CXXU PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Lcelia Veitchii, a cross between Cattleya labiata and C. crisp a 
Messrs. Hugh Low and Co. showed the grand new Cymbidium 
Lowianum, which had been imported as C. giganteum , which it 
closely resembles when out of bloom ; it bears, however, a long 
spike of green flowers with faint brownish lines ; the labellum is 
richly blotched with purple. A very fine specimen of Phalcenopsis 
Schilleriana was exhibited by the Earl of Stradbrook. 
Referring to a cut flower of Vanda Catlicartii shown by 
Mr. Green, gardener to Sir George Macleay, Mr. Jennings 
mentioned that several years ago, when this fine Yanda was first 
discovered, it was described as found in the dense shade of the 
Sikkim forests, where but little sunlight penetrated. Its growth 
was noticed to be weak and its stems almost succulent, and it 
proved a very bad traveller. Some years after its discovery, 
when it became necessary to clear these thick forests for Cinchona 
cultivation, it was found that masses of V. Catlicartii were 
growing on the tree tops exposed to the full sunlight. These 
plants were of quite a different habit from the miserable 
specimens previously introduced, which had evidently been 
growing under disadvantages, and this noble Orchid is now 
comparatively plentiful and quite as hardy as any of the 
Himalayan Yandas. 
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE. 
Sir Joseph Hooker, C.B., &c., in the Chair. 
Androgynous Mistleto. —Rev. George Henslow reported on a 
monoecious specimen of Mistleto, received from Mr. Corderoy, of 
Didcot, as follows :—One of the specimens of Mistleto sent is a 
branch from a female plant. The central shoot is elongated, 
nearly leafless, and with half ripe berries. From the base 
proceed two tufts of much shorter branches, the smaller of 
the two being exclusively male, the larger exclusively female. 
The few berries on the latter are riper than those on the main 
whip-like extremity. A careful section through the point of 
junction with microscopical examination clearly proves the plant 
to be in an androgynous condition, for the section shews the 
central woody fibres penetrating down directly into the main 
stem. At one point the new wood bulged out, giving a deceptive 
appearance of parasitism, but a further section proved this to 
