52 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [Feprvuary, 19) 
M. Ch. Vuylsteke, Loochristi, Ghent, also received a Silver Banksian 
Medal for a charming little group of Odontoglossums, the most noteworthy. 
being O. X amabile and O. x Vuylstekei, with two fine O. Xx ardentis- 
simum and three O. X loochristiense. _ 
Messrs. William Bull & Sons, Chelsea, sent the charming little Sophro- 
cattleya X Doris (S. grandiflora x C. Dowiana), and two other hybrids. 
DIPLOMA COMPETITIONS. : 
Tuts was the first of the series of competitions designed to bring out the 
best forms of existing species and hybrids in addition to novelties. The 
subjects selected for this meeting were coloured varieties of Lelia anceps, 
and species and hybrids of Calanthe, some interesting exhibits being staged 
under each. The Societies paintings bearing on the subject were also ~ 
shown, and thus provided very interesting matter for comparison. d 
Varieties of Lelia anceps were sent by Major G. L. Holford, De Barri” 
Crawshay, Esq., Francis Wellesley, Esq., Messrs. McBean and Sons, and 
others, and the best forms shown were L a. Schroeder, Raymond Craw- 
shay, Lionel Crawshay and Theodora. 
Calanthes mustered in strong force, the group staged by Norman C 
Cookson, Esq., Oakwood, Wylam (gr. Mr. Chapman), being a particularly 
fine one. It consisted for the most part of hybrids raised at Oakwood, 
showing a range in colour from white to the deepest. rosy crimson, the 
richest in colour being the brilliant C. x Chapmanii. Other fine thin, 
were C. X Sedeni lactea, C. x Bryan, C. x Wm. Murray, C. X Victoria, 
C. x Phcebe, C. x atrorubens, C. x Sibyl, &c. Another fine group was 
staged by Jeremiah Colman, Esq., Gatton Park (gr. Mr. Bound), also 
showing great variation in colour, and including varieties of C. vestita and 
C. X Veitchiana, C. x Sandhurstiana, C. x Alpha, &c. The awards 
were as follows :— 
SPECIES.—First Diploma, to Calanthe vestita nigro-oculata gigantea, @ 
strong growing plant, having large white flowers with a reddish crimson 
eye, exhibited by N. C. Cookson, Esq. q 
Hysrips.—First Diploma to Calanthe x Harrisii, a pure white form 
shown by N. C. Cookson, Esq. Second Diploma to C. x Veitchii, the 
original hybrid of the deciduous group, and still unsurpassed for general 
cultivation, on account of its robust habit and floriferousness. 
At the meeting held on 
January 23rd there was again a very fine dis- 
play of Orchids, in gs ; . 
pite of the frost and fog which prevailed outside, 
much in the way of novelty. The awards consisted 
of seven medals and three Awards of Merit, but curiously enough there was” 
not a single exhibit in the special co: 
, mpetition for Oncidiums, which would 
suggest that an unsuitable date has been chosen for this particular genus. 
