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others, the handsome Cattleya Dionysius, C. Germania, and several plants 
of C. Hesta, two plants of Maxillaria nigrescens, the best with twenty large 
blackish purple flowers, Odontoglossum amabile splendens with three fine 
spikes, two good O. Rolfez, forms of Odontioda Charlesworthii, Elsie, 
Brewii, Euterpe, and other good things. 
Messrs. Sanders, St. Albans, received a Silver Banksian Medal, for a 
good group, including Leliocattleya Soulange var. Britannic (C. Dowiana 
aurea X Lc. Lustre), a large and handsome form, having deep rose sepals 
and petals, and a dark purple lip with a yellow disc, the light green 
Cattleya Leopoldi Sanderz, Brassocattleya Rex (C. Rex X B. Digbyana), 
having whitish sepals and petals and a light yellow, deeply-fringed lip, a 
good plant of Anguloa Cliftonii, Odontonia Aphrodite (M. Warscewiczii Xx 
Odm. Magali-Sander), O. Leelia-Sander, and others. 
Messrs. Flory & Black, Slough, showed a fine form of Brassocattleya 
Ilene, having light rose flowers, with a yellow disc to the broad, well- 
fringed lip. 
Messrs. Stuart Low & Co., Jarvisbrook, sent the distinct and rare 
Cattleya Warscewiczii rochellensis, bearing two white flowers with a flush 
of pink round the yellow disc of the lip. 
At the meeting held on August 28th there was a good display of choice 
Orchids, and the awards consisted of one First-class Certificate, three 
Awards of Merit, and three medals. 
Orchid Committee present: Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart. (in the chair), 
J. O’Brien (hon. sec.), W. Bolton, Arthur Dye, W. H. White, Walter 
Cobb, C. H. Curtis, W. H. Hatcher, T. Armstrong, F. K. Sander, J. E. 
Shill, Pantia Ralli, R. A. Rolfe, Sir Harry J. Veitch, J. Charlesworth, and 
F. J. Hanbury. 
FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATE. 
BRASSOCATTLEYA LADY VEITCH (parentage unrecorded).—A very fine 
hybrid, somewhat recalling Bc. Ilene in character, the flower being large 
and of excellent shape, and having broad, blush-lilac sepals and petals, the 
latter with some light purple markings near the apex, and the well-fringed 
lip blush-white with a light yellow disc. Exhibited by Messrs. Flory & 
Black. 
AWARDS OF MERIT. 
CaTTLEYA Mrs. PitT CHARLESWORTH’s VAR. (Harrisoniana X Dowiana 
aurea).—A remarkably dark and richly-coloured variety, the spike bearing 
four flowers, with deep magenta-rose sepals and petals, and the lip purple- 
crimson, with a deep golden yellow disc. Exhibited by Messrs. Charles- 
worth & Co. 
CATTLEYA NAIDIA EXQUISITA (iridescens xX Hardyana).—A__ very 
