ORCHID COMMITTEE, MAY 8. 



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Botanical Certificate* 



To Catasetum Eodigasianum var. tenebrosum (votes, unani- 

 mous), from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, Dorking (gr. 

 Mr. W. H. White). 



To Microstylis Scotii (votes, 8 for, 2 against), from Messrs. 

 W. L. Lewis & Co., Chase Side, Southgate. 



To Bifrenaria inodora (votes, 8 for), from R. I. Measures, 

 Esq., Cambridge Lodge, Camberwell (gr. Mr. H. Chapman). 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Walter C. Walker, Esq., Percy Lodge, Winchmore Hill 

 (gr. Mr. Geo. Cragg), for a comparatively small plant of Cattleya 

 Lawrenceana, with twenty-one flowers (votes, unanimous). 



Other Exhibits. 



De Barri Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks (gr. Mr. S. 

 Cooke), exhibited an interesting series of varieties of Odonto- 

 glossum triumphans and other species. 



Messrs. T. Cripps & Sons, Tunbridge Wells, sent a small 

 group of Orchids, comprising Dendrobium Dearei, with four 

 spikes, and fine varieties of Cypripedium ciliolare, C. Lawrence- 

 anum, C.Argus, C. Druryii, and C. caudatum. 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, Dorking (gr. Mr. W. H. 

 W 7 hite), showed Cycnoches ventricosum, Masdevallia caudata 

 Shuttleworthii with twenty flowers, M. c. xanthocorys, Lselia 

 purpurata, L. p. nobilior, and Cattleya Mossia3 Wagenerii. 



Joseph Broome, Esq., Sunny Hill, Llandudno (gr. Mr. Shill), 

 sent a very fine and richly coloured Cattleya Mossire conspicua. 



R. I. Measures, Esq., Cambridge Lodge, Camberwell, ex- 

 hibited the rare Masdevallia marginella. 



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

 Dublin, sent three distinct forms of Masdevallia ignea, and 

 Oncidium roraimense. 



Messrs. W. L. Lewis & Co., Southgate, showed Zygopetalum 

 (Warscewiczella) Wailesianum. 



A. H. Smee, Esq., The Grange, Wallington (gr. Mr. 

 Cummins), sent Phaius Sanderianus. 



Henry Weetman, Esq., The Hawthorns, Little Haywood, 

 Stafford, also showed a flower of a good form of Phaius 

 Sanderianus, Dendrobium Devonianum candidulum, and D. 

 Dalhousieanum. 



