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bum $ x C. Fairieanum <£) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Jas. Veitch & Sons. This is the finest of the Fairieanum crosses 

 which has yet appeared. Dorsal sepal white, with a green tinge 

 at the base, and about fifteen dotted lines of purple radiating 

 from it. The rest of the flower yellow with spotting and lines 

 of chocolate colour. (Fig. 23.) 



Aivard of Merit. 



To Laelio-Cattleya x Tiresias (C. Bowringiana ? x L -C. x 

 elegans Turneri $ ) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Jas. Veitch & 

 Sons. This in form and colour resembled in a great degree 

 C. Bowringiana, but the flowers were larger and the lip less 

 convolute than in that species. 



To Laelio-Cattleya x Apollonia (? L. purpurata x C. Dowiana) 

 (votes, 2 for, 7 against). This resembled L.-C. x 1 Pallas.' 

 Sepals and petals light rose colour ; lip dark crimson purple. 

 Flower very fragrant. 



To Laelia x Juvenalis (L. Perrinii $ x L. pumila ^) (votes, 

 unanimous), from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, Dorking 

 (gr. Mr. W. H. White). A very beautiful flower resembling a 

 very large L. pumila praestans. 



To Sophro-Laelia x Marriottii (S. grandiflora ? x L. flava ) 

 (votes, 12 for, 4 against), from Sir Wm. Marriott, Down House, 

 Blandford. This singular hybrid resembles a strong- growing 

 Sophronitis and bore a three-flowered inflorescence of orange- 

 scarlet flowers, with the form of a narrow-petalled S. grandiflora, 

 but with the narrow, crimped front lobe to the lip, as in L. flava. 



To Laelio-Cattleya x Schilleriana, Ashworth's variety (votes, 

 unanimous), from Elijah Ashworth, Esq., Harefield Hall, 

 Wilmslow, Cheshire (gr. Mr. Holbrook). A very large and finely 

 coloured form. 



To Cattleya labiata, Ashford variety (votes, unanimous), from 

 G. Shirland Ball, Esq., Ashford, Wilmslow, Cheshire (gr. Mr. A. 

 Hay). A very dark and brightly-coloured variety. 



Botanical Certificate. 



To Acanthephippium javanicum, from F. W. Moore, Esq., 

 Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. Hughes, gr. to E. H. Woodall, Esq., St. Nicholas 



