ORCHID COMMITTEE, NOVEMBER 14. 



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To Ccelogyne (Pleione) maculata alba (votes, unanimous), 

 from G. W. Law-Schofield, Esq., New Hall Hey, Rawtenstall, 

 Manchester. This was a fine plant of the pure white form with 

 a dozen flowers. 



To Cypripedium x Ashworthiae (C. x Leeanum superbum $ 

 x C. x selligeram majus $) (votes, unanimous), from E. 

 Ashworth, Esq., Harefield Hall, Wilmslow, Cheshire. This 

 seemed to be a very fine and highly coloured form of C. x Lee- 

 anum, there being no trace of C. x selligerum, although it was 

 doubtless used, for a similar result in another cross was shown 

 by T. Statter, Esq. 



To Cypripedium x Leeanum " James Hamilton " (votes, 

 unanimous), from Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans. This is 

 the largest of the dark forms of C. x Leeanum. 



To Cypripedium x Swinburnei, Stand Hall var. (votes, 

 unanimous), from Thos. Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield, 

 Manchester (gr. Mr. R. Johnson). 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Jas. Veitch & Sons exhibited Laelio-Cattleya x Pallas 

 (C. Dowiana ? x L. crispa (?), Cypripedium x (Enone 

 (C. Hookerae ? x C. superbiens cf ), C. x Euryades (C. x Lee- 

 anum $ x C. Boxalli c?), C. x T. B. Haywood, C. x micro- 

 chilum, and varieties of C. x Leeanum. 



J. Forster Alcock, Esq., Northchurch, Berkhamstead, sent 

 Odontoglossum x Wilckeanum. 



E. H. Woodall, Esq., St. Nicholas House, Scarborough, sent 

 Cypripedium insigne albo-purpureum, which resembles C. i. 

 Chantinii. 



Frederick M. Burton, Esq., Highfield, Gainsborough, ex- 

 hibited four hybrid Cypripediums. 



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

 exhibited Cypripedium x rubescens (C. x oenanthum $ x 

 C. Boxalli $), andC. x Ariadne (C. Spicerianum $ x C. x selli- 

 gerum <?), which resembled C. x Leeanum, and showed no trace 

 of C. x selligerum. 



Earl Cowper, Panshanger, Herts (gr. Mr. Joseph Fitt), showed 

 a plant of C. x Leeanum, and another from the same seed- 

 capsule which had reverted to C. Spicerianum. 



F. S. Moseley, Esq., Flaxby Lodge, Avenue Road, N.W., showed 



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