CXU PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Jas. Veitch & Sons, King's Road, Chelsea, S.W. A very bold 

 and striking hybrid ; the best of its section. The flowers were 

 similar to C. x macrochilum, but much larger, the labellum 

 being large and well-rounded. Sepals cream-white, striped and 

 netted with green ; the petals 18 inches long, white striped with 

 green at the base, the remainder claret colour ; lip ivory-white, 

 tinged with green and brown, the infolded side lobes spotted and 

 tinged with purple. 



To Vanda suavis (votes, unanimous), from De Barri Crawshay, 

 Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks (gr. Mr. S. Cooke). The variety 

 shown was like a better form of V. s. Veitch's var., and was 

 named " Rosefield var." 



Award of Merit. 



To Coryanthes Wolfii (Lehmann) (votes, unanimous), from 

 F. W. Moore, Esq., Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin. 

 This is a most extraordinary and distinct species, easily recognis- 

 able by its slightly concave, solid hood. The colour was orange, 

 spotted with purplish crimson. 



To Odontoglossum crispum apiculatum (votes, unanimous), 

 from Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Heaton, Bradford. A form 

 near to 0. c. Bonnyanum, with a large irregular brown blotch 

 on each sepal. 



To Disa x langleyensis (D. racemosa ? xD. tripetaloides <? ) 

 (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Jas. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea. 

 A very elegant hybrid, with flowers shaped like those of 

 D. tripetaloides, but larger ; pale rose, with crimson- spotted 

 galea. 



To Dendrobium cretaceum (votes, 4 for, 1 against), from Sir 

 Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford (gr. Mr. White). A well-known 

 species introduced from Moulmein in 1846. 



To Odontoglossum Pescatorei, Hazelbourne var. (votes, 

 unanimous), from Welbore S. Ellis, Esq., Hazelbourne, Dorking 

 (gr. Mr. Masterson). A pretty variety with large flowers, the 

 inner halves of the petals uniformly spotted with purple. 



To Odontoglossum triumphans " Lionel Crawshay " (votes, 

 unanimous), from De Barri Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks. 

 Flowers large and very broad in the segments ; the labellum 

 shield- shaped, and exhibiting a tendency to expand at the apex ; 

 colour yellow, with broad bands of cinnamon-brown. 



