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PROCEEDINGS OE THE EOYAL HORTICULTUEAL SOCIETY. 
Other Exhibits. 
]\r. J. Zollinger-Jenny, Villa Gretin, Zurich, sent a fine inflorescence 
of Vanda Sanderiana, and a spike of Cattleya O'Brieniana. 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, showed Cypripediura niveum 
maculatiim, with pure white flowers evenly blotched with dark purple. 
Fred Hardy, Esq., Tyntesfield. Ashton-on-Mersey (gr. Mr. T. Stafford), 
again showed Sophro-Cattleya x 'George Hardy' (S. grandifiora x C. 
Acklandiae). 
C. L. N. Ingram. Esq., Elstead House, Godalming (gr. Mr. T. W. 
Bond), sent a fine form of L^elio-Cattleya x callistoglossa. 
Mrs. Temple, Leyswood, Groombridge (gr. Mr. E. Bristow). showed 
Cattleya Gaskilliana Templefp. 
Col. E. W. Shipway, Grove House, Chiswick (gr. Mr. AY. Walters), 
sent a good form of Cattleya x Hardyana. 
Messrs. F. Sander, St, Albans, showed a group of Dendrobium for- 
mosum set up with Acalypha hispida. 
Orchid Committee. Septembee 2o, 1899. 
Haeey J. Veitch, Esq.. in the Chair, and twelve members present. 
Awards Recommended:— 
Silcer Flora Medal. 
To Messrs. Jas. Veitch Chelsea, for a group of Orchids. 
Sih'pr Bank si an Medal. 
To C. H. Felling, Esq., Southgate (gr. Mr. Canham), for a well- 
arranged group of Orchids, in which were many varieties of Dendrobium 
Phalaenopsis Schroderianum. 
To Messrs. Hugh Low, Enfield, for a group of Orchids. 
Aicard of Merit. 
To Cattleya x ^Yeedoniensis (Mendelii x granulosa Schofieldiana) 
(votes, unanimous), from T, W. Thornton, Esq., Brockhall, Weedon. A 
very remarkable hybrid, bearing the general characters of Cattleya granu- 
losa, but with all the parts of the flower broader and handsomer than in 
that species. Sepals greenish-white tinged with lilac ; petals cream-white 
with a green tinge along the midrib, and a close reticulation of rose 
colour ; labellum with acute side lobes, as in C. granulosa, that portion 
being pale yellow, darker on the inside, the ample front lobe crimped and 
toothed at the margin, the blade bright purple, showing lighter between 
the veining. The inflorescence bore three large flowers. 
To Odontoglossum crispum ' Basano ' (votes, G for, 5 against),' from 
Walter Cobb, Esq., Dulcote, Tunbridge Wells (gr. Mr. J. Howes). A fine 
w^hite variety "with yellowish cast over the sepals and petals, the lip 
bearing a conspicuous red-brown blotch. 
