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and fringed, the column rosy lilac in front, with the centre chrome yellow. 
Exhibited by J. Ansaldo, Esq., Rose Bank, Mumbles, Glamorganshire. 
MILTonia VENUS VAR. FASCINATOR (vexillaria x Phalaenopsis).—-A 
charming hybrid, having flowers of soft rose colour, with a yellowish base 
to the lip, and a number of radiating lines of crimson ‘spots, recalling those 
of the pollen parent. Exhibited by Messrs. Charlesworth & Co. 
SOPHROCATLELIA BrYNDIR (Scl. Sandhage X Lc. Golden Oriole).—A 
fine hybrid, showing well the influence of the Cattleya ancestry, and having 
broad ruby red sepals and petals, with an orange shading, and the base of 
the midrib white, while the lip is dark claret red, with an orange-coloured 
centre and some yellow veining in the throat. Exhibited by Dr. Miguel 
Lacroze, Bryndir, Roehampton (gr. Mr. Creswell). 
GENERAL EXHIBITS. 
Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park (gr. Mr. J. Collier), showed 
a fine plant of Cattleya Portia Lorna Fielden, bearing nine flowers, with lip- 
like colouring at the base of the lateral sepals, this being derived from C. 
labiata Lorna Fielden, which was also shown. Cattleya Gatton-Ruby 
(amabilis x Hardyana), with ruby-purple flowers, and Odontoglossum 
splendidissimum album, with pure white flowers, were also included. 
Dr. Miguel Lacroze, Bryndir, Roehampton (gr. Mr. Creswell), showed 
Cattleya Tityus var. Bryndir (Octave Doin X Enid), bearing a fine spike 
of four flowers. 
Mr. J. E. Shill, The Dell Gardens, Egham, showed Leliocattleya 
Hardybel (C. Hardyana X Lec. Scylla), and Le. Sunbeam, the latter from 
Cattleya Maggie-Raphael alba and some yellow Leliocattleya, the sepals 
and petals being yellow, and the lip ruby-red, with an orange-coloured disc. 
Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells, were awarded a Silver 
Flora Medal for a choice group, containing good examples of Vanda 
coerulea, Cattleya Dowiana albens, an imported form with pure white sepals 
and petals, C. Archimedes (Armstrongie X Fabia), C. Sultan alba, good 
examples of C. Moira, Sophrocattleya Atalanta (Sc. Ariadne X C. Fabia), 
having ruby red sepals and petals, shaded with orange, and a darker lip, 
Leliocattleya Pathan var. Domitian (Le. Dominiana X C. Dowiana aurea), 
a richly-coloured form, Miltonia Bleuana, and a few good seedling Odonto- 
glossums and Odontiodas. 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Haywards Heath, received a Silver 
Banksian Medal for a good group, including about a dozen and a-half 
seedling Cattleya Dowiana aurea, C. Fabia alba, a charming form of C. Enid 
with white sepals and petals, Brassocattleya Rutherfordii, Sophrocatlelia 
Meuse, and several splendidly-grown Leliocattleyas. 
Messrs. Sanders, St. Albans, received a Silver Banksian Medal for a 
good group, including several fine Cattleyas and Leliocattleyas, C. Una 
