CCXlii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Sir Charles Pigott, Bart., Wexham Park, Slough (gr. Mr. 

 Capp), sent seven varieties of Gattleya labiata Gaskelliana. 



Messrs. Jas. Veitch & Sons showed Laelio-Cattleya x Nysa 

 (C. Warscewiczii $ x L. crispa 



C. L. N. Ingram, Esq., Elstead House, Godalming (gr. Mr. 

 T. W. Bond), sent Laslio-Cattleya x elegans Houtteana. 



Orchid Committee, Chiswick, September 25, 1894. 

 Harry J. Veitch, Esq., in the Chair, and six members present. 

 Awards Recommended :— 



First Glass Certificate. 



To Sophro-Cattleya x eximea (C. Bowringiana 2 x So- 

 phronitis grandiflora $ ) (votes unanimous), from Messrs. James 

 Veitch & Sons, King's Eoad, Chelsea. An extraordinary bigeneric 

 hybrid, bearing a close resemblance to S. grandiflora, notwith- 

 standing that the seeds were borne by the tall and numerous- 

 flowered C. Bowringiana. The sepals and petals were warm 

 rose-purple, the lip yellow at the base, with rose-purple indenta- 

 tions in front of the yellow, the purplish colour being continued 

 over the whole of the front lobe, and showed through as a veining 

 on the outsides of the folded side lobes, which between the veins 

 were yellowish white (fig. 30). 



To Cattleya bicolor cserulea (votes, 4 for, 1 against), from 

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

 Mr. E. Johnson). A singular variety, with greenish sepals and 

 petals, and dull blue lip. 



To Cypripedium x Arnoldiae (C. bellatulum $ x C. super- 

 ciliare^) (votes unanimous), from Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. 

 Albans. This variety in general appearance resembles some of 

 the section commenced with C. x Marshallianum. 



Award of Merit. 

 To Laelio-Cattleya x Wellsise (C. labiata vera $ x L. pur- 

 purata) (votes unanimous), from Matthew Wells, Esq., Broom- 

 field, Sale, Manchester (gr. Mr. R. Hinds). This differs mainly 

 from L.-C. x eximea, L.-C. x Arnoldiana, and others which 

 are hybrids of the same origin, in its lighter colour and later 



