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Flowers of a uniform purplish rose colour. Lip blush-white with rose lines.

Awards of Merit.

To Dendrobium × 'Venus' 'Cookson's variety' (Falconeri × nobile)
(votes, 18 for, 3 against) from Norman C. Cookson, Esq. Flowers white,
with the outer halves of the segments dark rose. Disc of lip maroon,
with orange-coloured band.

To Odontoglossum × Lucasianum heatonense (? Hallii × cristatellum)
(votes, 8 for, 1 against), from Baron Schröder (gr. Mr. Ballantine).

[black and white illustration]
Fig. 48.—CYPRIPEDIUM x 'DOM CARLOS' SUPERBUM. (Journal of Horticulture.)

Sepals and petals purplish-chocolate, tipped and edged with yellow. Lip
cream-white, spotted with brown around the crest.

To Zygopetalum × Crawshayanum (xanthinum × stapelioides)
(votes, unanimous), from De B. Crawshay, Esq. (gr. Mr. Stables). Flowers
2 1/2 inches across, yellow, with a greenish tint, and profuse spotting of
purplish red.

Botanical Certificate.

To Polystachya Haroldiana from Norman C. Cookson, Esq. Sent
from the neighborhood of Lake Tanganyika, by Mr. Harold Cookson.