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much broader labellum of golden-vellow colour blotched with chestnut-red. 
Odontioda Brilliant, from .Pantia Ralli, Esq. A charming result in 
which the erect spike bore six neatly formed flowers, blotched with rich 
scarlet on a rose-tinted ground and having a bright yellow crest on the base 
-of the lip. 
Cattleya G. P. Walker var. superba (Tityus x Mendelii), from Messrs. 
Flory & Black. The two flowers carried by this plant were of excellent 
formation, the petals being strongly developed. Of a rosy-mauve colour, 
the broad lip ruby-crimson, with dark yellow veining in the throat. 
Miltonia Butterfly var. Empress, from Messrs. Sanders. This attractive 
hybrid bore two spikes, each with seven large flowers, white, the petals 
flushed with rose at their base, the lip bearing a radiating blotch of dark 
crimson. 
Miltonia Sandere var. Unique, from Messrs. Sanders. Another of the 
beautiful Miltonias exhibited by this firm. It carried eight large flowers, 
veined and suffused with rose, and with a blackish blotch at the base of the 
labellum. 
Brassocattleya Villa Jeanne (C. Empress Frederick x Bc. Dietrichiana), 
from Messrs. Stuart Low & Co. A fine result in which the handsome 
flower has all the good qualities of both parents, being of round formation 
and pleasingly coloured. 
CULTURAL COMMENDATION. 
To Messrs. Armstrong & Brown for a superb specimen of Dendrobium 
acuminatum, a native of the Philippine Islands, and bearing five many- 
flowered spikes of a rose-carmine colour. Probably the first example yet 
seen in cultivation. 
To Mr. S. Farnes, Orchid grower to Pantia Ralli, Esq., for Leliocattleya 
Excelsior var. The Globe, with three spikes each bearing four well-developed 
flowers. The chief distinguishing feature of this variety is the beautiful 
purple flush of colour on the petals. The parents are Cattleya Mendelit 
-and Leliocattleya Canhamiana. 
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Orcuips aT a Banguet.—At the Annual Conference and Dinner of 
the Building Societies’ Association, held at York on May 24th, the tables 
‘were decorated with Orchids supplied by Messrs. A. J. Keeling & Son, of 
Bradford. Amidst the silver and antique candlesticks the flowers showed 
to great advantage. Majestic spikes of Odontoglossums and large Cattleyas 
interspersed with Cypripediums presented a sight that was admired by all 
and one not easily forgotten. The duties of honorary secretary, both for 
the Conference and Dinner, were carried out by Mr. A. C. Lister, a keen 
-amateur cultivator of Orchids. 
