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spotted with rosy crimson. The flowers are produced several on 

 a spike in wild specimens (fig. 25). 



To Cypripedium Lawrebell x (C. Lawrenceanum $ x C. 

 bellatulum c?) (votes, unanimous), from Sir Trevor Lawrence, 

 Bart. This hybrid most resembles C. Lawrenceanum. The 

 flowers are of a bright purplish crimson, with a tinge of green at 

 the base of the upper sepal, on which there are dark purplish 

 lines extending upwards to the pure white margin. The petals 

 also have chocolate spots. 



Award of Merit. 

 To Laelio-Cattleya Marriottiana x (Laelia flava $ x C. Skin- 

 nerii $) (votes, unanimous), from Sir William Marriott, Down 

 House, Blandford, Dorset. This is an extraordinary cross, the 

 habit of the plant resembling a small Schomburgkia tibicinis. 

 The flowers are yellowish pink tinged with brown in the younger 

 flowers and buds. 



To Dendrobium Euryclea x (D. lituiflorum 5 x D. Ward- 

 ianum ^) (votes, 6 for, 1 against), from Messrs. James Veitch & 

 Son, and Charles Ingram, Esq., Elstead House, Godalming. 

 This is the reverse cross to D. micans x . Flowers white, tipped 

 with rose, and with yellow and chocolate markings at the base 

 of the lip. 



To Cypripedium Swinburnei x (C. Argus Moensii 5 x C. 

 insigne Maulei $), from Messrs. Heath & Son, Cheltenham. 

 This resembles C. expansum x, but has larger flowers with 

 broader and more richly marked petals. 



To Odontoglossum Pescatorei Lindens (votes, unanimous), 

 from Messrs. Linden (1' Horticulture Internationale), Pare Leopold, 

 Brussels. A fine variety with large irregular purple blotches on 

 the sepals, petals, and lip. 



Botanical Certificate. 



To Bulbophyllum (Sarcopodium) Sillemianum (votes, unani- 

 mous), from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. This species has 

 yellow flowers and purple front lobe to the lip. 



To Masdevallia Wendlandii (votes, unanimous), from Sir 

 Trevor Lawrence, Bart. A species which requires to be grown in 

 a warmer temperature than other Masdevallias. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To C. J. Lucas, Esq., Warnham Court, Horsham (gardener, 



