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fine flower of Dendrobium Wardianum, said to be one of thirty- 

 four borne on the same pseudo-bulb. 



Reginald Young, Esq., Fringilla, Linnet Lane, Sefton Park, 

 Liverpool, sent cut examples of Odontoglossums, &c. 



From the Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin, came 

 a cut specimen of Physosiphon Moorei, Rolf'e, n. sp., a very near 

 ally of P. Loddigesii. 



Orchid Committee, April 11, 1893. 



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

 members present. 



Awards Recommended : — 



Silver Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. B. S. Williams & Son, Upper Holloway, London, 

 N., for an extensive group of Orchids. 



Silver Banks ian Medal. 

 To Messrs. W. L. Lewis & Co. for a group of Orchids. 

 To Messrs. Hugh Low & Co. for a group of Orchids. 



Award of Merit. 



To Cattleya guatemalensis var. Wischhuseniana (votes, unani- 

 mous), from the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, M.P., High- 

 bury, Moor Green, Birmingham (gr. Mr. H. A. Burberry). 

 This was a most interesting exhibit. The typical plant was 

 collected, growing in company with Cattleya Skinnerii and 

 Epidendrum aurantiacum (between which it is supposed to be a 

 natural hybrid), by Mr. Ure- Skinner over thirty years ago. 

 It was supposed to be lost to cultivation. The flowers, which 

 were as large as those of C. Skinnerii, but with the lip less 

 convolute, were orange, tinted with rose, and with a few purple 

 lines at the base. 



To Cyrtopodium punctatum splendens (votes, unanimous), 

 from his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, Syon House, 

 Brentford (gr. Mr. G. Wythes). A fine and very brightly coloured 

 variety. 



To Odontoglossum hybrid, Crawshay's var. (votes, unani- 

 mous), from De B. Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks (gr. 



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