CCXXXviii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Award of Merit. 



To Cypripedium x The Pard (C. niveum ? xC. superbiens $ ) 

 (votes unanimous), from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, 

 Dorking (gr. Mr. W. H. White). This pretty hybrid had flowers 

 of a pure white spotted with purple. 



To Lselio- Cattleya x elegans nobilis (votes unanimous), from 

 Messrs. F. Sander and Co., St. Albans. A bright variation of 

 the Turneri section, with wholly carmine-crimson flowers, not 

 exhibiting the olive-green tint on the sepals usually seen. 



To Saccolabium cceleste superbum (votes unanimous), from 

 Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Clapton. The lip of this variety 

 was of a dark violet colour. 



To Cattleya x Hardyana, Selwood var. (votes unanimous), 

 from G. D. Owen, Esq., Sellwood, Rotherham (gr. Mr. Watt). 

 A fine and richly coloured form, the chief distinction being the 

 large chrome-yellow blotches on each side of the lip. 



To Laelio- Cattleya x Oweniae (votes unanimous), from Gr. D. 

 Owen, Esq., Selwood, Rotherham (gr. Mr. Watt). A sup- 

 posed hybrid of Laelia Perrinii. The habit is that of L.-C. 

 x elegans. Flowers bright purplish rose, with a pure white 

 base to the lip. 



Botanical Certificate. 

 To Stenia fimbriata (votes unanimous), from Sir Trevor 

 Lawrence, Bart. (gr. Mr. W. H. White). Shown as Stenia 

 Chestertoni. 



To Dendrobium album (aqueum) (votes unanimous), from 

 Thos. Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield, Manchester (gr. Mr. 

 R. Johnson). 



Other Exhibits. 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., showed Zygopetalum brachy- 

 petalum, Maxillaria fucata, and M. Hubschii. 



Thos. Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield, Manchester, 

 showed Laelia monophylla with six spikes, Laelio- Cattleya x 

 callistoglossa, and L.-C. x Nysa. 



G. D. Owen, Esq., Selwood, Rotherham, sent Cattleya 

 labiata Gaskelliana alba. 



W. Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange, Stone, Staffs (gr. Mr. 

 W. Stevens), showed Laelio-Cattleya x Camenbergiana, like a 



