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fifteen good and distinct forms of Cattleya labiata, one called C. 1. 
Kromere being tinted with slaty-blue. A Bronze Banksian Medal was 
awarded to the group. 
Mr. James Douglas, Edenside, Great Bookham, also received a Bronze 
Banksian Medal for a pretty group, comprising Aerides suavissimum, 
Coelogyne Massangeana, and some good spikes of Cattleya labiata and C. 
Loddigesii. 
At the meeting held on November 21st there was again an excellent 
display of Orchids for the season. The members of the Orchid Committee 
present were :—H. J. Veitch, Esq., in the chair, and Messrs. Ashworth, 
Bond, Chapman, Colman, Crawshay, Douglas, Fowler, Haywood, Hill, 
Jaques, Little, Sander, Smee, Thorne, Winn, Young, and O’Brien 
(hon. sec.). 
Captain Holford, Westonbirt, Tetbury (gr. Mr. Chapman), staged a fine 
group of Cypripediums, to which a Silver Flora Medal was given. It 
contained a fine series of C. insigne varieties, among which the following 
were noteworthy :—C. i. Sandere, C. i. Laura Kimball, C. i. Balliz, 
C. i. citrinum, the noble C. i. Harefield var., C. i. punctato-violaceum ; 
and among other species and hybrids must be mentioned C. Charlesworthii 
magnificum, C. X Arthurianum, C. x Ashburtone, C. Buchanianum, 
C. X Leeanum giganteum, C. x cenanthum superbum, C. xX Niobe, 
C.:X: Tityag, Ge: X Pitcherianum, C. x Morganiz burfordiense, and 
others, all being beautifully grown. An Award of Merit was given to 
C. X Milo Westonbirt var., a very fine form derived from C. x insigne 
Chantinii and C. X cenanthum superbum. The dorsal sepal is white, flaked 
and spotted with rose and purple, and the petals and lip rich bronzy purple. 
J. Bradshaw, Esq., The Grange, Southgate (gr. Mr. Whiffen), staged a 
very effective group, to which a Silver Banksian Medal was given. It 
contained the fine Cymbidium Tracyanum, Lelia autumnalis alba, 
Lelio-cattleya x Hon. Mrs. Astor, a finely flowered Cattleya maxima, 
three good plants of C. x Mantinii, and a good series of C. labiata forms. 
Sir James Miller, Bart., Manderstone, Duns., N.B. (gr. Mr. Hamilton), 
sent Cattleya x Mrs. J. W. Whiteley (Bowringiana x Hardyana 
Massaiana), a very pretty hybrid allied to C. X Mantinii, to which an 
Award of Merit was given. The flowers are bright rose-purple, somewhat 
darker on the front lobe of the lip, and a purple band between this and the 
yellow disc. 
W. Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange, Stone (gr. Mr. Stevens), sent 
Odontoglossum crispum Meteor, a fine blush white flower with some 
rose-coloured markings, and O. x loochristiense “Canary Bird” (crispum X 
triumphans), a very charming bright yellow form, with some brown spots 
co the sepals and lip. An Award of Merit was given to the latter. 
