ORCHID COMMITTEE, JUNE 26. 



CXXV 



Bradford, for a group of showy Orchids, composed principally 

 of varieties of Lselia tenebrosa, Oncidium macranthum, Miltonia 

 vexillaria, Sec. 



To Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Clapton, for a group of 

 Cattleya Mossiae and other Cattleyas, varieties of Masdevallia 

 Harryana, Cypripediums, &c. 



Bronze Banksian Medal. 

 To H. T. Pitt, Esq., Rosslyn, Stamford Hill, for a select 

 group of well-grown Orchids. 

 First Class Certificate. 

 To Laelio- Cattleya x Canhamiana var. alba (votes, unani- 

 mous), from Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, King's Road, Chelsea. 

 This differed from the original in having pure white sepals and 

 petals. 



To Cypripedium x Leysenianum (C. barbatum Crossii $ x 

 C. bellatulum <?) (votes, unanimous), from Mons. Jules Hye- 

 Leysen, 8 Coupure, Ghent, Belgium. A fine hybrid, with white 

 flowers profusely spotted with dark crimson, and tinged on the 

 outer halves of the petals with rose colour. 

 Atcard of Merit. 



To Angraecum Fournierianum (votes, unanimous), from 

 Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans. An extraordinary species, 

 with the habit of a small A. eburneum, and with ascending, 

 wiry flower-spikes, furnished with a dozen or more white flowers, 

 each two inches across. The broad shovel- shaped lip, with three 

 points in front, and with short funnel-shaped spur, is quite 

 characteristic. 



To Pescatorea Klabochorum excellens (votes, unanimous), 

 from Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans. The large white 

 flowers of this variety had the outer halves of a violet -purple 

 tint. 



To Masdevallia x Cassiope (M. triangularis $ x M. Harry- 

 ana <?) (votes, unanimous), from Captain Hincks, Terrace House, 

 Richmond, Yorks. The flowers were formed like those of M. tri- 

 angularis, but of a dull rose and yellow colour. 



To, Laelia tenebrosa Pittiana (votes, unanimous), from H. T. 

 Pitt, Esq., Rosslyn, Stamford Hill. A distinct form with buff 

 sepals and petals, and white lip with purple lines in the tube. 



To Phaius Sanderianus, Ralli's var. (votes, unanimous), from 

 P. Ralli, Esq., Ashtead Park, Epsom (gr. Mr. G. Hunt). Sepals 



