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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



To Cattleya x ' Apollo ' (C. Mossiag ? x C. Aclandiae <? ) (votes, 

 unanimous), from Messrs. Jas. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea. This 

 fine hybrid had flowers nearly as large as those of C. Mossiae, 

 and intermediate in shape between that species and C. Aclandiae. 

 The sepals and petals were pinkish buff, lightly veined with 

 purple, and bearing a few irregular purple blotches. The broad 

 scoop-shaped lip was rose purple in front, the side lobes being 

 white with dark rose edge. The centre was streaked and tinged 

 with yellow. 



To Cattleya x 'Triumph' (C. Luddemanniana $ x C.Lawren- 

 ceana $) (votes, unanimous), from C. L. N. Ingrain, Esq., 

 Elstead House, Godalming (gr. Mr. T. W. Bond). A pretty 

 hybrid, with flowers of a light rose colour. 



Award of Merit. 



To Cattleya x ' Eclipse ' (C. maxima ? xC. Skinnerii $ ) (votes, 

 unanimous), from C. L. N. Ingram, Esq., Elstead House, 

 Godalming (gr. Mr. T. W. Bond). The flowers resembled a 

 small C. maxima, but the lip partook of C. Skinnerii in form. 



To Cattleya x 1 Jupiter' (C. Lawrenceana? xC. Warscewiczii 

 var.<?) (votes, unanimous), from C. L. N. Ingram, Esq. The 

 flower much resembled a light variety of C. labiata Lud- 

 demanniana. 



To Cypripedium Charlesworthii, Low's var.(votes, unanimous), 

 from Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Clapton. A form with dorsal 

 sepal over 3| inches broad. 



To Comparettia speciosa (votes, unanimous), from A. H. 

 Smee, Esq., The Grange, Carshalton (gr. Mr. Cummins). The 

 plant bore three spikes of soft orange -red flowers. 



Cultural Commendation. 

 To Mr. A. Nash, gr. to J. C. Bamsden, Esq., J.P., Willing- 

 hurst, Shamley Green, Guildford, for a fine plant of Vanda 

 cserulea, with two spikes bearing together twenty-five flowers. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Jas. Veitch & Sons showed Laelia x Clarinda (L. 

 Perrinii ? x L.pumila c? ) ; and Cattleya x Minucia (C. Loddigesii $ 

 x C. Warscewiczii). 



C. L. N. Ingram, Esq. (gr. Mr. T. W. Bond), sent Lirlio- 

 Cattleya x 'T.W.Bond '(C. labiata autumnalis ? xL. purpurata^); 



