ORCHID COMMITTEE, JULY 12. 



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Orchids, in which a fine form of Miltonia vexillaria, with a very 

 dark maroon blotch at the base of the lip, and a pure white 

 variety were prominent. Other noteworthy things were Catt- 

 leya Batalinii, a slender-stemmed supposed natural hybrid, 

 Oncidium Enderianum (0. crispum x 0. curtum ?), and the rare 

 scarlet and orange Eenanthera matutina. 



To Messrs. Charlesworth, Shuttleworth & Co., of Heaton, 

 Bradford, and Park Road, Clapham, for a group of Oncidiums, 

 composed chiefly of Oncidium macranthum and 0. curtum. 



First Glass Certificate. 

 To Calopogon pulchellus (votes, 10 for), from Mr. T. S. Ware, 

 Tottenham. A very pretty and almost hardy Orchid, with mauve- 

 coloured flowers (fig. 29). 



Award of Merit. 



To Dendrobium crystallinum, General Berkeley's van 

 (votes, unanimous), from Major-Gen. E. S. Berkeley, Bitterne, 

 Southampton. A fine form, in which the segments are heavily 

 tipped with crimson. 



To Phalamopsis Artemis x (P. amabilis Bl. $ x P. rosea <?) 

 (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, Chelsea* 

 This is a very pretty hybrid of the P. intermedia class. 



To Cypripedium Stonei candidum (votes, 4 for, 3 against),, 

 from Messrs. Pitcher & Manda, Hextable, Swanley. A curious 

 variety, with almost wholly ivory-white flowers. 



Botanical Certificate. 

 To Epidendrum tampense, from C. J. Lucas, Esq., Warnham 

 Court, Horsham (gardener, Mr. Duncan). 



Cultural Commendation. 

 To W. Vanner, Esq., Camden Wood, Chislehurst (gardener,. 

 Mr. W. H. Bobbins), for a superb plant of Ccelogyne Sanderiana 

 with three spikes, bearing altogether thirty flowers. 



Other Exhibits. 



J. T. Gabriel, Esq., Palace Boad, Streatham (gardener, Mr. 

 E. Banson), also exhibited Ccelogyne Sanderiana. 



J. W. Temple, Esq.,Leyswood, Groombridge (gardener, Mr. E. 

 Bristow), exhibited Cattleya granulosa Dubuyssoni, C. labiata 

 Mendelii and C. 1. Warscewiczii vars., and Cypripedium philip- 

 pinense. 



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