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from Norman C. Cookson, Esq., Cattleya x Maggie Raphael, from H. 5. 
Leon, Esq., Cypripedium x Hera Euryades from Sir Trevor Lawrence, 
and Cypripedium Xx Lord Roberts from Messrs. Charlesworth & Co. 
Among those to which Awards of Merit were given we may mention the 
handsome Sophrocattleya X Chamberlainii var. triumphans from the Right 
Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, M.P., Cattleya X weedoniensis from T. W. 
Thornton, Esq., Cypripedium x Miss Louisa Fowler from J. Gurney 
Fowler, Esq., Leelio-cattleya x Martinetii from M. Ch. Maron, Cattleya 
x elatior from C. L. N. Ingram, Esq., Cypripedium %X ‘conco-callosum 
from G. W. Law-Schofield, Esq., Zygocolax x Amesiana from Messrs. 
Sander & Co., also Cattleya x vestalis, C. x Princess, Lelia X Mrs. M. 
Gratrix, Lzlio-cattleya x Duchess of York, Phalaenopsis se Mrs. 3. Fi: 
Veitch, Cypripedium X Captain Holford, and others from Messrs. James 
Veitch & Sons. Other interesting hybrids are Zygobatemannia X 
Mastersii from Messrs. Linden, Masdevallia x Hebe from Captain Hincks, 
Paphiopedilums X Eudymion and X Fortuna from Reginald Young, Esq., 
P. x Hitchinsiz from A. S. Hitchins, Esq., Phragmipedilum x Geralda 
from Mr. W. Rockefeller, Lzlio-cattleya x Lucie from E. F. Clarke, Esq., 
Cypripedium x Mrs. Rehder, from F. A. Rehder, Esq., Lelio-cattleya X 
bletchleyensis from H. S. Leon, Esq., and indeed many others, which 
would exhaust our space and our readers’ patience to enumerate in detail. 
Are they not written in our last volume, together with the parentages of 
those above mentioned ! 
NATURAL HyYBRIDs. 
Each passing year serves to emphasise the opinion gradually gaining 
ground, that hybrids are less rare in a wild state than has often been 
supposed. Lelio-cattleya x Verelii has recently been added to the list, 
and Dendrobium x Ainsworthii, though not by any means a new plant, 
has appeared as a natural hybrid during the year, in the collection of W. 
Thompson, Esq. The flowering of a hybrid between Cattleya intermedia 
and C. Loddigesii in the collection of T. L. Mead, Esq., has also 
demonstrated the origin of Cattleya Xx Claesiana, a matter of some 
interest. 
EXHIBITIONS. 
The interest in the meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society and the 
Manchester and North of England Orchid Society has been well 
maintained, and in some cases it has been difficult to find accommodation 
for all the exhibits. Both the Societies are doing good and useful work in 
popularising and extending the culture of these beautiful plants, but owing 
to the different system under which awards are given it is difficult to 
compare them together. The younger society, however, has adopted the 
principle of judging the exhibits solely upon their individual merits, without 
