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bearing a raceme of seven flowers, in recognition of which a Cultural 
Commendation was also given. ; 
Odontoglossum X Coradinei Rosefield var., from the -collection of 
De Barri Crawshay, Esq., also received an Award of Merit. The raceme 
bore thirteen fine flowers, three inches in diameter across the petals, the 
ground colour being yellow, and the blotches large and few in number, 
one only being found on each petal. 
Maxillaria lepidota, from the collection of Welbore S. Ellis, Esq., which 
received a Botanical Certificate, was a well-grown plant with thirty 
flowers. A Cultural Commendation was also given to a remarkable plant 
of Odontoglossum crispum, bearing a panicle with ten branches, and an 
aggregate of sixty-five flowers. It belongs to the branching type originally 
described by Lindley, with rather small white flowers. : 
A fine Cattleya was exhibited from the collection of C. Ingram, Esq, of 
Godalming, derived from C. Lawrenceanum ¢ and C. Mendelii ¢, and thus 
the reverse cross of C. X William Murray, to which, however, it must be 
referred. 
Several beautiful Dendrobiums came from the collection of N. © 
Cookson, Esq., two of which received Awards of Merit, namely, D. X 
Murrayi, described at page 166 of our last volume, and D. x dulce picturatum, 
a remarkable form in which the flowers were marbled or variegated through- 
out with purple on a lighter ground. D. x Astrea and D. nobile 
burfordi were also not, ! 
: Me 
c Stand Hall var., from the collection of 
T. Statter, Esq., received an Award of Merit. It is a very dark form, 
the dorsal sepal being deep purple brown except the narrow gee 
margin. 
Odontoglossum x excellens, Rosslyn var., is a large and hand 
form, with broad segments, from the collecticn of H. T. Pitt. Esq-, to which 
a First-class Certificate was given. 
Dendrobium Wardianum grandiflorum, from the collection of John T. 
Gabriel, Esq., of Streatham, is a gigantic flower, 4} inches in diameter 
across the petals, and the lip 13 inches broad. 
We may also mention Cypripedium x Olenus and C. x Wottoni, i 
the collection of R. I. Measures, Esq.; Odontoglossum nebulosum from 
H. Grinling, Esq., of Stanmore; O. x Andersonianum from J. W- Kitson, 
Esq., Elmet Hall, Leeds; Phaius Wallichii Mannii from Pantia Ralli, 
Esq.; and a good Dendrobium Xx Ainsworthii from A. Chambers, —_ 
Dumfries. ‘ 
The trade collections contained several large and excellent groups» ¥ 
which most of the plants which flower at this season were well represented: 
Mr. W. Bull, of Chelsea, staged a very large and showy group, to “ 
