ORCHID COMMITTEE, DECEMBER 12. 



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C. x leucoglossa (C. Loddigesii ? x C. x fausta <?), several new 

 Cypripediums, Sophronitis grandiflora with thirty flowers, &c. 



To Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, for a group of 

 Orchids, comprising several reputedly new things, which had as 

 yet not sufficiently developed ; some fine Mexican Laelias, hybrid 

 Cypripediums, &c. 



To Messrs. B. S. Williams & Son, Upper Holloway, N., for a 

 group of Orchids, among which were fine plants of over twenty 

 species and varieties of Cypripediums. 



To Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Clapton, N.E., for a group of 

 Orchids in great variety. 



To His Grace the Duke of Northumberland, Syon House, 

 Brentford (gr. Mr. G. Wythes), for an extensive and effective 

 display of fine spikes of Calanthe x Voitchii and C. vestita, 

 effectively arranged with Maidenhair Ferns. The spikes were 

 cut full length, and set up in vases, several together, and after- 

 wards arranged as a group. 



First Class Certificate. 

 To Laelio-Cattleya x Nysa (L. crispa ? xC. Warscewiczii $ ) 

 (votes, unanimous), from Baron Schroder, The Dell, Egham 

 (gr. Mr. H. Ballantine). This fine hybrid was raised by Messrs. 

 James Veitch & Sons, who showed a small plant of it at the 

 meeting on September 12, when it received an Award of Merit. 

 The present well-grown example more fully displayed its excel- 

 lent qualities. 



To L[elia x Finckeniana (votes, unanimous), from C. W. 

 Fincken, Esq., Hoyland Hall, Barnsley (gr. Mr. Milburn.) The 

 plant was much finer than when last shown (December 13, 1892 

 — Award of Merit), and bore six flowers on a spike. 



To Cypripedium x fascinatum (C. Spicerianum $ x C. hirsut- 

 issimum) (votes, unanimous), from M. Jules Hye-Leysen, 8 Cou- 

 pure, Gand, Belgium. An improved form of C. x Ceres, shown 

 by its raiser, Drewett 0. Drewett, Esq., Feb. 9, 1892. 



Award of Merit. 

 To Lycaste Imschootiana (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Linden, l'Horticulture Internationale, Pare Leopold, Brussels. 

 A distinct variety of hybrid origin. The flowers were of the form 

 and size of those of L. Skinnerii, but with the more slender stalk 

 and yellow ground colour of L. cruenta. Sepals and petals 



