ORCHID COMMITTEE, DECEMBER 13. 



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Esq., Broomfield, Sale, near Manchester (gardener, Mr. K. 

 Hinde). A fine white form of the autumn-flowering 0. labiata. 



To Sophro-Cattleya Calypso x (Sophronitis grandiflora $ x 

 Cattleya Loddigesii c?) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Jas. 

 Veitch & Sons, King's Road, Chelsea. A beautiful hybrid, with 

 warm rose-pink flowers and orange blotch in the labellum. 



Award of Merit. 



To Cypripedium Johnsonianum x (C. nitens magnificum $ x 

 C. Lawrenceanum (?) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. F. Sander 

 & Co., St. Albans. A fine bold flower, with much the form of 

 C. Lawrenceanum. 



To Masdevallia McVittias x (M. tovarensis $ x M. Veitchii ^ ) 

 votes, 6 for, 5 against), from W. Thompson, Esq., Walton 

 Grange, Stone (gardener, Mr. Stevens). Flowers borne like those 

 of M. Hincksiana x , but white tinged with lilac. 



To Laelia anceps Oweniana (votes, unanimous), from G. D. 

 Owen, Esq., Selwood, Rotherham (gardener, Mr. B. Watts). A 

 large and highly coloured form, with white flaking on the 

 segments. 



To Cattleya amethystoglossa, Selwood var. (votes, unani- 

 mous), from G. D. Owen, Esq. This has a larger flower, with 

 broader segments, than the type. 



To Lselia Finckeniana x (votes, unanimous), from C. W. 

 Fincken, Esq., Hoyland Hall, Barnsley (gardener, Mr. Milburn). 

 This appears to be a natural hybrid between L. albida and 

 L. anceps Sanderiana, the plant having the growth which might 

 result from such origin, and the flowers being intermediate. 



To Cypripedium Arete x (C. concolor $ x C. Spicerianum $ ) 

 (votes, 7 for, 1 against), from Messrs. Jas. Veitch & Sons. This 

 pretty hybrid is of the section of C. microchilum ; flowers white 

 tinged with rose. 



Botanical Certificate. 



To Pleurothallis punctulata (votes, unanimous), from R. I. 

 Measures, Esq., Cambridge Lodge, Camberwell (gardener, Mr. 

 Simpkins). A pretty species, with glaucous leaves and flowers, 

 resembling Restrepia guttata. 



To Dendrobium Treacherianum (votes, unanimous), from 

 W. E. Brymer, Esq., Ilsington House, Dorchester (gardener, 

 Mr. John Powell). 



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