(Royat Horricurturat Socrery.—Concluded from Plate 518). 
Laelia autumnalis, the side lobes of lip being pure white. This group was awarded 
a Silver Banksian Medal. 
H. Tate, Esq., Allerton Beeches, Liverpool, contributed a fine variety of 
Cypripedium insigne called Tate's variety, which is a very striking novelty, the 
lower sepal having the same pure white apex and lines of dots and spots as the 
upper sepal. 
An interesting exhibit was that sent by T. W. Swinburne, Esq., Winchcombe, 
Cheltenham, consisting of several good forms of Cypripedium; C. Swinburnei, a 
good specimen with nine flowers, and the variety magnificum with immense blooms, 
C. Indra, C. Spicerianum, C. insigne, C. Leeanum and varieties, C. Lady Hutt, a 
cross between C. insigne and C. Fitchianum. 
Thomas Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitetield, Manchester, staged Cypripedium 
Leeanum giganteum grandiflorum, one of the largest, if not the largest, form we 
have ever seen; C. Lucienianum superbum, C. Niobe splendens, C. Rufus, C. 
plumosum, C. Ariadne, Laelia elegans nobilis and Laelio-Catileya Tresederiana 
superba. W. C. Walker, Esq., Percy Lodge, Winchmore Hill, exhibited Laelia 
rubescens (L. acuminata), an abnormal form ‘of Cypripedium Charlesworthii, the 
sepals being twisted, and the beautiful Oncidium praetectum. De Barry Crawshay, 
Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks, contributed a handsome form of Oncidium tigrinum. 
Amongst the trade exhibits we may mention the beautiful Laelio-Catileya 
Lady Rothschild, L.-C. Pallas, and Cymbidium Traceyanum, staged by Messrs. 
J. Veitch & Sons; Laelia anceps alba, Phaio-Calanthe Arnoldiana, Restrepia 
antennifera, Helcia sanguinolenta and_ several Odontoglossums and Cypripediums, 
exhibited by Messrs. F. Sander & Co.; a fine group of Cypripediums, consisting 
of C. Leeanum superbum, C. insigne and its two varieties Maulei and punctatum- 
violaceum, C. Harrisianum superbum, C. Sallierii, and the fine C. Pitcherianum 
Williams’ variety, sent by Messrs. B. 8. Williams & Son. 
