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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



To Laslia crispa superba (votes, unanimous), from Thos. 

 Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield, Manchester (gr. Mr. R. 

 Johnson). This was the fine form to which an Award of Merit 

 was given on August 9, 1892, but which had greatly improved. 



Award of Merit. 



To Cypripedium x Edwardii (C. Fairieanum ? x C. super- 

 biens (?) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Pitcher k Manda, 

 Hextable, Swanley, Kent. The flower has the form of C. x 

 vexillarium. Upper sepal white with numerous purple lines, 

 petals whitish with purple spots. 



To Cattleya Hardyana, Tate's variety (votes, unanimous), 

 from H. Tate, jun., Esq., Allerton Beeches, near Liverpool (gr. 

 Mr. J. Edwards). A very finely coloured form. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To T. A. Gledstanes, Esq., Manor House, Gunnersbury (gr. 

 Mr. H. Denison) (votes, unanimous), for three weil-flowered 

 plants of Cattleya superba splendens, which were said to have 

 been grown suspended in a warm, sunny house, where they 

 flowered twice a year. 



To Thos. Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield, Manchester 

 (gr. Mr. R. Johnson) (votes, unanimous), for a small collection 

 of fine cut spikes of Cattleyas and La?lias. 



Other Exhibits. 



H. Tate, jun., Esq., Allerton Beeches, showed Cypripedium x 

 Tryonianum (C. x Harrisianum $ x C. superbiens S ). 



W. R. Lee, Esq., Beech Lawn, Audenshaw, Manchester (gr. 

 Mr. T. Billington), sent Cattleya Gaskelliana, Audenshaw var. 



Messrs. W. L. Lewis k Co., Chase Side, Southgate, N., 

 showed a light form of Cattleya Warscewiczii as C. gigas Tum- 

 bulliana, and a flower of Cattleya Dowiana. 



Messrs. Pitcher k Manda, Hextable, Swanley, Kent, showed 

 Sobralia macrantha "Princess May," with white sepals^and petals 

 and pale yellow lip, having a lilac tinge on the front lobe. 



Messrs. P. McArthur k Co., Maida Vale, exhibited a group 

 including Cypripedium superbiens, a fine deep form of C. Volonte- 

 anum, Oncidium Jonesianum, 0. pra>textum, &c. 



