THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



Oueen Alexandra. ;i ver\ Lu-o [>uiv wtute varirty, sn^nm ungeu wiui 

 yellow and bearing three purple lines at tin- base of the lip. Awards of 

 Merit were given to Odontoglossum crispum Her Majesty, having a large 

 white well-shaped flower ; O. c. Princess Helen, with a very finely-spotted 

 flower; O. c. Princess Victoria; and O. c. Imperatrix Regime, a line 

 purplish rose form, with some reddish purple in the middle of each 

 segment, and some white at the base; O. X harvengtense Princess 

 Margaret, a good form having white flowers heavily blotched with red 

 brown ; Zygonisia X Rolfeana (Aganisia lepida X Zygopetalum maxillare 

 Gautieri), having whitish flowers, mottled with violet, and intermediate 

 in structure ; Cattleya X Prince Edward (Schilleriana X Warscewiczii) ; 

 and Laelio-cattleya X Martinetii Prince Arthur, the latter a very good 

 form, having the sepals and petals yellow, tinged with rose and the lip 

 dark rose veined with purple. 



Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Heaton, Bradford, staged a very good 

 group, containing Lgelio-cattleya X Canhamiana alba, L.-c. X G. S. Ball, 

 L.-c. X Lady Miller, Odontoglossum X Harryano-triumphans, O. X 

 Alexandra-Regina (Schleiperianum X grande), and many other rare and 

 beautiful species. An Award of Merit was given to Odontoglossum crispum 

 punctatissimum Princess Maud, a fine flower tinged with lilac and 

 profusely spotted with purple. 



Messrs. Stanley, Ashton & Co., Southgate, showed a fine group of 

 Odontoglossum crispum varieties, many Lselio-cattleyas, including L.-c. X 

 Massangeana, Laelia tenebrosa, Brassavola Digbyana, Thunia Bensonse, a 

 good Cattleya Mendelii, and some Cypripediums. An Award of Merit was 

 given to Cattleya X Miss Harris superba (Schilleriana X Mossiae), having 

 purplish rose sepals and petals, and the lip rose-carmine with darker 

 veining. 



Messrs. J. Cowan & Co., Gateacre, Liverpool, staged a good group of 

 Cattleyas, Laslias, Odontoglossums, Cypripediums, &c. 



Mr. J. Cypher, Cheltenham, showed a fine group in which the showy 

 species of the season were displayed co great advantage. 



Messrs. Fisher, Son, and Sibray, Handsworth, Sheffield, also staged 

 an effective group, in which was a finely blotched Odontoglossum crispum 

 called Sir Alfred Milner. 



Messrs. H. Low & Co., Bush Hill Park exhibited a good group 

 containing the interesting Masdevallia muscosa, Ladio-cattleya X 

 Canhamiana, L.-c. X Pallas, Vanda Hookeriana, V. X Miss Joaquim, 

 Cypripedium Lawrenceanum Hyeanum and others. 



M. A. A. Peeters, Brussels, showed cut flowers of Ladio-cattleya X 

 Martinetii and a plant of a fine variety of it called Coronation. 



Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, staged a group of forms of L.-c. X 



