44 THE ORCHID REVIEW. | FEBRUARY, 191 | 
GENERAL EXHIBITS. 
Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, Surrey (gr. Mr. J. Collier), — 
showed flowers of the fine Cypripedium insigne Gatton Park var., anda 
seedling obtained by crossing two of the finest forms of Odontioda Brad 
shawiz, which showed a decided reversion to a coloured Odontoglossum in 
shape and texture. It is undeveloped at present, and it will be interesting” 
to see what other seedllngs are like. 
Dr. Miguel Lacroze, Bryndir, Roehampton (Orchid grower Miss 
Robertson), sent Brassocattleya Bianca majestica, a pretty blush pink form, | 
and Sophrocatizlia Isabella (Scl. Marathon x C. Fabia), with bright 
carmine-rose flowers. 
Col. Leith, Grey Court, Riding-Mill-on-Tyne (gr. Mr. J. Renwick), 
showed Odontoglossum Colonel-Leith (Rossii x Uroskinneri), a vety 
pretty hybrid, showing well the character of both parents. The sepals — 
and petals are rosy lilac, densely blotched with chocolate-red, and the ample 
lip pale lilac with a whitish crest. Er. o 
Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells, received a Silver Flora ! 
Medal for a fine group, including some good Cattleyas, Cypripediums, — 
Odontiodas, and Odontoglossums, noteworthy among them being O. Fabia — 
splendens, O. Antiope, O. Corona (eximium X Menier St. Vincent), claret 
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red margined with white, and O. Orissa (armainvillierense X Hylandianum). 
We also noted Sophrocattleya Niobe (Sc. Saxa x C. Octave-Doin), a pretty 
rose-coloured hybrid with some yellow in the throat of the lip, and the front 
lobe ruby-red, Epidendrum polybulbon album, Lelia Gwennie, and others. 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Haywards Heath, also received a Silver 
Flora Medal for a fine group, in which Odontoglossums, Odontiodas, and 
Cypripediums were conspicuous, with the charming Vanda ccerulea alba, 
Brassocatlelia Truffautiana, and others. Noteworthy objects were — 
Odontioda Thwaitesii and O. Joan var. pulcherrima, the latter brilliant — 
scarlet, Odontoglossum crispum xanthotes, O. Lawrenceanum var. Cobb: 
ianum, Cypripedium Isonzo (Alcibiades X Mrs. Wm. Mostyn), C. Helen : 
II. Westonbirt var., and the whole group was very effective. | 
Messrs. Hassall & Co., Southgate, received a Silver Banksian Medal fot 
a good group, consisting largely of Cymbidiums, noteworthy among them ] 
being examples of C. Alexanderi, Capella, Sybil, and Moira (Tracyanum %X 7 
Pauwelsii), a brilliant Odontioda Zephyr, Odontoglossum armainvillierenses 
a very fine form of O. crispum, and O. Sybil (Thompsonianum xX Aire-— 
worth), a dark claret-hybrid, with lilac tips to the segments and a dark 
yellow crest. 
Messrs. 
Sanders, St. Albans, sent a few good Orchids, including 
Cymbidium Albatross, Brassocattleya Fascinator (Bc. Maronii x C. Enid): 
Qdontioda Diana, Cypripedium Hindeanum, and Saccolabium bellinum. 
