Clxviii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Cattleya x ' Artemis ' {Iris \ Gaskelliana) (votes, unanimous), 

 from Lieut.-CoL Sir George L. Holford, K.O.V.O., Westonbirt (gr. 

 Mr. H. G. Alexander). A beautiful flower of perfect shape and fine 

 substance. Sepals and petals light rose-pink; lip ruby-crimson, with 

 a broad yellow disc on white ground. (Fig. 139.) 



To Cattleya' x Dupreana, The Dell variety {Warneri x Warsce- 

 wiczii) (votes, unanimous), from Baron Bruno Schroder, Englefield 

 Green. Eesembling a gigantic C. Warneri, with the larger, expanded 

 crimson-purple lip of C. Warscewiczii. Sepals and petals broad, deep 

 rose; disc of the lip bright yellow; front crimson-purple. (Fig. 136.) 



To Miltonia x Hyeana * Le Oonquerant ' (Bleuana x vexillaria) 

 (votes, unanimous), from Monsieur Jules Hye de Grom, Ghent. 

 Flowers large, white tinged with rosy-lilac. Mask of lip deep purple. 



Award of Merit. 



To Laelio cattleya x ruhens ' The Kaiser ' (L. pumila praestans x 

 C. X Hardyana) (votes, 17 for, 3 against), from E. H. Davidson, Esq., 

 Borlases, Twyford (gr. Mr. Gooper). Plant of dwarf growth, with very 

 large bright-rose flowers, having the labellums claret colour with 

 chrome yellow disc. 



To Odontoglossum x percultum ' King George ' (Rolfeae x arden- 

 tissimum) (votes, 15 for, 6 against), from F. M. Ogilvie, Esq., The 

 Shrubbery, Oxford (gr. Mr. Balmforth). A large white flower, 

 profusely blotched with purple. 



To Brassocattleya- x * Marion ' (parentage unrecorded) (votes, 

 unanimous), from Messrs. Jas. Veitch, Chelsea. A secondary hybrid 

 of good shape, pale lilac, with purple lines on the front of the fringed 



lip. 



To Cattleya x Thurgoodiana ' Apollo ' (Hardyana x Ludde- 

 manniana) (votes, 15 for, 2 against), from Messrs. Stuart Low. 

 Flower of very bright colour, and in most points resembling C. Warsce- 

 wiczii derived through C. x Hardyana. 



Other Exhibits. 



Lieut. -Col. Sir G. L. Holford: specimen Orchids. 



Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart. : a group. 



E. H, Davidson, Esq. : Cattleyas and hybrids. 



J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. : Odontoglossums, &c. 



Messrs. Charlesworth : a group. 



Messrs. Mansell & Hatcher: a group. 



Messrs. Jas. Veitch: Odontoglossums and hybrids. 



Messrs. Stuart Low : a group. 



Messrs. Sander: new hybrids. 



Mr. H. A. Tracy : a group. 



Mr. H. Dixon: a group. 



Mr. W. J. Biggs : fine Cattleya Mossiae Wageneri. 

 Messrs. McBean : hybrid Orchids. 



