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Cypripedium Lawrenceanum, Lelia purpurata, a good Cattleya Skinneri, 
and others. T. Harker, Esq., Withington (gr. Mr. Mulloy), was third, 
with Dendrobium chrysotoxum, D. Wardianum (nearly over), D. 
Devonianum, Cattleya intermedia, C. Schroedere, &c. 
Orchids had also been used very effectively in the Hand Bouquets with 
which Mr. John Mosley carried of the first prize. We also noticed some 
good specimen Orchids in the groups of miscellaneous plants arranged for 
effect, one good Oncidium sphacelatum being the only one observed in the 
Show. 
Six non-competitive groups were staged, to which Gold or Silver Medals 
were awarded according to merit. 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Heaton, Bradford, received a Gold 
Medal for a fine group of well-cultivated plants, in which most of the showy 
species of the season were well represented. The special features were 
some good forms of Odontoglossum crispum, luteopurpureum, polyxan- 
thum, and other species, the brilliant Epilelia x Charlesworthii, and 
Epiphronitis X Veitchii, various good Cattleyas and Lezlias, including L. x 
Latona with a five-flowered raceme, the pretty Ornithocephalus grandiflorus, 
Cypripedium xX Mansellii, the pretty little C. x conco-villosum, an 
unnamed hybrid between C. Lawrenceanum and C. Mastersianum, C. X 
Gertrude Hollington and others, Maxillaria Sanderiana, Dendrobium Dearei 
and atroviolaceum, a fine Oncidium Marshallianum, O. concolor, 
Masdevallia ignea, Veitchiana, and various other interesting things. 
Messrs. John Cowan & Co., Gateacre, also received a Gold Medal for a 
large and effective group, including most of the showy species of the season. 
We noted a fine example of Odontoglossum Hallii with a panicle of twenty- 
five flowers, O. tripudians, O. Cervantesii, and various others, a good 
specimen of Dendrobium Devonianum, D. Jamesianum, Sobralia macrantha, 
Rodriguezia fragrans, Oncidiums superbiens and sarcodes, some charming 
light forms of Lelia purpurata, good Cattleya citrina and others, 
Cypripediums, &c. 
The other group which secured a Gold Medal was staged by 
L’Horticulture Coloniale, Brussels, and was distinguished by a series of 
very beautiful Odontoglossums, both species and hybrids, including several 
pretty varieties of O. x Adrianz, X Andersonianum, X Wilckeanum, and 
crispum, also O. X cirrho-Hallii, Hunnewellianum, sceptrum, and others, 
a good Cochlioda Neetzliana, Cypripedium X Goweri, Miltonia vexillaria, 
and other good things. First-class Certificates were given to Odonto- 
glossum X Adriane tigrinum, a dark, well-spotted form, and O. crispum 
Countess of Derby, bearing a branched raceme of twenty medium-sized 
‘flowers, with numerous small, round spots; and Awards of Merit were 
given to O. X Ruckerianum Queen Victoria, O. x Adrianz fascinator, with 
