50 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [FEBRUARY, Igic. 
a red lip, Sophrocatlelia Mary (S. grandiflora x L.-c. Helena), with a 
pretty magenta-rose flower, Leeliocattleya Eleanor (L. anceps x L.-c. 
Charlesworthii), most like the former parent in general character but 
showing some of the influence of the latter in the lip. He also sent cut 
spikes of some good forms of Lzlia anceps. 
Mrs. Norman Cookson, Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne (gr. Mr. Chapman), 
showed Cypripedium x hirsuto-Leeanum, C. x Haroldianum (hirsutissimum 
x insigne Harefield Hall var.) and C. x Chapmanie (Fairrieanum xX 
Calypso), a pretty ivory white flower, with a green suffusion on the dorsal 
sepal, and some purple reticulated lines. 
John S. Moss, Esq., Wintershill, Bishops Waltham (gr. Mr. Kench), 
showed flowers of Odontoglossum x Hilda (Coradinei Crawshayanum X 
Pescatorei Mossize), an interesting flower which is noted on page 38. 
Francis Wellesley, Esq., Westfield, Woking (gr. Mr. Hopkins), sent 
Cypripedium X Leeanum His Majesty, having a large white dorsal sepal 
with numerous rows of confluent purple dots, and C. Wellesleye (Venus X 
insigne Harefield Hall var.), a fine cream white flower, tinged with rose 
and dotted with purple on the dorsal sepal and petals, the lip pale yellow, 
slightly tinged with purple, and the staminode pale yellow. 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Haywards Heath, staged a choice group, 
to which a Silver Flora Medal was given. The hybrid Calanthes formed 
a prominent feature, and included some beautiful white and rosy forms with 
purple blotches in the throat, while the chaste C. x Veitchii alba was 
shown in fine condition. White and coloured forms of Lelia anceps were 
also good, other noteworthy things being the brilliant scarlet Odontioda 
keighleyensis, and some good Cypripediums and Odontoglossums, the 
former including C. x Minos Youngii and C. X Priam Charlesworth’s 
var., a handsome hybrid from C. insigne Harefield Hall var. and C. x 
Niobe, and the latter a fine O. Edwardii with three spikes, and some good 
seedlings of O. crispum and O. x armainvillierense. 
Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, also received a Silver Flora 
Medal for a fine group, including Brassocattleya Pyrrha and B.-c. Orpheus, 
Odontoglossum crispum, and a lot of good hybrid Cypripedes. Among the 
latter were two forms of C. x Little Gem, having the lower sepal coloured 
much as in the dorsal, a fine series of C. x Actxus, the varieties 
langleyense and Sybil being very good, also a series of hybrids from C. 
villosum and C. x Euryades, showing a remarkable diversity of colouring, 
some having the dorsal sepal handsomely spotted, and others much suffused 
with purple at the base and white at the apex. 
Messrs. James Cypher & Sons, Cheltenham, received a Silver Banksian 
Medal for a good group of Cypripediums, including some good C. x Niobe, 
C. x Charlesianum Cypher’s var., C. x Alcibiades, C. x Fascinator, C. x 
