lxxxii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
C. labiata. There were also in the room three or four very 
distinct varieties of the North Australian Dendrobium bigibbum ; 
some flowers were very deep purple in colour, others pale rosy 
with a white streak in the labellum, and Mr. Williams’ charm¬ 
ing D. bigibbum album, a striking novelty, was pure white. 
Mr. Elwes made a few observations on a specimen of Bomarea 
Jacquineana, shown by Mr. Green, bearing forty-eight flowers on 
one panicle, a perfect floral chandelier. He said it should be 
grown in strong loam, well manured, and kept cool it would 
flower all the summer. 
FLOEAL COMMITTEE. 
Large Gold Banksian Medals were awarded to Messrs. 
James Yeitch and Sons, for a group of dwarf ornamental Shrubs 
for winter bedding, &c.; and to Mr. B. S. Williams, for a group 
of fine foliage and flowering Plants; a small Gold Banksian to 
Mr. W. Bull, for group of Orchids and new and rare Plants; 
a Silver Banksian to Messrs. Osborn and Sons, for group of fine 
foliage and flowering plants - ; Silver Flora Medals to Mr. E. 
Parker, for a collection of cut flowers of hardy plants; and to 
Messrs. Wm. Paul and Son, for cut Eoses and cut sprays of pic¬ 
torial trees and shrubs, illustrating the beauty of autumnal tints. 
First-class Certificates were awarded to Messrs. James 
Yeitch and Sons, for Anthurium Scherzerianum album and Lastrea 
aristata variegata ; to Mr. L. T. Davis, for Pernettya mucronata 
lilacina ; to Mr. W. Bull, for Bomarea Carderii; Aspidium crinitum 
and Lastrea aristata variegata ; to Mr. C. Green (gardener to Sir 
G. Macleay), for Bomarea Carderii ; and to Mr. H. Boiler for 
Mamillaria spliacelata. 
Botanical Commendations were awarded to Messrs. J. Yeitch 
and Sons, for Phalcenopsis violacea ; and to Mr. W. Bull, for 
Masdevallia velifera. 
Cultural Commendations were awarded to Hemsley’s “Im¬ 
proved Giant Hybrid ” Mignonette, from the Society’s Gardens, 
Chiswick ; and to Mr. C. Green, for Bomarea Carderii. 
Yotes of thanks were passed to Thos. Moore, Esq., E.L.S., 
for cut blooms of Single Dahlias; to Mr. C. Green, for Aster 
Brummondii, Pyrethrum uliginosum and Helianthus orgyalis; to 
MissE. Eegel, for Drawhigs of plants; to Messrs. Hooper and Co., 
for group of Gesnerias, &c.; and to Messrs. J. Laing and Co., 
for group of Begonias. 
