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forms of Cattleya Gaskelliana, and some excellent hybrids, among them 
being C. Mogul (Hardyana X Elvina), bright-rose with purple veining on 
the lip, C. Dupreana superba, and other summer-blooming kinds. 
Messrs. J. & A. McBean, Cooksbridge, received a Silver Banksian Medal 
fora good group, including Cattleya Dowiana aurea, C. Hardyana alba 
McBean’s variety, with pure white sepals and petals and a very richly- 
coloured lip, C. Prince John, C. suavior alba, C. Cowanii alba, and various 
other good things. : 
Mr. C. F. Waters, Balcombe, sent Cattleya Albion Waters’ var. 
(Suzanne Hye de Crom X O’Brieniana alba), a promising white Cattleya. 
At the meeting held on September 23rd there was again a moderate 
display, and the award list contained four medals, and a single Award of 
Merit. 
Orchid Committee present : Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart. (in the Chair), 
J. O’Brien (hon. sec.), A. McBean, W. Bolton, G. Wilson, W. H. Hatcher, 
S, W. Flory, J. Charlesworth, J. Wilson Potter, Sir Harry J. Veitch, 
R. A. Rolfe, R. Brooman White, E. R. Ashton, and F. K. Sander. 
AWARD OF MERIT. 
CATTLEYA AENEAS VAR. REX (Venus X Dowiana aurea).—A handsome 
variety, having light buff-yellow sepals and petals of good shape, and the 
lip purple, with a large yellow centre and veining. Exhibited by Messrs. 
Flory and Black. : 
GENERAL EXxuIsiTs. 
ae FS Pia, Esq., Rosslyn, Stamford Hill (gr. Mr. Thurgood), was 
awarded a Silver Flora Medal for an interesting group, including some good 
Cattleyas and Leliocattleyas, the dwarf Kefersteinia laminata, Epidendrum 
(Nanodes) Matthewsii, Dendrobium Phalaenopsis, Cycnoches chlorochilon, 
Cypripedium niveum, Bryan, Boltonii, and several others, Odontoglossum 
bictoniense album, O. Ducris (Duvivierianum X crispum), having light 
yellow sepals and petals spotted with red-brown, and the lip white with 
lighter blotches, Masdevallia muscosa, Miltonia spectabilis, and others. _ 
J. E. Ansaldo, Esq., Rosebank, Mumbles, showed flowers of Cattleya 
Sybil var. Lens (Dowiana aurea x iridescens), chrome-yellow with the front 
lobe of the lip violet-purple, C. Kienastiana Rosebank var., and Leelio- 
cattleya Gothlab (Lc. St. Gothard x C. labiata). _ 
G. W. Bird, Esq., Manor House, West Wickham (gr. Mr. Redden), sent 
Cattleya Freya Manor House var. (Dowiana x Mantinii), and a plant called 
Odontoglossum Dunkerque var. violacea (Harryanum X Thompsonianum), 
having purple flowers with some rosy mottling on the lip, but which the 
Committee thought was an Odontioda. 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Haywards Heath, received a Silver Flora 
