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Welbore T. Ellis, Esq., Hazlebourne, Dorking (gardener, Mr. 

 Masterton). This singular flower had a labellum with a thickened 

 raised table up the middle, as in C. tabulare ; but its edges were 

 rugose, and the surface spotted with brown. 



To Lselio- Cattleya Aurora x (L. pumila Dayana $ x C. 

 Loddigesii $) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. James Veitch 

 & Sons, Chelsea. The plant bore a resemblance to Cattleya 

 Aclandise, having two leaves to most of the pseudo-bulbs. The 

 flowers were much like those of L. p. Dayana, but had a larger 

 and broader lip. 



To Cypripedium Perseus x (C. Sedeni porphyreum $ x 

 C. Lindleyanum (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. James 

 Veitch & Sons. This is one of the first crosses with C. Lindley- 

 anum, and an acceptable hybrid. Flowers rosy crimson and 

 cream colour. 



Other Exhibits. 



William Houghton, Esq., Hoe Street, Walthamstow, sent a 

 fine spike of Cattleya labiata vera with six flowers. 



Messrs. P. Sander & Co. exhibited a group of rare Orchids, 

 containing several imported forms of Cattleya labiata vera ; Cypri- 

 pedium Leeanum giganteum x and C. L. excellens x , each with 

 six flowers; also C. "E. Ashworth" x (C. plunerum $ x C. 

 Spicerianum C. " G. S. Ball" x (C. Spicerianum $ x 

 C. Lawrenceanum $), Aerides Balfouri, Odontoglossum Rossii 

 albens, &c. 



Messrs. B. S. Williams & Son, Upper Holloway, N., con- 

 tributed a group of Orchids, in which Cypripedium Pitcheri- 

 anum x , Williams' var., was very fine. 



Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Clapton, sent a group, among 

 which were several fine plants of Cypripedium bellatulum, C. 

 Arthurianum x, C. insigne Mooreanum, Saccolabium bigibbum, 

 Vanda Amesiana, V. Kimballiana, &c. 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., sent a plant of Cypripedium 

 pavoninum x (C. Boxalli $ x C. venustum ) and a spike of 

 the rich crimson Calanthe sanguinaria x . 



Thos. Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield, Manchester 

 (gardener, Mr. R. Johnson), exhibited a fine spike of Cattleya 

 Harrisii x (C. guttata Leopoldi ? x C. Mendelii 



Earl Cowper, Panshanger, Hertford (gardener, Mr. Fitt), 



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