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together with D. formosum giganteum and Cypripedium Charlesworthii. 
Sir Frederick Wigan, Bart., Clare Lawn, East Sheen (gr. Mr. Young), 
sent Lelia pumila magnifica, and Lzlio-cattleya x Gottoiana marmorata, 
the latter bearing a five-flowered inflorescence of large light rose-coloured 
flowers, which are curiously marbled with rose-pur ple. 
Her Grace the Duchess of Northumberland, Stanwick, Darlington 
(gr. Mr. Higgie), sent-a fine inflorescence of Vanda coerulea, bearing twenty- 
two well-coloured flowers, for which a Vote of Thanks was accorded. 
E. S. Clark, Esq., Oak Alyn, near Wrexham (gr. Mr. Edwards), sent 
the handsome Cattleya X Mantinii nobilior, 
H. Little, Esq., Baronshalt, Twickenham (gr. Mr. Howard), showed 
two fine inflorescences of Cattleya Bowringiana. 
H. Tate, Esq., Allerton Beeches, near Liverpool, sent a flower of a 
hybrid Orchid supposed to have originated from Lelia tenebrosa and 
Cattleya x Hardyana, 
Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, staged a 
fine group of Orchids, to which a Silver Flora Medal was given. It 
contained the brilliant little Sophrocattleya X eximia, with bright purple- 
red sepals and petals, and dark ruby-red lip, some fine forms of Cattleya 
labiata, the beautiful Cattleya x Wendlandiana and C. x Eurydice, a hand- 
Some form of Lelio-cattleya x Wellsiana, L.-c. x Hermione, and L.-c. X 
Epicasta, Oncidium x Forbesii and O. varicosum, Cypripedium Charles- 
worthii, a good specimen of C. X vexillarium superbum, the beautiful C. X 
fenanthum superbum, C. purpuratum with five flowers, and other 
interesting things, of which the three following each received an Award of 
Merit :—Lzlia x Mrs. M. Gratrix (L. cinnabarina ? X L. Digbyana ¢) 
is a remarkable hybrid, with flowers about five inches across, the sepals and 
petals buff yellow, and the three-lobed lip, light yellow, tinged with rose on 
the front and side lobes, and irregularly fringed. Lelio-cattleya x 
Duchess of York (Lelia crispa ? X Cattleya Gaskelliana 3), is a 
beautiful hybrid approaching nearer to L.-c. x exoniensis than most 
Others ; the sepals and petals white, slightly tinged with pink, and the 
crisped lip white at the base, lemon-yellow on the disc, and the front lobe 
bright ruby purple, and somewhat elongated. Cattleya x Princess 
_ (Lueddemaniana @ xX Triane ¢), is a very fine hybrid with pale rose- 
Coloured sepals and petals of great breadth, and the lip bright reddish 
purple, with radiating coloured lines on the disc. 
Mr. E. Kromer, Roraima Nursery, Bandon Hill, Beddington, also staged 
a fine group, to which a Silver Banksian Medal was given. It contained 
about thirty-five varieties of Cattleya labiata imported by the exhibitor, 
some being very richly coloured, and one pale lilac form having the lip 
petal-like in shape; C. granulosa, C. Leopoldi, the interesting natural 
