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Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Heaton, Bradford, staged a group of 

 line hybrids, including Cattleya X Hardyana, C. X Miss Williams, two 

 pretty light forms of Laelio-cattleya X Gottoiana, Lselia X Iona, a very 

 fine example of Angrsecum Ellisii, Catasetum Bungerothii, and many 

 others. A First-class Certificate was given to Cattleya X Iris Charlesworth's 

 var. (bicolor X Dowiana aurea), a particularly fine form, having bronze- 

 yellow sepals and petals, and the broad front lobe of the lip dark rose- 

 crimson. An Award of Merit was given to Lycaste X hybrida, a pretty, 

 natural hybrid from L. Skinneri and L. Deppei, having cream-white, 

 densely spotted flowers. 



Messrs. H. Low and Co., Bush Hill Park, staged a fine group, and were 

 deservedly awarded a Silver Flora Medal. The group included some fine 

 specimens of Dendrobium formosum giganteum, one of them bearing over 

 thirty flowers ; Cattleya Eldorado Wallisii, C. bicolor, C. Gaskelliana alba, 

 C. X Minucia, C. X Mantini, C. X mollis (Gaskelliana X superba), C. X 

 Mrs. J. W. Whiteley, C. X Maroni, and two splendid examples of C. 

 X Hardyana and C. X H. enfieldensis, the latter having light sepals and 

 petals and a ruby purple lip. An Award of Merit was given to Cattleya 

 •Grossii, an interesting species which is figured on page 305 of the 



•Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, staged an excellent group, and 

 received a Silver Flora Medal. The group included Laelio-cattleya X 

 Bryan, L.-c. X callistoglossa, L.-c. X bletchleyensis, L.-c. X Remula 

 superba (L. tenebrosa X C. Aclandiae), having Indian yellow sepals and 

 petals, and a rich violet-purple lip, the fine L.-c. bella var. langleyensis 

 (L. purpurata X C. labiata), Cattleya X Chloris, C. X Ophir, C. X 

 Clytie, Lselia X splendens, L. X Pacavia (tenebrosa X purpurata), 

 ■Cypripedium X Madame Truffaut, and many others. 



M. Ch. Beranek, Rue de Babylone, Paris, showed the curious Laelio- 

 cattleya X Lutetia (C. velutina X L.-c. X elegans Turned), having rather 

 narrow buff-coloured sepals and petals veined with purple, and the front 

 lobe of the lip darker purple. 



Mr. J. Cypher, Queen's Road, Cheltenham, exhibited some good forms 

 of Odontoglossum crispum, Cypripedium niveum, C X Vipani, the striking 

 C. Charlesworthii marginatum, in which the base and margin of the 

 dorsal sepal are tinged with rose, and the centre much paler, Cattleya X 

 Mantinii inversa, and Laelia pumila Cypher's variety, a beautiful white 

 flower with some crimson markings on the lip. 



Mr. E. Kromer, Bandon Hill, Croydon, showed Epidendrum 

 floribundum, bearing a panicle of green and white flowers. 



M. A. A. Peeters, St. Gilles, Brussels, showed Miltonia X Peetersiana, 

 Laelio-cattleya X Andreana Peeters' variety, and " Cattleya aurea Memoria 



