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green base and a few spots of purple. The petals were curved 

 downward as in C. x Arthurianum, the petals] and lip resem- 

 bling that variety in colour. 



ToCalanthe x Mylesii (C. nivalis ? xC. xVeitchii $) (votes, 

 5 for, 2 against), from Messrs. B. S. Williams & Son, Upper Hol- 

 loway, N. This may be likened to a white C. x Veitchii. 



To Cypripedium insigne var. illustre (votes, unanimous), from 

 R. I. Measures, Esq., Cambridge Lodge, Camberwell (gr. Mr. 

 Chapman). A very handsome variety, with clear yellow ground, 

 and profuse reddish-brown blotches on sepals, petals, and upper 

 part of the lip. 



To Cypripedium x Fairieano-Lawrenceanum (C. Lawrence- 

 anum [? C. callosum] $ x C. Fairieanum c?) (votes, unanimous), 

 exhibited by Thomas Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield, Man- 

 chester (gr. Mr. R. Johnson). This variety closely resembles C. 

 x vexillarium, but the crimson stripes on the upper sepal are 

 wider apart and more white is shown. 



To Cypripedium x Minos (C. Spicerianum ? xC. Arthuri- 

 anum^) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, 

 Chelsea, S.W. The upper sepal was white tinged with purple 

 at the base ; petals and lip honey-yellow tinged with brown. 



Botanical Certificate. 

 To Habenaria ciliaris, from Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, 

 Chelsea. 



Other Exhibits. 



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

 nelia (L. pumila $ x C. labiata cf ), a pretty dwarf hybrid, with 

 flowers like those of a small Cattleya labiata ; the curious little 

 Cypripedium x Arete (C. concolor $ x C. Spicerianum ^), and 

 C. x Cleola, Catasetum Gnomus was also shown, and inadver- 

 tently received an Award of Merit as C. Darwinianum, a totally 

 different species. 



Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, showed Cypripedium x 

 Priorianum (C. x Lathamianum $ x C. x Harrisianum <£), a 

 stately dark variety with dark chocolate base to the upper sepal ; 

 C, x Lynchianum (C. Spicerianum $ x C. x selligerum majus 

 $ ), a variety resembling C. x Leeanum ; and Calanthe x Sand- 

 hurstiana. 



W. Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange, Stone, Staffordshire 



