ORCHID COMMITTEE, SEPTEMBER 26. 



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white, are 1 inch in width. The petals and lip have some 

 resemblance to the Sylhet variety of C. insigne, and are coloured 

 like that species. The staminode has the appearance of white 

 porcelain, and bears a prominent conical protuberance in the 

 centre (fig. 42). 



Atuard of Merit. 



To Laslio-Cattleya x blesensis (C. Loddigesii 2 x L. pmnila<?) 

 (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. B. S. Williams & Son, Upper 

 Holloway, N. A very pretty and free-growing hybrid of the 

 stature of C. Loddigesii, and with flowers of a similar size borne 

 in threes and fours, the front and edges of the convolute side 

 lobes of the lip being of a rich purplish crimson. 



To Laelio-Cattleya elegans, Ingram's var. (votes, unanimous), 

 from C. L. N. Ingram, Esq., Elstead House, Godalming (gr. 

 Mr. T. W. Bond). This is of the Turneri section, but with 

 larger flowers and broader segments than in varieties previously 

 exhibited. The colour also is very brilliant. 



Botanical Certificate. 

 To Catasetum Gnomus (votes, unanimous), from Walter 

 Cobb, Esq., Dulcote, Tunbridge Wells (gr. Mr. J. Howes). 



To Brownleea crerulea (votes, unanimous), from Mr. James 

 O'Brien, Harrow-on-the-Hill, who also exhibited a very strongly 

 grown Satyrium eriocarpum and S. membranaceum. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To E. Ashworth, Esq., Harefield Hall, Wilmslow, Cheshire 

 (gr. Mr. H. Holbrook), for a fine plant of Dendrobiurn Phala> 

 nopsis Schroderianum, one of four plants all well grown (votes, 

 unanimous). 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. F. Sander & Co. exhibited a group of Orchids, in 

 which were Laelia x Sanderse (L. xanthina 2 x L. Dormaniana $ ), 

 Oncidium bracteatum, 0. trulliferum, Calanthe curculigoides, &c. 



Messrs. Hugh Low & Co. staged a group of showy Orchids. 



Mr. P. McArthur, Maida Vale, contributed a group of 

 Orchids. 



Messrs. Charlesworth, Shuttleworth & Co., Heaton, Bradford, 

 sent a group of Orchids. 



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



