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Dendrobium x ' Cybele,' Oakwood var. (Findlayanum x nobilo 

 Burfordiense), in which the lower sepals were decorated with 

 purple lines on white ground as in D. n, Burfordiense. 



Elijah Ashworth, Esq., Harefield Hall, Wilmslow (gr. Mr. 

 Holbrook), showed Cattleya Trianau Ashworthii, a beautiful 

 flower of a delicate peach-blossom tint, with light rose-purple 

 front to the lip. 



Messrs. Hugh Low showed C. Trianrei 'Venus.' 



R. I. Measures, Esq., Camberwell (gr. Mr. H. J. Chapman), 

 showed the singular Pleurothallis punctulata. 



W. S. Ellis, Esq., Dorking (gr. Mr. Barrel), sent Dendrobium 

 x 1 Cybele,' Ellis var. 



H. Shaw, Esq,, Birch Vale (gr. Mr. J. Cliffe), sent two 

 Odontoglossums. 



J. T. Bennett-Poe, Esq., Cheshunt (gr. Mr. Downes), sent 

 Epidendrum Stamfordianum. 



W. C. Walker, Esq. (gr. Mr. Gr. Cragg), sent Acineta 

 Humboldtii. 



Messrs. Fisher, Son & Sibray, Handsworth, Sheffield, 

 showed Dendrobium Wardianum album. 



J. Rutherford, Esq., Blackburn (gr. Mr. J. Lupton), sent 

 Odontoglossum Andersonianum. 



The Right Hon. Lord Leigh (gr. Mr. H. T. Martin), showed 

 flowers of a good Lycaste Skinnerii, which had borne twenty-five 

 blooms. 



E, Hockliffe, Esq., Uppingham, sent Odontoglossum Ander- 

 sonianum. 



Mr. Wm. Murray, Wylam-on-Tyne, showed examples of his 

 patent Orchid Stand. 



Orchid Committee, March 22, 1898. 



Harry J. Veitch, Esq., in the Chair, and sixteen members 



present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Hugh Low, Clapton, for a group of Orchids. 



First-class Certificate. 

 To Dendrobium nobile Ashworthianum (votes, unanimous), 



