EXTRACTS OF PROCEEDINGS. 
cm 
From Mr. G. F. Wilson came a plant of Oncidium Widgreni, of 
Lindley ( Folia Orchidacea, vol. i., p. 17, n. 50), a Brazilian 
species, with small pseudobulb, solitary oblong lanceolate leaf, 
8 to 4 inches long, and a raceme of about a dozen yellowish 
flowers, barred and spotted with brown, and the stalk of the 
lip marked with two rows of small tooth-like processes. A 
Botanical Certificate was awarded on the ground of rarity. A 
Bulbophyllum, shown by Mr. Douglas, gardener to F. Whit- 
bourn, Esq., Loxford Hall, was referred to the authorities at 
Kew for identification, a certificate being withheld until the 
name of the species is authoritatively determined. It was sup¬ 
posed to be B. anricomum. 
FLORAL COMMITTEE. 
Medals Awarded .—Silver Banksians to Messrs. Sutton and Sons 
and Mr. W. Brown, for groups of Primulas ; Silver-gilt Flora 
to Messrs. J. Yeitch and Sons, for a miscellaneous collection of 
early Spring-flowering Plants. First-class Certificates were 
awarded to Stajihylea colchica (as a forcing plant), from Messrs. 
J. Yeitch and Sons; to Primula ‘ 4 Ruby King,'" and Cyclamen 
“ Reading Gem," from Messrs. Sutton and Sons; and to Amaryllis 
“ Dr. Masters ,” from Mr. B. S. Williams. Cultural Commen¬ 
dation to cut blooms of Pelargonium, from Mr. H. Cannell. 
Yotes of Thanks were passed to G. F. Wilson, Esq., F.R.S., 
for Oncidium Widgreni (in flower); to Mr. E. Spary, for cut 
flowers of Seedling Poinsettias; to Mr. H. Cannell, for group of 
Primulas ; to Mr. G. Thomson, for Crassula lactea (in flower); 
and to Messrs. Osborn and Sons, for a group of Plants. 
FRUIT COMMITTEE. 
Cultural Commendation to Mr. W. Pratt, The Gardens, 
Hawkstone, for Mushrooms. Letters of Thanks to Mr. J. Muir, 
The Gardens, Margam Park, for Apples. To Messrs. J. 
Yeitch and Sons, for two varieties of Sea Kale. 
