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worth & Co., and four other medal groups, while two Preliminary Commen- 
‘dations, and one Award of Merit were also given.. 
Orchid Committee present :—Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart. (in the Chair), 
J. O’Brien (hon. sec.), W. Bolton, Walter Cobb, R. A. Rolfe, C. H. Curtis, 
C. J. Lucas, W. H. White, J. @ypher, J. E. Shill, J. Charlesworth, 
W. H. Hatcher, F. K. Sander, T. Armstrong, A. McBean, E. R. Ashton 
Pantia Ralli, F. J. Hanbury, R. Brooman White, R. G. Thwaites, J. Wilso 
Potter, Stuart H. Low, Sir Harry J. Veitch, and Arthur Dye. | 
“AWARD OF MERIT. 
CypRipEDIUM Perseus (Lady Dillon x Alcibiades illustre)—A very 
finely-shaped flower, having a broad white dorsal sepal, with lines of claret- 
red spots, brownish rose petals, with a darker central line, a brownish rose 
lip with a yellow margin, and the staminode yellow. Exhibited by 
W, R. Lee, Esq., Plumpton Hall, Heywood, Lanc. (gr. Mr. C. Branch). 
PRELIMINARY COMMENDATIONS 
OponTocLossuM Princess ParriciA (Dora X crispum Luciani).—A 
very fine thing, the flower being large and of perfect shape, with a white 
ground colour, and the inner two-thirds of the segments heavily blotched 
with claret red, while the lip bore a large claret red blotch in front of the 
yellow crest. Exhibited by Messrs. Armstrong & Brown. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM TRIUMPH (armainvillierense Ossulstonii).—Another 
promising seedling, heavily blotched with claret-red on the lower two-thirds 
of the segments, the outer part being tinged with blush. Exhibited by 
Messrs. Armstrong & Brown. 
GENERAL EXuIsiTs. 
E. R. Ashton, Esq., Broadlands, Tunbridge Wells, showed Sophrocat- 
lelia Isabella (C. Fabia x Scl. Marathon), a pretty rose-purple flower 
with a darker purple lip. 
_ G. W. Bird, Esq., Manor House, West Wickham (gr. Mr. Redden), 
_ showed Odontioda Sphinx, a richly-coloured hybrid of unrecorded parentage. 
Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park (gr. Mr. J. Collier), sent the 
handsome Ccelogyne Mooreana, Calanthe Gatton Alpha, white with a pink 
lip, and Leliocattleya Brian (Goodyi x ‘Colmaniana). 
Baron Bruno Schréder, The Dell, Englefield Green (gr. Mr. J; B. Snhill), 
sent cut spikes of Brassocattleya Cliftonii albens, and Leliocattleya 
Schroederz (bella alba x Maggie Kaphael alba), a beautiful white with 
purple front to the lip. 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Hayward’s Heath, received a Gold Medal 
for a magnificent group of about 125 plants, largely consisting ot choice 
Odontoglossums, Odontiodas, and Miltonias, with a large batch of the 
white Calanthe Harrisii in the centre. Among specially noteworthy plants 
were Odontioda Dulcies (Oda. Cooksonize * Odm. illustrissimum), O. Lyra 
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