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8 for, 5 against), from Baron Sir H. Schroder. A natural hybrid, with 
small yellow flowers blotched with brown. (Fig. 33.) 
To Odontoglossum X Coradinei expansum (votes, 7 for), from W. 
Thompson, Esq., Stone (gr. Mr. W. Stevens). Flower larger than the 
type, cream white with brown markings. 
To Cypripedium x * Surprise ' (Sallieri Hyeanum x Spicerianum) 
(votes, unanimous), from M. Jules Hye Leysen, Coupure, Ghent (gr. Mr. 
Coen). A singular seminal variation in which the usual markings are 
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Fig. 33. — Odontoglossum x Cookeanum, {Gardeners' Chronicle.) 
suppressed, the flower being greenish -yellow with white upper portion to 
the dorsal sepal. 
Cultural Commendation. 
To Mr. W. Stevens, gr. to W. Thompson, Esq., Stone, for a finely 
grown plant of Odontoglossum x excellens spectabile, with two flower 
spikes from the leading bulb. 
Other Exhibits. 
J. T. Bennett-Poe, Esq., Cheshunt (gr. Mr. Downes),sent a collection 
of Cypripediums. 
Baron Sir H. Schroder (gr. Mr. Ballantine), showed a yellow unspotted 
Odontoglossum Pescatorei. 
Messrs. Jas. Veitch, Chelsea, sent four hybrid Phalsenopsis. 
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