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in bloom. We were afterwards told that other plants, showing a remark- 
able variation in colour, were shown somewhere in the French section, 
where they were quite overlooked. 
For the best twelve specimen Orchids, the second prize, a Silver Cup, 
was awarded to E. H. Davidson, Esq., Borlases, Twyford (gr. Mr. Cooper), 
his group containing Lycaste Skinneri alba, a white form of Lelia pur- 
purata, Odontoglossum Uroskinneri, some good Odontoglossum crispum, 
Miltonia vexillaria, Lzliocattleyas, &c. 
For the best six specimen Orchids the second prize, a Silver Cup, was 
awarded to Mr. W. A. Manda, St. Albans, for some well-flowered 
Cattleyas. 
Fora specimen Orchid, Mr. W. A. Manda, St. Albans was first with a 
good Cattleya Warscewiczii, bearing six racemes, and J. McCartney, Esq., 
Bolton, second, with Oncidium sphacelatum, bearing five fine inflorescences. 
Among New Plants three classes were devoted to Orchids, and in that 
for one Orchid species in flower, Mr. W. A. Manda was successful with 
Cymbidium Mandaianun, a striking thing, which, however, we are unable 
to distinguish from C. I’Ansonii, figured at page 109 of our eighth volume. 
For a new variety of a species Mr. W. A, Manda was first with Cattleya 
Mendelii var., and second with what was called C. gigas Mandaiana, but 
which, from some yellow veining in the throat of the lip, we should refer to 
a form of C. Hardyana. 
In the class for a new hybrid in flower there were two or three exhibits, 
but we could not ascertain if any prizes had been allotted. 
Messrs. Wm. Bull and Sons offered three Silver Cups, for the best 
Odontioda, the best hybrid Odontoglossum, and the best hybrid Cattleya, 
exhibited by amateurs, and these were awarded to M. Firmin Lambeau, for 
Odontioda Coronation, to J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., for Odontoglossum 
illustre egregium, with rich claret-purple flowers, and to Lt-Col.. Six 
George L. Holford, for Cattleya Dirce magnifica, a very brightly-coloured 
form, with a purple flame at the apex of the petals. 
We have mentioned two or three of the competitive classes in which no . 
exhibitors put in an appearance, and it may be interesting to complete the 
list. They further include Dendrobiums, Odontoglossum species and 
varieties, and Odontoglossum hybrids, 200 square feet each ; Cypripediums, 
Miltonias, and the Vanda group, 100 feet each ; Masdevallias and Disas, 
50 feet each; and Cochlioda hybrids, British Orchids, and Other Hardy 
Terrestrial Orchids, without limit. In these classes numerous Gold and 
Silver Medals and Cups were offered as prizes, and the absence of com- 
petition probably indicates that the groups were too big, a point which 
schedule makers should bear in mind in the future. 
Lt.-Col. Sir George L. Holford, Westonbirt (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexand er) 
