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For the best hybrid Orchid, W. R. Lee, Esq., took the first prize with 
Lelio-cattleya Aphrodite (C. Mendelii X L. purpurata), a small plant 
which will obviously improve greatly as it becomes stronger. E. Ashworth, 
Esq., was second with Cypripedium X Lawrenceano-Curtisii, and F. 
Hardy, Esq., third with Cypripedium X cenanthum superbum. 
For the best collection of hybrid Cypripediums, T. Statter, Esq., was 
first with a well-grown collection, and E. Ashworth, Esq., second. 
In the groups staged not for competition special mention must be made 
of a brilliant group of rare species of Orchids and of new plants, with a 
frontage of eighty feet, staged by Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, 
to which the Society’s large Gold Medal was awarded. One of the most 
remarkable Orchids was a fine specimen of Dendrobium Johnsoniz, with 
ten spikes of its beautiful white flowers, to which a First-class Certificate was 
awarded. Sobralia x Veitchii rosea, S. X Amesiz, a fine yellow flower 
tinged with lilac and arose-coloured lip, and a Miltonia vexillaria called 
‘Memoria G. D. Owen” also received First-class Certificates. Two Odonto- 
glossums called O. prionopetalum album and O. X Roeblingianum, and 
a Masdevallia called Sander’s Red, received Awards of Merit. A very fine | 
Odontoglossum crispum, Sobralia macrantha Kienastiana, Anguloa Ruckeri, 
and many other fine species and hybrids, might also be enumerated. 
Messrs. B. S. Williams & Son, Upper Holloway, staged a fine group, 
including some fine Cattleyas and Cypripediums, grand plants of Oncidium 
Marshallianum, the rare Brassia Keiliana, Epidendrum Imperator, a fine 
E. nemorale, and other Epidendrums, Maxillaria Sanderiana atropurpurea, 
Calanthe veratrifolia, and other interesting things. Two beautiful things 
in this group, which received First-class Certificates, were the white 
Pescatorea Roezlii alba and P. Klabochorum atrorubens, with very dark 
tips to the segments. 
Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Clapton, also exhibited an excellent group, in 
which were many fine forms of Cattleya Mossiz, the striking Coelogyne 
pandurata, Leelio-cattleya x Schilleriana, a brilliant form of Cattleya 
Mendelii, Selenipedium caudatum Wallisii, &c. The beautiful Cypri- 
pedium x Gertrude Hollington received a First-class Certificate. 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Heaton, Bradford, ‘also staged a very 
effective group, including some compact forms of Oncidium macranthum, 
some fine Lelia tenebrosa, Cypripedium Rothschildianum, some very fine 
C. bellatulum and Lelia purpurata, Cattleya Mossie versicolor, whose 
petals were curiously striped with rose and purple, Odontoglossums, &c. 
Messrs. W. L. Lewis & Co., Southgate, exhibited a very pretty group of 
Showy Cattleyas and Lzlias, Odontoglossum citrosmum and other showy 
Odontoglossums, some fine Miltonia vexillaria, and other good things. 
Messrs. John Cowan & Co., Garston, Liverpool, also staged mega 
effective group, including a specimen of Brassia verrucosa, fine specimens 
