24 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [JANUARY, IQII. 
showed Cypripedium Thalia, Mrs. Francis Wellesley, a fine C. Minos 
Youngii, C. Euryades splendens, and C. insigne giganteum. 
Messrs. Jones Howes & Co., Elmdon Nurseries, Kenilworth, sent a form 
of Vanda coerulea having white sepals and petals and a violet-coloured lip. 
Messrs. J. & A. A. McBean, Cooksbridge, staged a group of finely-grown 
Lelia anceps varieties, and some good Cypripediums. 
M. Maurice Mertens, Mont.-St.-Amand, Ghent, sent a number of hand- 
some hybrid Odontoglossums. 
Messrs. Stanley & Co., Southgate, sent a good white form of Cattleya 
labiata, Coelogyne fuscescens, Cypripedium insigne Harefield Hall var., C. 
i. Brilliant, with well-blotched dorsal sepal, C. Minos Youngii, and C. 
Madame Jules Hye. 
Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, showed a hybrid Cypripedium 
from C. Acteus x insigne Harefield Hall var., a finely-shaped flower, 
having the upper half of the dorsal sepal white, and the base well blotched. 
AWARDS OF MERIT. 
CYPRIPEDIUM WATERLOO (Mrs. Wm. Mostyn XX Ranjitsinhji). A 
handsome flower, with large, white dorsal sepal, clear purple at the base; 
petals and lip yellowish tinged with light purple-brown, Exhibited by Mr. 
E. V. Low. 
ODONTOGLOSsUM CERES, PLUMPTON HALL VaR. (Rossii X Rolfez). A 
large and handsome variety, having the basal half of the sepals barred with 
red-brown, and the broadly ovate lip tinged with rose. Exhibited by W.R. 
Lee, Esq. 
OponTocLossum RoucgE DRAGON (Phoebe x armainvillierense). A 
handsome hybrid, having broad, shortly acuminate, white sepals and petals, 
heavily blotched with deep reddish crimson, and a large blotch in front of 
the lip’s crest. Shown by W. R. Lee, Esq. 
VANDA C@RULEA BLUEBEARD. A handsome nearly circular flower, 
with indigo blue sepals and petals, mottled with white between the veins, 
and the lip dark violet. Shown by Lt.-Col. Sir George Holford. 
BOTANICAL CERTIFICATES. 
ANGRECUM PELLUCIDUM.°A West African species, having drooping 
Phalznopsis-like leaves, and pendulous racemes of semitransparent whitish 
flowers, tinged with buff on the sepals and the fringed lip. Shown by J. S. 
Bergheim, Esq., Belsize Court, Hampstead, 
Brassia ForGeTIANA. A Peruvian species, somewhat resembling B. 
Lanceana, having greenish white flowers, barred with brown at the base, 
and the crest of the lip orange. Shown by Messrs. Sander & Sons. 
DENDROBIUM SPECIOSUM NITIDUM. Plant rather taller and more slender 
in habit than var. Hillii, and bearing long spikes of cream white flowers. 
Shown by Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart. _ ce eee 
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