lxil PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



by him by crossing C. caudatum with the pollen of C. conclii- 

 ferum, and it was named C. nitidissimum, and bore a three- 

 flowered spike of showy flowers, the upper and lower sepals being 

 pale yellowish-green, veined with darker green, the pouch cream- 

 white inside, beautifully spotted with rose, the outside being 

 veined with green and tinged with red ; it had the characteristic 

 tail-like form of the petals seen in C. caudatum, but shorter, 

 although a better idea of the flower may be got by imagining a 

 considerably enlarged C. conchiferum X. In other respects it 

 approaches C. grande X. 



Cut spikes of a very fine form of Odontoglossum cirrhosum 

 came from Arthur Wilson, Esq., Framley Croft, Hull (gardener, 

 Mr. J. P. Leadbetter) ; and Mr. Cowley again brought from 

 the collection of F. G. Tautz, Esq., Cattleya Lawrenceana 

 concolor, a variety wholly of a pale lilac. 



Mr. A. Methven, gardener toT.Lange, Esq., Heathfield Lodge, 

 Gateshead-on-Tyne, brought a fine specimen of their fixed sport 

 from D. nobile, known in their gardens as " Heathfield variety," 

 and from which came the plants which Professor Reichenbach 

 named for Norman G. Cookson, Esq., D. nobile Cooksonianum, 

 and which was afterwards certificated as such at the Royal 

 Horticultural 4 Society. The Heathfield name not having been 

 published, the Committee decided that it must bear the published 

 and certificated name, D. n. Cooksonianum. 

 Botanical Certificate. 



To Ophrys Bertolonii, from Mr. BickerstafTe, gardener to Sir 

 Trevor Lawrence, Bart., M.P. 

 Vote of Thanks. 



To F. G. Tautz, Esq., for Cattleya Lawrenceana concolor. 



To T. Lange, Esq., for Dendrobium nobile Cooksonianum 

 and Cattleya Mendelii. 



To Arthur Wilson, Esq., for Odontoglossum cirrhosum. 



All awards by unanimous vote. 



The interesting group from the Royal Gardens, Kew, also had 

 in it good examples of Orchis undulatifolia, 0. longicornu, 0. 

 papilionacea, &c. 



Awards Recommended:— 



First Class Certificate. 

 To Odontoglossum Pescatorei Thomsonianum, from H. M. 

 Pollett, Esq. 



