Clxxiv PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Sophro-Lcelia x Iceta Orpetiana (L. Day ana x S. grandiflora) 

 (votes, unanimous), from Major G. L. Holford, CLE. (gr. Mr. Alexander). 

 Flowers bright magenta-crimson, with yellow base to the lip. A.M., 

 March 25, 1902. (Fig. 52.) 



To Lcelio-Cattleya x ' King of Spain ' (parentage unrecorded) (votes, 

 10 for, 3 against), from Messrs. Jas. Veitch & Sons. A large and finely 

 formed flower, with strong indication of Cattleya Wamerii. Sepals and 

 petals bright rosy-lilac ; front of lip bright crimson-purple ; disc yellow, 

 with purple markings at the base. 



Award of Merit. 



To Odontoma x Lairessece (Milton la Warscewiczii x Odontoglossum 

 crispum) (votes, unanimous), from M. A. de Lairesse, Liege, Belgium. 



Fig. 52.— Sophko-L.elia x l.eta Orpetiana. (Journal of Horticulture.) • 



Habit and general form of the flower approaching M. Warscewiczii, but 

 the flowers broader in all the parts ; 'white, with the inner two-thirds of 

 the segments blotched with rose. 



To Epidendrum x radico-vitellinum (E. radicans x E. vitellinum) 

 (votes, unanimous), from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. Habit of E. radi- 

 cans, the terminal inflorescence bearing many orange-coloured flowers 

 similar to those of E. vitellinum. 



To Epi-Lcelia x vitell-brosa (E. vitellinum x L. tenebrosa) (votes, 

 unanimous), from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. Inflorescence erect ; 

 flowers 2t> inches across. Sepals and petals bronzy yellow ; lip yellowish, 

 with rose markings. 



