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group, containing some very fine forms of Cattleya Trianz, Dendrobium X 
cheltenhamense, some handsome varieties of Odontoglossum crispum, 
Cypripedium Mastersianum, C. X Calypso, C. xX Godseffianum, C X 
~Winnianum, C. xX T. W. Bond, C. xX Smithii, and other good things. 
Messrs. Linden, L’Horticulture Internationale, Brussels, sent Odonto- 
glossum X Wilckeanum tigrinum, a handsomely-marked variety, O. X 
cirrho-Hallii, and a good form of Cypripedium X Schlesingerianum. 
The meeting on April 18th was a great success, the Drill Hall being 
crowded both with exhibits and visitors. Orchids were represented in large 
numbers and excellent quality, some of them, owing to want of space, never 
getting beyond the Orchid committee table. The members present were :— 
H. J. Veitch, Esq., in the chair; J. O’Brien (hon. sec.), E. Ashworth, H. 
Ballantine, T. W. Bond, H. J. Chapman, J. Colman, S. Courtauld, De B. 
Crawshay, J. G. Fowler, J. T. Gabriel, T. B. Haywood, E. Hill, J. Jaques, 
H. Little, A. Outram, H. T. Pitt, F. Sander, W. H. White, and W. H. 
Young. 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, Dorking (gr. Mr. White), staged a 
very choice group, to which a Silver-Flora Medal was given. It contained 
the rare Dendrobium Falconeri giganteum, Cymbidium Devonianum with 
five spikes, a specimen Calanthe ‘veratrifolia with seven spikes, Cochlioda 
sanguinea, a good plant of Maxillaria prestans, three plants of the charming 
little Epidendrum Endresii, remarkable for the duration of its flowers, which 
seemed as perfect as when exhibited at the February meeting, E. Schom- 
burgkii with two fine spikes, the handsome Cypripedium x Fowlerianum, C. 
X barbato-bellum, Odontoglossum X Ruckerianum with a fine five-branched 
spike, the rare O. brevifolium with two spikes, O. Edwardii, O. crispum, 
a fine O. gloriosum, Masdevallia Harryana, and others. A fine plant of 
Masdevallia X Shuttryana Chamberlainii with ten splendid flowers received 
a First-class Certificate, and Miltonia cuneata with five spikes a Cultural 
Commendation, 
Baron Sir H. Schréder, The Dell, Staines (gr. Mr. Ballantine), staged a 
small group of.choice things, to which a Silver Flora Medal was given. It 
contained two superb forms of Odontoglossum xX Wilckeanum, Queen- 
Empress with a close raceme of very large, yellow and brown flowers, and 
Princess Christian with clear white ground and brownish-purple blotches, a 
fine O. triumphans, also inflorescences of O. Pescatorei Veitchianum, O. P. 
Schreederianum, and the remarkable slaty-blue Cattleya Lawrenceana 
Vinckeana. 
J. Bradshaw, Esq., The Grange, Southgate (gr. Mr. Whiffen) also 
received a Silver Flora Medal for a fine group, containing fine examples of 
Cymbidium Lowianum and C. xX eburneo-Lowianum, Lycaste Skinneri, 
Lelia x Latona, some good Odontoglossum crispum, Péscatorei, triumphans, 
