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narrow segments, and Lelia Boothiana xX Cattleya intermedia, giving a 
blush-pink flower, with the front of the three-lobed lip purple, not quite 
identical with Leliocattleya amanda, though thought to be a form of the 
same hybrid. The flower shown was from a spike of five. 
The Liverpool Horticultural Company, Gateacre, Liverpool, staged an 
interesting group, including forms of the variable Lzliocattleya Cowanii, 
L.-c. highburiensis, L.-c. Schilleriana x Mossiz, hybrids of Lelia cinna- 
brosa and others, also Cypripedium bellatulum Queen of Spain, with light 
rose-pink blotches. 
Messrs. J. and A. McBean, Cooksbridge, sent Odontioda Lambeauiana, 
a richly-coloured form, with traces of a white ground showing in the lip. 
AWARDS OF MERIT. 
BRASSOCATLELIA VEITCHII THE DELL var. (L. purpurata xX B.-c. 
Veitchii)—A remarkably large and richly-coloured form, having the sepals 
and petals tinged with rose, and the lip deep rose-purple shading off to rosy 
lilac at the fringed margin. Exhibited by Baron Bruno Schréder, The 
Dell, Englefield Green (gr. Mr. Shill). 
L#LiocaTTLEYA Fascinator-Mossi# BuRFORD VAR.—A large and well 
shaped hybrid, having blush-white sepals and petals with a small purple 
apex to the latter, and the front of the lip violet-purple with a pale margin. 
Exhibited by Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM PHG:BE SPLENDENS (cirrhosum X crispum).—A large 
and striking form, having broad acuminate white sepals and petals, with a 
few very large maroon blotches. Exhibited by Messrs. J. and A. McBean. 
BOTANICAL CERTIFICATE. 
LISSOCHILUS STREPTOPETALUS.—A very fine specimen, bearing eight 
spikes of flowers, with bright yellow petals, and the smaller sepals green 
striped with brown. The plant was collected in the N’gongo Hills, at 
8300 feet elevation, about 30 miles from Nairobi. Exhibited by William 
Van de Weyer, Esq., Smedmore House, Corfe Castle. 
CULTURAL COMMENDATIONS. 
BRASSOCATTLEYA NIVALIS.—To Mr. W. H. White, Orchid grower to 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., for a fine specimen bearing nine racemes of 
nearly white flowers, and producing a very graceful effect. 
DENDROBIUM FaLconEeRI.—To Mr. Branch, gardener to W. R. 
Lee, Esq., Heywood, for a finely grown specimen some 24 feet high and 
bearing about 200 flowers. 
DENDROBIUM PULCHELLUM (Dalhousieanum).—To Mr. C. J. Salter» 
gardener to the Right Hon. Lord Lawrence, Chetwoode Manor, Bucking- 
ham, for a noble specimen, over six feet high, and bearing thirteen racemes 
of flowers. A similar award was given to Mr. Macdonald, gardener to 
_ Sir G. H. Kenrick, for a group of twelve plants of the same species. 
