the mature bulb. The sepals and petals are brownish purple, while the lip is 
bright yellow with purple crests. The subject of our plate was flowered by Mr, 
Clark, gardener to Ludwig Mond, Esq., The Poplars, Avenue Road, Regent’s Park, 
where there is a choice collection of Orchids, which are well cultivated by the 
able gardener, and to whom we are indebted for the following information as to culti- 
vation. To succeed well it should be grown in a compost of peat and sphagnum 
in a pan, with a liberal admixture of charcoal. The intermediate house suits it 
best, where it should be suspended near the glass, which must, however, be shaded 
from bright sunshine. It does not require a long resting period, as the leaves 
and pseudo-bulbs are apt to suffer. 
(Continued from Plate 510). 
crispum, besides many other good Odontoglots, Cattleya Mossiae, C. Warscewiezit, 
Oncidium Kramerianum, Cochlioda Noetzliana, for which a Silver-Gilt Knightian Medal 
was awarded. Earl Percy, Sion House, Brentford, received a Silver Flora Medal for 
a group containing several Odontoglossums, Cattleya Mossiae, C. citrina, Vanda 
suavis, and Cymbidium Lowianum. 
Mr. Jules Hye, of Ghent, staged a small group, which, however, was con- 
spicuous by being composed of choice rare specimens only, including a very intensely 
coloured variety of Cattleya Lawrenceana, called atro-rubens (Award of Merit), a 
beautiful and chaste Miltonia Bleui virginalis (First Class Certificate), a handsome 
specimen of Laelio-Cattleya Hippolyta with a large spike of eight flowers (Cultural 
Commendation); Cypripedium Hyeanum, and Miltonia vewillaria gigantea. 
Messrs. F. Sander & Co. contributed a large and showy group for which they 
received a Silver Cup. We merely mention a few. Some fine varieties of Cattleya 
Mossiae, C. Mendelii, and Laelia purpurata, conspicuous among which was 
Cattleya Mossiae Prince of Wales, veceiving an Award of Merit. Phajus Sander- 
ianus, Oncidium phymatochilum, O. altissimum, O. pulchellum, a fine variety of 
Sobralia Veitch, several species of Microstylis, Laelia Dighyana, L. grandis 
and its variety tenebrosa, Cattleya dolosa and C. Mendel Sanderae. 
Sir Frederick Wigan, Clare Lawn, East Sheen, whose Orchids are under the able 
charge of Mr. Young, sent Cypripedium Rothschildianum with three spikes, many 
fine Cattleyas, the best of which was C. Mossiae Lady Wigan (Award of Merit), 
C. Schilleriana, Disa Langleyensis, Vanda suavis, Masdevallia Ephippium, and 
some other good plants, well meriting the Silver Cup awarded. A Silver-Gilt 
Flora Medal was given to J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, Woodford, for 
a group which well attested the ability of his gardener, Mr. Davis. We noted 
especially an extra fine specimen of Epidendrum Wallisii with eight growths 
bearing spikes (Cultural Commendation); then Cypripedium Hyeanum, C. Schriderae, 
C. bellatulum, Oncidium Lanceanum, Masdevallia triaristella, and M. Schlimit. 
(Continued under Plate 511). 
