CXVili PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Botanical Certificate. 



To Schomburgkia tibicinis (votes, unanimous), from Walter C. 

 Walker, Esq., Percy Lodge, Winchmore Hill. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Baron Schroder, The Dell, Egham (gr. Mr. H. Ballantine), 

 for a magnificent specimen of Ccelogyne Dayana, bearing 24 

 racemes, and an aggregate of 930 blooms (votes, unanimous). 



To Fred. Hardy, Esq., Tyntesfield, Ashton-on-Mersey (gr. 

 Mr. T. Stafford), for a noble example of Laelia purpurata. 



Other Exhibits. 



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

 White), staged a magnificent group of Orchids, embracing many 

 new plants. 



Baron Schroder, in his magnificent group, showed Cypripedium 

 Stonei platytaanium and many other rare species. 



Messrs. Linden, l'Horticulture Internationale, Pare Leopold, 

 Brussels, showed plants and cut examples of about forty varieties 

 of their fine strain of Laelia purpurata, and other Orchids. 



W. R. Lee, Esq., Beech Lawn, Audenshaw, Manchester (gr. 

 Mr. Billington), showed Cypripedium x Muriel Hollington. 



R. I. Measures, Esq., Cambridge Lodge, Camberwell (gr. 

 Mr. H. Chapman), showed a cut spike of Miltonia festiva under 

 the provisional name M. Measuresiana, and Miltonia vexillaria, 

 Cambridge Lodge var., in which the petals have markings as in 

 the lip. 



Special Awards. 



Silver Cup. 



To Mr. James Cypher, Cheltenham, for a group containing 

 some fine Laalias, Miltonias, and Cattleyas. 



To Messrs. B. S. Williams & Son, Upper Holloway, for a 

 dch collection, in which were noticeable specimens of Cymbidium 

 Lowianum, Vanda tricolor, Trichopilias, Odontoglossums, On- 

 eidium Marshallianum, and 0. concolor. 



To Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, for a remarkable 

 group, in which the new Cypripedium callosum Sanderae, Phaius 

 x Owenianus, Laelio-Cattleya x Frederick Boyle, and many 

 other good things attracted notice. 



