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beautiful Cattleya Gaskelliana with four flowers, C. X Mrs. Pitt, some good 
C. x Iris, Lelio-catt'eya elegans, Phalznopsis Esmeralda, Houlletia 
Brocklehurstiana, some good Dendrobium Phalenopsis, Warscewiczella. 
Wailesiana and veleta, Oncidium oblongatum and microchilum, Stelis. 
muscifera, Cypripedium Charlesworthii rubrum, a remarkably large and 
richly-coloured form, and other interesting things. 
Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, staged a small group of choice 
things, including several fine forms of Cypripedium Fairrieanum, the rare 
Eulophia guineensis, Cattleya x Lord Rothschild, the beautiful Cymbidium. 
erythrostylum, Lzlio-cattleya Endymion var. amabilis, and L.-c. The 
Duchess (C. X Hardyana X L.-c. Hippolyta), the latter a very fine hybrid,. 
which received an Award of Merit. It had light orange-coloured sepals. 
and petals tinged with rose, and a crisped ruby-purple lip. 
_ Messrs. J. & A. A. McBean, Cooksbridge, received an Award of Merit 
for Odontoglossum Pescatorei ornatum, a very large form, having the lip: 
very heavily blotched with deep purple. 
Messrs. William Bull & Sons, Chelsea, staged a number of good Orchids: 
in a group of foliage plants. 
M. Mertens, Ghent, showed Miltonia x Bleuana, M. vexillaria Leopoldi, 
a beautiful example of Dendrobium regium, Cattleya Dowiana aurea, and. 
some hybrid Odontoglossums. 
Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, showed a beautiful form of 
Cattleya X Davisii (velutina x Hardyana), having buff-coloured sepals and 
petals, and a yellow lip, beautifully veined with rosy crimson, and the disc. 
orange. 
A second meeting was held on October 15th, and again produced a very 
fine display, the awards consisting of nine Medals, two First-class Certifi- 
cates, and three Awards of Merit. 
Leopold de Rothschild, Esq., Gunnersbury House, Acton (gr. Mr- 
Hudson), staged a group of well-grown Orchids, which gained a Silver 
Flora Medal. At the back were fine examples of Cattleya Bowringiana 
and its hybrids, and in front some good C. labiata, with plants of Vanda 
coerulea, Oncidium varicosum, Dendrobium formosum, and Odontoglossum 
grande at one end. 
J. G. Fowler, Esq., S. Woodford (gr. Mr. Davis), received a First-class: 
Certificate for the handsome Arachnanthe Rohaniana, like A. Lowii in its 
inflorescence, but said to show some difference in habit. 
Major G. L. Holford, Westonbirt (gr. Mr. Alexander), received a First- 
class Certificate for Cattleya x Hardyana Westonbirt var., a superb form 
raised in the collection, having white sepals and petals veined and tinged 
with bright rose, and the lip rich ruby crimson veined with yellow on the disc- 
