 



Fig. 30. — Calypso borealis. (From the Journal of Horticulture.) 



labellum of each flower decorated with a purple wedge-shaped 

 blotch. 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, Dorking (gr. Mr. 

 W. H. White), showed in fine condition the blush-white Den- 

 drobium superbum Burkei, D. x Venus (D. nobile ? x D. 

 Falconeri 3), D. x micans (D. lituiflorum $ x D. Wardianum^), 

 D. superbum anosmum, and D. cretaceum. 



