ORCHID COMMITTEE, AUGUST 28. 



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Alexander). Sepals and petals dark apricot -yellow ; lip yellowish, with 

 a clear rose front lobe. 



Award of Merit. 



To Lcelio-Cattleya x elegans ' His Majesty ' (L. imrpurata x 

 G. Leojpoldii) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Sander, St. Albans. 

 Sepals and petals purple; the tips of the side lobes and front Ci the lip 

 claret-purple. The plant bore two spikes of twelve and nine flowers. 



To Cypripedium x 'Baron Schroder' var. ardens {cenanthum 

 superbum x Fairrieanum) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Sander. 

 Dorsal sepal bearing heavy dark-purple dotted lines, and the whole flower 

 suflused with rose colour. 



Fig. 81. — 0^■CIDIUM Staxleyi. [Journal of Horticulture.) 



To SobraUa Loicii (votes, unanimous), from Henry Little, Esq., 

 Twickenham (gr. Mr. Howard). A pretty dwarf species with small rose- 

 purple flowers. 



To Oncidium Stanley i (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Stanley, 

 Southgate. A supposed natural hybrid between 0. curium and 

 0. Marshallianum. Sepals and petals yellowish with light-brown 

 markings ; lip clear yellow. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To P. L. Hudson, Esq., Pampisford, for Cypripedium Charlesicorthii 

 with fifteen flowers. 



