THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
[October, 
ORCHIDS AT SHREWSBURY SHOW. 
August 17TH and i8th. 
O RCHIDS are not the pronounced feature at Shrewsbury as they are at 
the London flower shows. There are no classes specially devoted to 
them, but their value in the groups and bouquets was evidently realised 
and taken full advantage of. 
In Class II., miscellaneous and fine foliage plants arranged for effect, 
the First Prize was awarded to Messrs. J. Cypher & Sons, who included 
some fine Cattleyas and Lseliocattleyas, Cypripedium hybrids, such as 
Maudiae and Rossettii, Odontoglossum hastilabium, Lycaste Skinneri, and 
a well-flowered plant of Dendrochilum filiforme. The second prize was 
awarded to Sir G. H. Kendrick, of Edgbaston (gr. Mr. Macdonald), who 
included several Lseliocattleyas, as well as some plants of the now rare 
Brassavola cordata, a native of Colombia. It is among the most beautiful 
of the Brassavolas, allied to B. nodosa, B. Perrinii, and B. tuberculata, but 
distinguished by its large heart-shaped porcelain-white lip, the tube-like 
base of which is slightly marked with dull purple. The narrow sepals and 
petals are white, tinted with dull green. Two to four flowers are carried on 
a scape. The habit is neat and compact, the stem-like pseudobulbs carry 
a stiff channelled leaf, and, as evidenced by the plants exhibited, it can be 
regarded as very free flowering. Other Orchids in the same group were 
several plants of Dendrobium superbiens and a single plant of D. Dearei, 
both now rarely met with. 
The third group, from R. Manning, Esq., of Dudley, included L*lia 
crispa, an old species largely used by the early hybridists. It hardly 
compares with the present-day hybrids, yet the number of flowers on the 
scape, the intense crisping of the lip, and its season of flowering, gives it a 
certain value for late-summer decoration. 
In Class XVII., one Bride and two Bridesmaids’ bouquets, Mr. R. 
Felton, of Hanover Square, was easily first with bouquets composed 
entirely of Orchids, needless to say, arranged most artistically without a 
wasted flower. Mr. Vickers, of Leicester, was first in the hand bouquets, 
his exhibit being composed chiefly of Odontoglossums and Odontiodas. 
The Premier award for a basket of cut flowers was secured by Mr. R. 
Felton, with a charming composition of Odontoglossums, Odontiodas* 
Cattleyas, Oncidium sphacelatum, and a long twining spike of an Oncidium 
in the heteranthun section, which formed an object lesson in blending and 
arrangement, proving again that in the hands of a skilled operator, Orchid 
flowers are probably better adapted to, and are of more service in, floral 
display work than any other flowers. 
Only two groups of Orchids were staged. A Silver Medal being awarded 
