ORCHID COMMITTEE, MAY 23. 



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Award of Merit, 



To Odontoglossum crispum Massangeanum (votes, unani- 

 mous), from Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans. A fine blotched 

 variety. 



To Oncidium Marshallianuni superbum, from Walter C. 

 Walker, Esq., Percy Lodge, Winchmore Hill (gr. Mr. Geo. 

 Cragg). 



To Odontoglossum Andersonianum, Young's var. (votes, 

 unanimous), from Chas. Young, Esq., The Thorns, Sevenoaks 

 (gr. Mr. Ryder). A fine variety, with flowers almost as large as 

 D. crispum, andjprettily spotted. 



To Laelio-Cattleya x Frederick Boyle (C. labiata Trianae $ 

 x Laelia anceps <?) (votes, 1 against), from Messrs. F. Sander 

 & Co., St. Albans. This extraordinary hybrid has flowers 

 equal in size to those of a good L. anceps, but broader in the 

 segments. The lip, in the decided division of the front from 

 the side lobes, markedly shows the influence of the pollen 

 parent. The flowers are white, with crimson lines and tinge on 

 the front lobe of the lip. 



To Laelio-Cattleya x Aylingi (votes, unanimous), from 

 Messrs. F. Sander & Co. A close ally of L.-C. eximea ; parentage 

 not recorded. 



To Cattleya Mendelii picta (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 F. Sander & Co. A beautiful light variety of the C. M. Morganiae 

 section. 



To Cattleya Mendelii Lewisii (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 W\ L. Lewis & Co., Southgate, N. A very large and richly 

 coloured form. 



To Cattleya Mendelii " Mrs. De B. Crawshay " (votes, unani- 

 mous), from De B. Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks (gr. 

 Mr. S. Cooke). A fine form, with carmine-crimson front to 

 the lip. 



To Odontoglossum crispum Capartianum (votes, 6 for, 2 

 against), from Mons. A. A. Peeters, St. Gilles, Brussels. A 

 rather small form, with flowers tinged and blotched with 

 purple. 



To Odontoglossum crispum Trianae (votes, unanimous), from 

 H. Shaw, Esq., Ashton-under-Lyne. 



