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butterfly-like, crimson mask on the base of the lip. Exhibited by M. Ch. 
Vuylsteke, Loochristi, Ghent. 
ODONTIODA PRINCE DE GALLES (O. Vuylstekeze x Odontoglossum 
mirum).—A pretty flower of the O. Coronation class, having a large 
salmon-red blotch on a pale ground. Exhibited by M. Ch. Vuylsteke. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM CHANTECLEER (parentage unrecorded).—A_ pretty 
flower of the O. illustrissimum type, and having uniformly red-brown 
sepals and petals margined with lilac, and a white lip with a large brown 
blotch all round the yellow crest. Exhibited by Messrs. Armstrong & 
Brown. 
OponToGLossum Dusky-Monarcu (parentage unrecorded).—A hybrid 
of good shape, having dark claret-coloured flowers with a few whitish 
splashes, chiefly near the margin. Exhibited by Messrs. Charlesworth 
Co 
Ovontonia RoGER-SANDER (M. Warscewiczii x O. percultum).—A 
showy hybrid, bearing a spike of large red-purple flowers, with the front of 
the lip white. Exhibited by Messrs. Sander & Sons. 
_ CULTURAL COMMENDATIONS. 
CATTLEYA INTERMEDIA ALBA.—To Mr. E. Hill, gardener to FJ. 0. 
Montagu, Esq-., Lynford Hall, Mundford, for a very large specimen, bearing 
sixteen spikes and 55 flowers. 
DENDROBIUM Lyonsi1.—To Mr. J. Collier, gardener to Sir Jeremiah 
Colman, Bart, Gatton Park, Reigate, for a finely-grown plant bearing five 
pendulous racemes of rose-purple flowers. 
ODONTIODA BRADSHAWI# FirE KING.—To Mr. J. Collier, gardener to 
Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., for a very fine plant, bearing three panicles of 
bright scarlet flowers. 
The Davidson Cup for the best Cattleya, not a hybrid, in the show “ 
awarded to C. Schroederze Queen Empress, a supurb light-blush form with 
orange throat, exhibited by Messrs. Sander & Sons. It bore one flowet- 
THE ORcHID GROUPS 
formed a magnificent display. At the Royal Hospital end of the large tent 
were those of Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., the Duke of Marlborough, 
Messrs. Sander & Sons, and Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, while at the 
other were those of Messrs. Stuart Low & Co., H. Dixon, C. F. Wate 
Flory & Black, Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., J. & A. McBean, Mansell & 
Hatcher, and James Horlick, Esq. . Messrs. Cypher’s group was staged 0 
the ground, near the first-mentioned groups. We can only mention 4 few 
of the more salient features, for some of the larger groups had a frontag® of 
nearly 70 feet, and all were full of interest from end to end. : 
Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, Reigate (gr. Mr. Collie) 
staged a magnificent group, which was most effectively arranged, and 
