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strongly three-lobed, with a rose-purple front lobe, a white base, and some 
yellow on the disc. 
Messrs. Mansell & Hatcher, Rawdon, Yorks, showed Miltonia candida 
superba, a very fine form, having a large purple blotch on the lip, anda 
spike of a handsome white-petalled Cattleya, closely resembling C. Hardyana 
‘Countess of Derby. | 
Messrs. J. & A. A. McBean, Cooksbridge, showed a very fine specimen 
cof Miltonia vexillaria Leopoldii, having rose-pink flowers, with a very dark 
blotch at the base of the lip. 
FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATES. 
CypripEpIuM LuciFER (Niobe Westonbirt var. X Euryades).—A very 
handsome hybrid, having the general aspect of C. Niobe, but the flower 
much larger and broader in all its parts. The dorsal sepal is broad and 
flat, clear white, deeply veined and dotted with purple, with a darker band 
up the centre, and the base green with a few dark brown spots; while the 
petals are veined with purple brown on a light yellow ground, with a few 
dark spots at the base, and the broad lip tinged with mahogany red in 
front. Exhibited by Lt.-Col. Sir George L. Holford, K.C.V.O., Weston- 
birt, Tetbury (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander). 
Cypripepium RoyaL GeEorGE (Harrisianum superbum X Minos 
Youngii).—A very large and handsome hybrid, approaching Minos Youngii 
in the shape of the dorsal sepal, but with much broader petals. The dorsal 
sepal is broad and flat, white, with a small green base, and above this 
numerous lines of purple dots, flushed with rose between ; while the petals 
are yellowish green, with the upper halves purple brown, and the lip of the 
latter colour. Exhibited by Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells. 
Opontiopa EvuTERPE (C. Neetzliana X Odontoglossum Uroskinneri).— 
A brilliant hybrid, having orange-scarlet sepals and petals, and the lip broad, 
and closely mottled with rosy mauve. Exhibited by Messrs. Charlesworth 
& Co., Haywards Heath. 
At the meeting held on October 24th there was a very fine display of 
Orchids, including eight medal groups, other awards being two First-class 
Certificates, and one Award of Merit, the latter to a beautiful albino of 
Vanda Kimballiana, which has now appeared for the first time. 
Orchid Committee present: J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., (in the Chair), and 
Messrs. J. O’Brien (hon. sec.), Harry J. Veitch, Sir Jeremiah Colmen, 
Bart., Stuart H. Low, J. S. Moss, R. G. Thwaites, F. J. Hanbury, A. A. 
McBean, C. H. Curtis, T. Armstrong, Walter Cobb, J. Charlesworth, J. 
Cypher, W. P. Bound, W. H. Hatcher, H. G. Alexander, A. Dye, 
W. H. White, Gurney Wilson, and W. Bolton. 
Lt.-Col. Sir George L. Holford, K.C.V.O., Westonbirt (gr. Mr. H. G. 
