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sent four plants of the old form of Cypripedium insigne, the 

 flowers of which had some of the lower sepals divided and others 

 with white-tipped petals. 



Messrs. James Veitch & Sons showed a flower of their Cypri- 

 pedium Crethus x (C. Spicerianum $ x C. Argus The 

 Committee requested to see it again. 



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

 Duncan), sent two plants of Angrsecum bilobum, the one with a 

 lax and the other with a dense raceme ; also a flower of Cattleya 

 aurea, with rose-tinted petals. 



Messrs. John Laing & Son, Forest Hill, staged a plant of a 

 spotted form of Odontoglossum crispum ; and Reginald Young, 

 Esq., Fringilla, Linnet Lane, Sefton Park, Liverpool (gardener, 

 Mr. Poyntz), sent a three-flowered spike of Cattleya labiata, 

 Young's var., in which the upper sepal and upper halves of the 

 lower sepals were petaloid, and consequently much broader than 

 usual ; the petals and upper sepal were blotched with crimson 

 at the tips. It being an abnormal form, although very beautiful, 

 the Committee desired to see its next flowers, with a view of 

 testing their constancy. 



Orchid Committee, December 13, 1892. 



Harry J. Veitch, Esq., in the Chair, and fifteen members 

 present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart, (grower, Mr. W. H. White), 

 for a fine specimen of Sophronitis grandiflora, with over forty 

 dark scarlet flowers. 



To C. E. Smith, Esq., Silvermere, Cobham (gardener, Mr. J. 

 Quarterman), for a specimen of Cypripedium insigne over four 

 feet across, and well flowered. 

 Bronze Banksian Medal. 



To S. G. Lutwyche, Esq., Beckenham, for two fine specimens 

 of Cypripedium insigne and two of Zygopetalum Mackaii. 



First Class Certificate. 



To Cattleya labiata alba (votes, unanimous), from W. Wells, 



