ORCHID COMMITTEE, MAY 23. 



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Flowers of a uniform purplish rose colour, Lip blush-white with rose 

 lines. 



Award of Merit. 



To Dendrobium x 'Venus' ' Cookson's variety' (Falconeri x nob He) 

 (votes, 18 for, 3 against), from Norman C. Cookson, Esq. Flowers white, 

 with the outer halves of the segments dark rose. Disc of lip maroon, 

 with orange-coloured band. 



To Odontoglossum x Lucasianum heatonense (? Hallii x cristatellum) 

 (votes, 8 for, 1 against), from Baron Schroder (gr. Mr. Ballantine). 



Fig. 48.— Cypripedium x 'Don Carlos' superbum. (Journal of Horticulture.) 



Sepals and petals purplish-chocolate, tipped and edged with yellow. Lip 

 cream-white, spotted with brown around the crest. 



To Zygopetalum x Crawshayanum (xanthinum x stapelioides) 

 (votes, unanimous), from De B. Crawshay, Esq. (gr. Mr. Stables). Flowers 

 2 \ inches across, yellow, with a greenish tint, and profuse spotting of 

 purplish red. 



Botanical Certificate, 



To Polystachya Haroldiana from Norman C. Cookson, Esq. Sent 

 from the neighbourhood of Lake Tanganyika, by Mr. Harold Cookson. 



