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Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. James Veitch & Sons contribute:! cut blooms of 

 beautiful hybrid Greenhouse Rhododendrons, varieties of which 

 had been continuously in flower since July last. 



Lord Foley, Ruxley Lodge, Esher ( gardener, Mr. W. Miller), 

 sent cut blooms of Eucharis amazoniea. 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart.. M.P. (gardener, Mr. Bain), sent 

 a well-flowered plant of Anthurium Burfordiense X. 



J. W. Ford, Esq., Chase Park, Enfield (gardener, Mr. F. H. 

 Froud), sent a plant of the curious Hainan thus hirsutus in 

 flower. This plant generally flowers just before leaf- growth 

 commences, and from the side of the bulb, instead of, as in the 

 present instance, from the centre ; and, moreover, without the 

 " shield," as in the specimen shown. It was referred to the 

 Scientific Committee. 



Sir George Macleay, Pendell Court, Bletchingley (gardener, 

 Mr. F. Ross), sent Arundo mauritanica, a half-hardy ornamental 

 Grass. 



Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons, Swanley, sent some very fine 

 examples of Zonal Pelargoniums (cut blooms), and cut flowers 

 of a very good strain of Primulas. 



Messrs. C. Lee Sc Son, Royal Vineyard Nursery, Hammer- 

 smith, sent several plants of Bouvardia elegans variegata, a 

 sport from B. elegans, and apparently constant. 



This being the last meeting of the year, Mr. John Fraser 

 proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman, Wm. Marshall, Esq., 

 which was carried unanimously, 



ORCHID COMMITTEE. 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., M.P. (President R.H.S.), in 

 the Chair, and nine members present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Bronze Medal. 



To J. S. Hodgson, Esq.. Lythe Hall, Haslemere (gardener, 

 Mr. A. Evans), for a fine specimen of the white Masdevallia 

 tovarensis, with 1G2 spikes, bearing in all 346 fully expanded 

 flowers. 



First Class Certificate. 



To Coelia bella (votes, unanimous), from Malcolm S. Cooke, 



