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M. A. A. Peeters, Saint Gillies, Brussels, showed Odontoglossum 
‘crispum La Dame Blanche, a beautiful white form, with some yellow 
‘blotches in front of the lip’s crest, and Cymbidium Humblotii, a very rare 
Madagascar species, which gained an Award of Merit. The flowers are 
green with some black markings on the lip, and somewhat resemble Ccelo- 
yne pandurata. 
Messrs. Cutbush & Sons, Highgate, showed about two dozen good 
examples of Cypripedium Regine in a very fine group of hardy plants. 
Among Horticultural Sundriesmen, Messrs. Wm. Wood & Son, Wood 
Green, N., received a Silver-gilt Flora Medal for Orchid and other requisites, 
and Messrs. D. Dowel & Son, Hammersmith, a Silver Banksian Medal for 
‘Orchid pottery, &c. 
At the meeting held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Vincent Square, 
‘Westminster, on July 23rd, there was a particularly fine display of Orchids 
for the season, and the awards consisted of one Gold and five other Medals, 
and four Awards of Merit. 
Major G. L. Holford, C.I.E., ‘C.V.O., Westonbirt, Tetbury (gr. Mr. 
Alexander), staged a magnificent group, alike excellent for quality and 
‘culture, to which the Society’s Gold Medal was awarded. Among the 
numerous fine specimens it contained may be mentioned a plant of Miltonia 
vexillaria with fifteen fine racemes, M. v. Queen Alexandra, a large and 
beautiful nearly white form with 33 flowers, the brilliant Sophrolelia leta 
‘Orpetiana with five blooms, a fine Odontoglossum Pescatorei with.a tall 
branching panicle of 63 flowers, and a noble specimen of Cattleya Warsce- 
‘wiczii bearing 26 fine blooms. There were also good examples of the rich, 
bronzy C. x fulvescens, C. x Lord Rothschild, C. x Patrocinii, C. x Hardy- 
ana, C. x Ashtoni, C. Grossii, C. granulosa, Lelio-cattleya elegans, L.-c. 
callistoglossa var. Earl Grey, a very richly-coloured form, L.-c. Caligula 
(C. Warscewiczii x L.-c. callistoglossa), L.-c. epicasta, L.-c. Clive, Weston- 
birt var., Miltonia vexillaria, Hardy’s var., having a large dark blotch on 
the lip, Brassolelia Helen, forms of B.-l. Pluto, Oncidium sarcodes, O. 
pretextum, O. Gardneri, Phalenopsis amabilis, and other interesting 
things. Awards of Merit were given to Cattleya x Maczenas var. Thor 
(superba x Warscewiczii), a very richly-coloured variety, with a very 
sharply defined yellow disc to the lip, and to C. X Waldemar (x Whitet 
x Dowiana aurea), a charming thing, having cream-coloured sepals and 
Petals flushed with light rose, and a broad rosy lip, lined with deep yellow 
in the throat. : 
jC Measures, Esq., Cambridge Lodge, Camberwell (gr. Mr. Smith), 
Teceived a Silver Banksian Medal for a good group, containing the pretty 
Maxillaria ochroleuca, crowded with flowers, Coelogyne Massangeana, C 
