si72 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



Thunia Bensonse, Marshalliana, and X Veitchiana, Trichopilia laxa 

 (B.C.), lepida, and rostrata (A.M.), Vanda alpina, and Zygopetalum 

 rostratum (F.C. and Cultural commendation). This very interesting group 

 was one of the features of the Show, and attracted a great deal of attention. 

 Sir Frederick Wigan showed a remarkably fine group, which gained a 

 Silver Cup. It comprised over ninety species, varieties, and hybrids, in the 

 arrangement of which Mr. Young had been particularly successful. Among 

 the more interesting plants we noted Cattleya Skinneri alba with twenty- 

 three flowers, C. intermedia Parthenia, C. Forbesii, C. Schilleriana, and 

 good examples of the showier species, Coelogyne pandurata with a spike ot 

 eleven flowers, C. asperata, C. Massangeana, and the charming little C. 

 Schilleriana, Laelia grandiflora (majalis) bearing three large flowers on a 

 single spike, L. Boothiana, L. X cinnabrosa, some good L. purpurata, 

 Laelio-cattleya X superbo-elegans, L.-c. X Rex, L.-c. X Helena, L.-c. 

 X highburiensis with sixteen flowers, and others, the graceful Brassia 

 brachiata, Aerides Fieldingii, Brassavola Digbyana, Thunias, a noble 

 specimen of Cymbidium Lowianum, the fine C. X I'Ansoni, Platyclinis 

 longifolia, Maxillaria Sanderiana, Dendrobium Parishii, a fine D. thyrsi- 

 florum, Angraecum Sanderianum, Phalasnopsis fuscata, P. Lueddemanniana, 

 P. amabilis, some fine Odontoglossum species and hybrids, including O. X 

 Rolfeas with a spike of nine fine flowers, Oncidium Marshallianum, O. 

 Gardneri, the graceful O. phymatochilum, O. olivaceum, Cypripediums 

 Druryi, Mastersianum, Lawrenceanum Hyeanum, callosum Sandera?, 

 hirsutissimum, bellatulum and allies, &c, Houlletia odoratissima, Colax 

 jugosus, Epidendrum campylostalix, Miltonias, Masdevallia simula, M. 

 peristeria, M. coccinea, M. Veitchiana, &c. A First-class Certificate was 

 given to Pholaenopsis Sanderiana Wigan's var., a bright rose-coloured 

 form, and an Award of Merit to Cypripedium x Godefroyae lencochilum 

 pulchellum, in which the markings were rose-purple in colour. 



J. Coleman, Esq., also received a Silver Cup for a splendid group, 

 containing many well-grown Cattleyas, Laelias, Odontoglossums, Miltonia 

 vexillana and Masdevallia coccinea, together with M. Veitchiana, M. 

 cucullata, Cymbidium Lowianum, Cypripedium hirsutissimum, C. 

 Mastersianum, Bulbophyllum Lobbii, Lycaste aromatica, L. brevispatha, 

 Laelio-cattleya X Dido, L.-c. X Sunrise (believed to be from L. flava and 

 C Gaskelhana), and Oncidium monachicum. Among the Odonto- 

 glossums we noted the charming O. ramosissimum, O. X Andersonianum 

 Ruckerianum, with a fine branching panicle of very large flowers, a fine O. 

 polyxanthum, and some good O. crispum. 



W. P. Burkinshaw, Esq., Hull, received a Silver-gilt Banksian Medal 

 for a fine group, containing many good forms of Cattleya Mossiae, C. M. 

 Reineckeana, C. M. Wageneri, C. Mendelii, Thunia Marshalliana, two 



