ORCHID COMMITTEE, AUGUST 29. 



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Award of Merit. 



To Cypripedium x Sandero-superbiens (C. Sanderianum ? x 

 C. superbiens c?) (votes, unanimous), from Norman C. Cook- 

 son, Esq., Oakwood, "Wylam-on-Tyne (gr. Mr. Murray). The 

 cross was made by Captain Vipan, who presented the seeds 

 to Mr. Cookson. The leaves have dark green markings on a 

 light green ground. The flowers resemble the best form of C. 

 x Morganiaa, but they are darker in tint, and the petals are 

 broader than in that variety (fig. 41). 



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

 biens <?) (votes unanimous), from Thomas Statter, Esq., Stand 

 Hall, Whitefield, Manchester (gr. Mr. K. Johnson). The flower 

 exhibited was superior to that exhibited previously by Messrs- 

 Pitcher & Manda. In general appearance it approached C. x 

 vexillarium, but the ground colour was whiter. 



To Aerides Ballantineanum aureum ( votes, unanimous), from 

 Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans. A pretty variety, in which 

 the centre of the flower is of a bright yellow colour. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, again sent the richly 

 coloured Calanthe Sanderiana, the new Cypripedium x Marsh- 

 ianum (C. Lawrenceanum $ x C. x cenanthum superbum <?), 

 and C. x Thayerianum. 



The Hon. Mrs. Foley, Packham, Fordingbridge (gr. Mr. W. 

 G-. Moxham), sent Cattleya Leopoldii, Pernambuco var. 



Mr. P. McArthur, The London Nurseries, Maida Vale, 

 London, showed a form of Cypripedium niveum. 



Major Joicey, Sunningdale Park, Sunningdale (gr. Mr. Fred. 

 J. Thorne), showed a good form of Cattleya Alexandras and 

 Cypripedium x (C. barbatum $ x C. x selligerum 



Thomas Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield, Manchester, 

 showed spikes of two good forms of Cattleya granulosa and 

 Cypripedium x Charles Canham. 



