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Medal for a fine group, including Cypripedium X Zenobia (callosum 

 X Ashburtoniae), C. X Coronis (X Leeanum giganteum X Lynchianum), 

 and other fine hybrid Cypripedes, Zygocolax X Amesianus, Cymbidium 

 Tracyanum, Habenaria Susannae, Dendrobium thyrsiflorum, Masdevallia 

 nidifica, and others. Awards of Merit were granted to Cypripedium X 

 Evelyn Ames superbum (X Leeanum giganteum X Calypso Oakwood var.), 

 and C. X Transvaal superbum (Chamberlainianum X Rothschildianum), 

 two beautiful forms fairly intermediate between their parents, and a 

 Botanical Certificate to Cynorchis purpurascens. 



Messrs. H. Low & Co., Bush Hill Park, received a Silver Banksian 

 Medal for a good group, consisting chiefly of varieties of Cattleya labiata, 

 including C. 1. glauca, tinged with lavender-blue, and C. I. var. R. I. 

 Measures, with pale pink markings on the lip, together with Cypripedium 

 insigne Sanderae, C. X gigas Corndeani, Bulbophyllum Careyanum, and 



An Award of Merit was granted to Cattleya labiata Amesiana, having 

 the flowers white, with the front of the lip lilac-pink. 



Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Heaton, Bradford, gained a Silver Banksian 

 Medal for a group of fine hybrids, including Laalio-cattleya X Ingrami, 

 L. c. X luminosa, Cattleya X Portia, C. X Iris, C. X Mrs. J. W. Whiteley, 

 C. X Clarkei, Cypripedium callosum Sanderse, C. insigne Sanderae, C. X 

 Arthurianum, and Sophrocattleya X Nydia. 



Mr. J. Cypher, Cheltenham, showed a small group, containing Cypri- 

 pedium X Memoria Moensii, C. X Leonae, C. X Charlesianum, C. insigne 

 aureum, C. i. Harefield Hall variety, C. i. Sanderae, and others. 



Mr. H. A. Tracy, Twickenham, showed Cattleya labiata ccerulea, having 

 the flower tinted with blue all over, with the lip darker in colour. 



M. Otto Froebel, Zurich, sent a fine spike of Vanda Sanderiana 

 Froebeliae, with very round, richly coloured flowers. 



At the Scientific Committee meeting on the same date, Captain C. C. Hurst, 

 Burbage, Hinckley, sent a flower of Paphiopedilum X Canhami (superbiens 

 X villosum) showing a partial separation of the parental characters. An 

 accompanying note pointed out that the plant had always previously 

 produced normal flowers, but the one exhibited showed the following 

 curious characters. One side of the lip was normal, being evidently a fair 

 blend between the parent species, but the other side was divided into three 

 distinct areas, (i) a narrow band of rich brown-purple, as in the parent P. 

 superbiens ; (2) a broad band of greenish yellow as in the parent P. 

 villosum; the remainder (3) being a normal blend between the parent 

 species. Capt. Hurst added : — " We have here evidently a partial 

 separation of the mixed * blood ' of the parent species, the result being a 



