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C ultural Commendation. 



To W. Thompson, ^Esq., Walton Grange, Stone, Stafford- 

 shire (gr. Mr. W. Stevens), for a finely flowered pseudo-bulb of 

 Dendrobium YVardianum, about 4 feet in length, cut from a 

 pruned plant. 



To W. E. Lee, Esq., Beech Lawn, Audenshaw (gr. Mr. 

 Billington), for a fine specimen of Dendrobium x splendidis- 

 simum, Lee's var. 



Other Exhibits. 



Charles L. N. Ingram, Esq., Elstead House, Godalming (gr. 

 Mr. T. W. Bond), showed Cypripedium x Lobengula (like a dark 

 C. x Harrisianum), Dendrobium nobile var., and Cypripedium 

 Chamberlainianum. 



Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons sent Dendrobium x Euryalus (D. 

 x Ainsworthii ? x D. nobile $ ), Chysis x Chelsoni, Cymbidium x 

 eburneo-Lowianum, and Dendrobium atro-violaceum. 



W. E. Brymer, Esq., M.P., Ilsington House, Dorchester, sent 

 Dendrobium x Benita (D. aureum ? xD. Falconeri^), which did 

 not, however, show much trace of D. Falconeri in the pseudo- 

 bulbs. 



Welbore S. Ellis, Esq., Hazelbourne, Dorking (gr. Mr. 

 Masterson), sent a flower of Zygopetalum (Bollea) Patinii. 



H. YVeetman, Esq., Little Haywood, Stafford, sent cut 

 flowers of many forms of Dendrobium nobile, &c. 



J. W. Swinburne, Esq., Corndean Hall, Winchcombe, showed 

 two hybrid Cypripediums. 



Mr. P. McArthur, Maida Vale, showed Cypripedium Chamber- 

 lainianum excellens. 



M.Jules Hye-Leysen, 8 Coupure, Ghent, showed Cypripedium 

 x Lathamianum Kex. 



Mr. J. McBean, Cooksbridge, Lewes, showed a light form of 

 Dendrobium nobile. 



Miss Harris, Lamberhurst, showed three finely flowered 

 Dendrobium x Ainsworthii. 



P. Ralli, Esq., Ashtead Park, Epsom, sent Miltonia flavescens 

 grandiflora. 



Baron Schroder showed fine cut spikes of Odontoglossum 

 Pescatorei Schroderianum and other Odontoglossums. 



