lxXVili PROCEEDINGS OF THE EOY.iL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Botanical Certificate. 

 To Aciphylla squarrosa (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. J. 

 Teitcli ft Sons. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. H. Low & Co., The Nurseries, Clapton, sent 

 Pelargonium ('decorative) Bush Hill Beauty. A fine bright- 

 coloured sport from Madame Thibaut. 



Messrs. James Carter a: Co.. 237-S High Holborn, sent 

 Mimulus moschatus compactus. A pretty form. 



Mr. Apthorpe, Cambridge, sent Coleus Beaut y of Cam- 

 bridge. A bold-leaved variety, with dark spotting and a golden- 

 green edge. 



E. B. Foster, Esq., sent the following new Show Pelar- 

 goniums : Enthusiast, Exquisite, Jacobin, Curtius, Carmine, and 

 Conspirator. All promising varieties. 



Air. Pi. Miller, Shoreham, sent Pelargonium (decorative) 

 Pearl. A pure white sport from Madame Thibaut. 



ORCHID COMMITTEE. 



Sir Teeyoe Lawrence, Bart., M.P., in the Chair, and eleven 

 members present. 



A dozen and a half species, more or less distinct, were sub- 

 mitted to the Committee ; of these, the four forms of Cattleya 

 labiata Mendelii pointedly exhibited the wide range of variety 

 which Orchids of the same species afford. The fine specimen 

 of C. Mendelii, " Mundy's var.," brought by Mr. Elphinstone 

 from the gardens of E. Miller Mundy, Esq., Shipley Hall, Derby, 

 as a florists' flower was very fine ; but others very like it having 

 been previously exhibited, it was passed, so also the two quaint 

 varieties exhibited by Mr. G. T. White, of Winchmore Hill, and 

 named C. M. Painted Lady, and C. M. albo-lineata ; the 

 former with mottled flowers, and the latter with a white stripe 

 in the labellum. From Baron Schroder's garden, The Dell, 

 Egham, came C. Mendelii Bothschildianum, which was pro- 

 nounced one of the finest of its class ; the flower being very 

 large and perfect in form, the labellum finely expanded and 

 coloured on the front lobe, of a bright rosy-crimson. This was 

 considered worthy of a First Class Certificate. Three forms of 



