158 BRIEF REMARKS. 



drum cinnabarinum, the Three-coloured Vanda, Dendrobium chrysan- 

 t.lium, Onehidium Papilio, the snowy white Calanthe veratrifolia, 

 Schomburgkia tibicinis, Vanda cristata, and Epidendrum cochleatum. 

 — Mr. Franklin, gardener to Mrs. Lawrence, obtained a third prize for 

 a charmingly-dowered example of the Moss Cattley r a, Oncidium flexu- 

 osum, beautifully managed; a Phalamopsis ; the Roxburgh Vanda; 

 the Twisted Triehopilj; Vanda teres; the Clowes Anguloa, bearing 

 four large clear yellow flowers ; Sobralia macrantha, with seven large 

 purple blossoms ; the orange Epidendrum vitellinum, Acineta Hum- 

 boldti, in beautiful condition ; Epidendrum crassifolium, the handsome 

 Odontoglossum hastilabium. the Long-tailed Angrec, Bra«sia Wrayae, 

 the rare and beautiful Cattleya Aclandiae, Stanliopea oculata, and a 

 highly-coloured Vanda tricolor. — Mr. Williams, gardener to C. B. 

 Warner, Esq., of Hoddesdon, had a well-managed example of Dendro- 

 bium Pierardi major. Aerides odoratnm, the singular Oncidium phy- 

 matocliilum, Coelogyne Lowii, the charming Saccolabium guttatum, a 

 phalajnopsis, a variety of Aerides crispum, the African Ansellia, a neat 

 bush of Dendrobium caerulescens, a variety of Vanda Roxburghi, 

 Brassia verrucosa, one or two Aerides, the Bearded Lady's Slipper, and 

 a few other plants. 



In the Nurseryman's Class of fifteen Orchids, Messrs. Veitch and 

 Rollisson produced collections. The former sent Sobralia macrantha, 

 with ten large flowers on it ; a beautifully blossomed Oncidium sphace- 

 latum ; the noble and close-flowered Dendrobes ; Calanthe veratrifolia, 

 ■with nine flower spikes; Saccolabium praemorsum, in charming con- 

 dition ; three species of Aerides, the Moss Cattleya, Cypripedium bar- 

 batum, Brassia caudata, and the white Butterfly plant (Phalsenopsis). — 

 Messrs. Rollisson had a spreading Oncidium sphacelatum, Brassia ver- 

 rucosa, beautifully flowered ; the white, yellow-stained, Dendrobium 

 formosum, the Moss Cattley T a, Saccolabium guttatum, the Twisted 

 Trichopil, Saccolabium pragmorsum, Miltonia spectabilis, a small plant 

 of Burlingtonia venusta, Aerides odoratum. Stanhopea oculata, the white 

 Butterfly plant, Sobralia macrantha, and the Dalhousie Dendrobe. 



Collections of ten Orchids were contributed by Mr. Carson, gar- 

 dener to W. F. G. Farmer, Esq., and Mr. Wooley. gardener to H. B. 

 Ker, Esq. Mr. Carson sent Acineti Humboldti in a square wire 

 basket, producing eight flower spikes; Oncidium flexuosum, one of the 

 best of the small brown and yellow flowered kinds ; Brassia brachiata 

 and verrucosa, the Bearded Lady's Slipper, the Spotted Saccolabe, with 

 five nice flower spikes, Anguloa Clowesi, insufficiently in flower, Aerides 

 crispum, the purple Epidendrum phceniceum, and a finely flowered 

 Moss Cattleya. — Mr. Wooley produced the Aloe-leaved Cymbid ; a 

 small example of Dendrobium Farmeri ; Sobralia macrantha, with three 

 open flowers on it ; Peristeria elata, beautifully blossomed ; the Bra- 

 zilian Oncidium flexuosum, Epidendrum crassifolium, the spotted Sac- 

 colabe, the Moss and Forbes Cattleyas, the latter in lovely condition, 

 and Vanda Roxburghi. 



Groups of six Orchids were communicated by Messrs. Kinghorn, 

 Ivison, and Green. The former had the white Butterfly plant, bearing 

 a spike of flowers upwards of two feet in length, the larger variety of 



