ORCHID COMMITTEE, MARCH 24. 



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To Dendrobium x Murrayii (D. albo-sanguineum $ x D. 

 nobile<?) (votes, unanimous), from Norman C. Cookson, Esq., 

 Oakwood, Wylam (gr. Mr. Wm. Murray). This is the reverse 

 cross to that originally named D. x Murrayii, but practically the 

 same. Flowers large, pure white, with purple disc. Stems 

 thick, like D. albo-sanguineum, though growing like D. nobile. 



To Odontoglossum x Coradinei, Rosefield var. (votes, unani- 

 mous), from De B. Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks (gr. 

 Mr. S. Cooke). One of the best and largest of its class. 



To Odontoglossum x Humeanum excellens (votes, unani- 

 mous), from H. Mason, Esq., Bankfield, Shipley, Yorks. A 

 large and richly coloured variety. 



To Odontoglossum x Ruckerianum, Mason's var. (votes, 

 unanimous), from H. Mason, Esq., Bankfield, Shipley, Yorks. 

 A fine form, with flowers prettily spotted with purple and tinged 

 with rose. 



To Cattleya Schroderae caloglossa (votes, unanimous), from 

 Messrs. Jas. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea. This form has the usual 

 light-coloured flowers, but the lip is rich crimson with broad 

 blush-white margin. 



To Cattleya Triana3 ' Reine des Beiges ' (votes, unanimous), 

 from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, Dorking (gr. Mr. 

 W. H. White). A magnificent variety, with large flowers, the 

 lip being broad and finely fringed ; in colour, violet-tinted 

 crimson with lavender margin. 



To Odontoglossum x Wilckeanum Cooksonii (votes, unani- 

 mous), from Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans. A very large 

 form with broad bands of brown on the yellow segments. 



To Cypripedium hirsutissimum Stand Hall var. (votes, 8 for, 

 1 against), from Thos. Statter, Esq,, Stand Hall, Whitefield, 

 Manchester (gr. Mr. R. Johnson). 



Botanical Certificate. 



To Maxillaria lepidota (votes, unanimous), from Welbore S. 

 Ellis, Esq., Hazelbourne, Dorking (gr. Mr. Masterton). 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Welbore S. Ellis, Esq., Hazelbourne, Dorking, for a plant 

 of Odontoglossum crispum with a branched inflorescence bearing 

 sixty-five flowers. 



