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a good group, including examples of Brassocattleya Veitchii Queen 
Alexandra, Leeliocattleya Buenos-Aires, and St.-Gothard, Cymbidium 
Alexanderi and Capella, Cypripedium Thalia Mrs. F. Wellesley, C. Thomp- 
sonii, Cattleya Dusseldorfii Undine and others. 
Messrs. J. & A. McBean, Cooksbridge, also received a Silver Banksian 
Medal for a good group, including the beautiful Cymbidium Schlegelli 
roseum and several others, Lelia anceps Schroeder, good examples of 
Odontoglossum triumphosum and armainvillierense, Brassocattleya Atys 
(B. nodosa XC. Iris), most like the former in shape, with purple segments, 
and numerous purple blotches on the lip, several beautiful Odontiodas and 
other showy Orchids. | 
Messrs. Flory & Black, Slough, showed Odontoglossum crispum Rajah, 
with large black-purple blotches on the segments, O. La Seine, having 
claret-red flowers margined with blush, Cattleya CEnone alba (labiata alba 
X Mossize Wageneri) and one or two others. 
Messrs. Sanders, St. Albans, sent Cymbidium Albatross (Gottianum X 
grandiflorum), cream white with reddish-rose markings on the lip. 
At the meeting held on January zgth Orchids were again well repre- 
sented, and the awards consisted of two First-class Certificates, a Pre- 
liminary Commendation, and three medals. 
Orchid Committee present : Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart. (in the chair), 
J. O’Brien (hon. sec.), Sir Harry J. Veitch, W. Bolton, W. H. White, 
J. E. Shill, R. Brooman White, W. H. Hatcher, R. G. Thwaites, J. Charles- 
worth, R. A. Rolfe, Pantia Ralli, J. Wilson Potter, F. K. Sander, E. R. 
Ashton, and T. Armstrong. 
FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATES. 
CaTTLEYA MONARCH BRYNDIR VAR. (Triane X Empress-Frederick).— 
A very beautiful form, having blush-rose sepals and petals, the latter very 
broad and crimped, and a rich, ruby-purple lip, with a light yellow blotch 
on each side of the throat and some yellow lines below. Exhibited by Dr. 
Miguel Lacroze. 
CyYPRIPEDIUM EuRYBIADES THE Baroness (Alcibiades x Hera 
Euryades).—A remarkably fine flower, having a circular dorsal sepal, white 
above and greenish yellow below, copiously blotched with claret-purple, the 
petals honey-yellow with brown markings below, and the lip mahogany red 
in front. Exhibited by Mr. J. E. Shill, The Dell Gardens, Englefield Green. 
PRELIMINARY COMMENDATION. 
OpoNnTOGLOssuM GATTON-PRINCESS (Queen of Gatton X eximium).—A 
very promising seedling, bearing a nearly circular flower of good substance, 
and almost covered with ruby-claret blotches, with traces of white markings 
and a narrow white margin. Exhibited by Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart, 
