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M. Maurice Mertens, Ghent, sent an Odontioda and about:six good 
blotched hybrid Odontoglossums. 
Mr. H. A. Tracy, Amyand Park Road, Twickenham, sent Catasetum 
Tracyanum, a distinct greenish white species from Peru. 
At the meeting held on August 16th there was a much larger display, 
and the awards consisted of a Lindley and three other medals, one First- 
class Certificate, one Award of Merit, five Botanical Certificates, and one 
Cultural Commendation. 
Mrs. Bischoffscheim, Warren House, Stanmore (gr. Mr. Taylor), staged 
a magnificent group of over 100 finely-grown plants of Disa grandiflora, 
ranging from two to four feet high, and varying much in colour. Two of 
them bore seven flowers, and one as many as eight. They formed a most 
brilliant sight, and a Silver-gilt Lindley Medal was deservedly awarded for 
such excellent culture. 
Lt.-Col. Sir G. L. Holford, Westonbirt (gr. Mr. Alexander), staged a 
very beautiful group, to which a Silver-gilt Flora Medal was awarded. It 
consisted of seven finely-grown plants of Vanda coerulea, two of them with 
two spikes, and the best bearing sixteen flowers, all very richly coloured, 
with a ground-work of twelve good plants of Cypripedium x Maudiz, raised 
in the collection, and bearing thirty-one flowers, together with a plant of 
the brilliantly-coloured Lzliocattleya Colmaniana magnifica, A First-class 
Certificate was given to Vanda coerulea, Westonbirt var., a remarkably 
large and richly-coloured form, with reticulated deep blue veining on the 
sepals and petals, and a nearly indigo-blue lip. 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford (gr. Mr. White), sent the richly- 
coloured Cypripedium x Martin Cahuzac (Io x Charlesworthit), Dendrobium 
ciliatum, and the three following, each of which gained a Botanical Certifi- 
cate. Polystachya paniculata (Rolfe) is a Tropical African species, bearing 
a panicle cf small reddish buff flowers, with a few darker stripes. Theodorea 
gomezoides is a small Brazilian Orchid belonging to the Oncidiee, and 
bearing racemes of greenish flowers with a white lip. Bulbophyllum 
exaltatum is a Brazilian species bearing longish spikes of light green sepals 
dotted with brown, and a blackish purple, much-fringed lip. 
Mrs. Temple, Leyswood, Groomsbridge (gr. Mr. Bristow), exhibited a 
fine plant of Cypripedium x Wiertzianum, bearing three racemes and an 
ageregate of eleven flowers, a Cultural Commendation being awarded. 
Mrs. Norman C. Cookson, Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne (gr. Mr. Chapman), 
sent Cypripedium x Chapmanie (Calypso x Fairrieanum), C. x Sybil 
(Francesie x Fairrieanum), Odontoglossum Pescatorei Cookson’s var., a 
pretty white form with a round purple spot on the petals, and three or four 
others on the sepals and lip, and Cattleya x oakwoodiensis (Warneri X 
