lxXXiv PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Mr. F. Ross, gardener to Sir George Macleay, Pendell Court, 

 Bletchingley, sent flowers of Rhododendron ealophyllurn, 

 beautiful Bhotan variety with large white blossoms, and 

 Buddleia globosa, the old Orange-ball tree. 



ORCHID COMMITTEE. 



Dr. M. T. Masters, F.R.S., in the Chair, and seven members 



present. 



Mr. O'Brien stated that, as Secretary to the Orchid Com- 

 mittee, he had received from the Secretary of the Society a 

 notification that the Council referred back to the Orchid 

 Committee for reconsideration the First Class Certificate recom- 

 mended for Odontoglossum egregiurn, and the Medal recom- 

 mended for La?lia Digbyana-Mossia?, at the meeting on May 11. 

 After some discussion, the Committee decided that, seeing that 

 now 1 11 the awards were qualified by the number of votes for 

 and against being published, they could not alter their decision, 

 but left the matter in the hands of the Council. 



A full list of the Society's awards, written up to date by Mr. 

 F. Sander, was placed on the table, and Mr. Pollett also stated 

 that he had a similar list in printing. A vote of thanks was passed 

 in each case. 



At th ■ meeting C. J. Partington, Esq.. Heaton House, 

 Cheshunt (gardener, Mr. B. Searing), staged a group of about a 

 dozen fine plants of Epidendrum vitellinum majus ; and E. 

 Ellis, Esq., Manor House, Wallington (gardener, Mr. Glover), 

 brought a specimen of Cattleya Mossiae with about thirty 

 flowers. Also, from the gardens of A. H. Smee, Esq., came a 

 handsome and distinct light-coloured form of Cattleya Mossia?, 

 and a crimson-tipped variety of C. labiata Mendelii, both under 

 varietal names. A discussion arose as to the proper course to 

 be pursued, with a view :o naming and rendering recognisable 

 fine varietal forms of Orchids, and it was the opinion of the 

 Committee that it is desirable that an Orchid Nomenclature 

 Conference shoulcl be convened, to which Orchidists generally 

 should be invited. It was also deemed advisable that steps 

 should be taken to secure the identification of certificated 

 plants, by means of drawings retained by the Society. 



Mr. Ross, gardener to Sir George Macleay, brought from 

 Pendell Court Gardens sprays of a Dendrobe named D. fiin- 



