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Lelia purpurata, the handsome having the 
sepals and petals heavily marked with: quocalate: -purple, and the lip bright 
blue, Cochlioda rosea, Lzlio-cattleya x Ernesti, and others. A First-class 
Certificate was awarded to the large and very beautiful Brassocattleya x 
The Baron (B. Digbyana x C. X Lord Rothschild). It is of excellent form, 
and the sepals and petals are light primrose yellow, marbled with purple, 
while the lip is broad, beautifully fringed, cream white, marbled with rose- 
purple between the veins, and the ‘throat primrose yellow, with an emerald 
green blotch at the base. An Award of Merit was given to Cattleya Triane 
var. J. Gurney Fowler, a fine form having the sepals and petals tinted with 
lavender, and the lip rich purple-crimson, with a rich yellow throat. 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Heaton, Bradford, were awarded a Silver 
Flora Medal for a fine group, composed chiefly of hybrids, and containing 
Odontoglossum X excellens, O. X Othello, O. x Hallio-crispum, and 
some pretty unnamed hybrids, Lelio-cattleya Xx luminosa, L.-c. xX 
Wellsiana, L.-c. x Veronique, L.-c. X Henri Nemy, with handsome 
orange flowers, Cattleya x Enid, C. X Empress Frederick, Brasso- 
cattleya x Digbyano-Schreedere, B.-c. X Digbyano-Mendelii, B.-c. x 
Queen Alexandra, and others. An Award of Merit was given to Lelio- 
cattleya x illustris magnifica (L.-c. X Latona X C. Dowiana aurea), a 
handsome thing, having reddish purple sepals and petals shaded with 
orange, and the lip glowing ruby red, tinted with orange. 
Messrs. J. Cypher & Sons, Cheltenham, obtained a Silver Flora Medal 
for a handsome group, containing Dendrobium nobile Heathii and other 
Dendrobes, Oncidium concolor, Selenipedium caudatum, Miltonia vexillaria, 
many examples of Odontoglossum crispum, O. X loochristiense var. 
Empress Frederick, a good selection of Cattleya Schroeder, and other good 
things. 
Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Enfield, staged a fine group, for which a 
Silver Banksian Medal was awarded. In the centre was a splendid plant 
of Dendrobium Cessna bearing about 370 flowers, D. X Wiganie 
hochil ie D. Findl n, D. Pierardi, and other 
Dendrobes, Odontoglossum crispum Jeanette, O. c. xanthotes, Low’s 
var., &c. 
M. Ch. Vuylsteke, Loochristi, Ghent, sent a small group of choice 
Odontoglossums, including O. X Rolfee and its beautiful variety 
nigrescens, a very handsome O. L O. Wigani and 
others. An Award of Merit was given to O. X percultum var. Meteor (Rolfeze 
x ardentissimum), having cream-white flowers, finely blotched with purple. 
Messrs. W. Bull & Sons, Chelsea, showed several fine varieties of 
Odontoglossum crispum, the best being Princess Ena, having a large white 
flower, very finely fringed. 
