CCX11 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
First-class Certificate. 
To Laelio - Cattleya x Dominiana var. Langleyensis (C. 
Dowiana L. purpurata $) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 
James Veitch, Chelsea. The original plant flowered in 1878, 
and this is the second production. Sepals and petals pink, 
veined with purple; labellum rich maroon purple with narrow 
lavender margin and yellow base. (Fig. 184.) 
Award of Merit. 
To Sophro-Cattleya x 1 Cleopatra ’ (Sophronitis grandiflora 
x Cattleya Leopoldii) (votes, 7 for, 5 against), from Messrs. 
Charlesworth, Heaton, Bradford. A three-flowered inflorescence 
was sent, without the plant. Flowers two inches across ; of a 
peculiar yellowish brick-red colour ; lip yellow at the base, with 
purplish lines. 
To Laelio-Cattleya x ‘ Henry Greenwood ’ (L.-C. x Schilleriana 
xC. x Hardy an a) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Williams. 
Holloway. A fine hybrid, with the habit of Laelio-Cattleya x 
Schilleriana, but with lip more ample. Sepals greenish white 
suffused with rose ; petals light lilac with darker veining. Lip 
white at the base, veined with rose, middle portion chrome 
yellow, front lobe and tips of the recurved side lobes velvety- 
purple. (Fig. 186.) 
To Dendrobium x Rhodostoma (Huttonii x sanguinolentum) 
(votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Jas. Veitch. An almost 
perpetual-flowering variety raised some years ago, and having 
short fascicles of cream-coloured flowers tipped with claret 
colour. 
Botanical Certificate. 
To Angraecum ichneumoneum, from J. Millar Mundy, Esq., 
Shipley Hall, Derby (gr. Mr. Elphinstone). A dwarf species of 
the habit of A. pellucidum and bearing racemes of small 
yellowish flowers. 
To Epidendrum porphyreum, from Sir Trevor Lawrence, 
Bart. (gr. Mr. W. H. White). This is the first time this species 
has been exhibited. Stems tall, clad with green, purple-tinted 
leaves, and bearing at the apex drooping heads of orange- 
coloured flowers with white to yellow labellums according to 
maturity. 
