OClx PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Botanical Certificate. 



To Bulbophyllum mandibulare, from C. J. Lucas, Esq., Warn- 

 liam Court, Horsham (gr. Mr. Duncan). 



To Masdevallia Peristeria, from F. W. Moore, Esq., Royal 

 Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. B. S. Williams & Son, Upper Holloway, N., sent a 

 small group of Orchids, in which hybrid Cypripediums were well 

 represented. 



Messrs. Hugh Low & Co. contributed a selection comprising 

 a fine lot of Cypripedium JCharlesworthii, a plant of C. Argus 

 x C. Spicerianum, x Leeanum superbum, C. x Harrisianum 

 superbum, &c. 



His Grace the Duke of Westminster, Eaton Hall, Chester 

 (gr. Mr. Barnes), sent flowers of Cattleya labiata "Princess 

 Adolphus," a variety with very richly coloured labellum, 

 having cream-white blotches on each side, as in some forms of 

 C. Warscewiczii. 



Messrs. F. Sander & Co. staged an effective group of Orchids, 

 among which were Cypripedium x Hollidayanum (C. concolor 

 $ x C. x almum $) andC. x Albert Truffaut (C. x Harrisianum 

 vivicans $ x C. Spicerianum $ ). 



Mr. P. Weathers, Isleworth, showed Cypripedium x Gravesia& 

 (C. niveum ? xC. Argus $ ). 



Messrs. Heath & Son, Cheltenham, sent Laglio- Cattleya x 

 Tresederiana pallida (L. crispa ? x C. Loddigesii c?). 



Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, King's Road, Chelsea, showed 

 Epidendrum x Wallisio-ciliare (E. ciliare ? x E. Wallisii <?), 

 a pretty hybrid with flowers larger than those of E. Wallisii. 

 Sepals and petals yellow, lip white with yellow callus, in front of 

 which were a few purple lines. Also Cypripedium x Zeno 

 (C. x nitens $ x C. insigne Chantinii #), C. x Sirius (C. 

 barbatum Crossii ? xC. Godefroyse <?), C. x Niobe, and C. x 

 Minosa (C. Arthurianum $ x C. Spicerianum $). 



W. C. Walker, Esq., Winchmore Hill (gr. Mr. G. Cragg), 

 sent Eulophia megistophylla. 



A. H. Smee, Esq., The Grange, Wallington (gr. Mr. 

 Cummins), sent Amblostoma tridactylon and Cypripedium x 

 Ashburtonise. 



