AUGUST, I9gII.] _ THE ORCHID KEVIEW. 245 
Mr. G. F. Waters, Balcombe, Sussex, sent a few plants of Cattleya 
Mendelii, Odontoglossum crispum, O. excellens, O. Wiganianum, and 
Oncidium pretextum, all being unnamed. 
FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATES. 
L#LIOCATTLEYA SyLviA (Ascania x Hippolyta).—A very richly-coloured 
hybrid, having clear chrome yellow sepals and petals, and the front of the 
lip ruby-crimson, margined with pale yellow. Exhibited by Messrs. 
Charlesworth & Co. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM ARDENTISSIMUM QUEEN Mary (Pescatorei x crispum). 
—A very beautiful variety, having large white flowers heavily blotched with 
violet, and broadly margined with white. Exhibited by Messrs. Sander & 
Sons. 
AWARDS OF MERIT. 
CATTLEYA DUPREANA (Warneri X. Warscewiczil).—A very fine and 
richly-coloured hybrid, most like the former in general shape, having rose- 
purple sepals and petals, and the front lobe of the lip rich purple-crimson. 
Exhibited by Messrs. Charlesworth & Co. 
CaTTLEYA Mossi# ALBA QUEEN Mary.—A very beautiful white variety 
having a yellow throat to the lip, and some clear pink markings in front. 
Exhibited by Messrs. Mansell & Hatcher. 
L&#LIOCATTLEYA MARTINETII KING GEORGE (C. Mossi x L. tenebrosa). 
—A very beautiful form, having large bright rose-purple flowers, with a 
deep claret-coloured lip. Exhibited by Messrs. Charlesworth & Co. 
ODONTIODA BRADSHAWIZ SANDER’S VAR. (C. Neetzliana X O. crispum). 
—A large and richly-coloured form, having the centre of the segments rich 
cherry red, with rosy margin, and the lip handsomely blotched. Exhibited 
by Messrs. Sander & Sons. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM AMABILE THE QUEEN.—A very large and beautiful 
flower, with some violet blotches forming a zone at the base of the 
segments. Exhibited by Messrs. Sander & Sons. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM EXIMIUM KING GEORGE (armainvillierense X crispum. 
—A very rich red-purple form, with a white margin to the sepals and petals, 
and the front of the lip white. Exhibited by Messrs. Sander & Sons. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM OLYMPIA (parentage unknown).—A large and hand- 
some hybrid, approaching a heavily blotched O. crispum, and having white 
flowers barred and blotched with red-brown. Exhibited by Messrs. 
Charlesworth & Co. 
CULTURAL COMMENDATIONS. 
AncuLoA CxLiFToNI.—A finely-grown plant with six large yellow 
flowers, marked with purple at the base of the segments. To Mr. J. Davis, 
gardener to J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, S. Woodford. 
CaTTLEyA Mossi# WAGENERI.—A fine plant with about seventy bulbs 
