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Oncidium leucochilum and O. cornigerum, Odontoglossum hastilabium, 
Epidendrum radicans, various showy Léelio-cattleyas, &c. Cattleya 
Mendelii The Queen is a beautiful white variety with a few reddish lines 
on the disc. It came from the collection of the late Mrs. Briggs-Bury. 
Messrs. Stanley & Co., Chase Side, Southgate, received a First-class 
Certificate for Cattleya Mossiz Victoria-Regina, a very handsome form, 
having the flowers white, delicately tinged with lavender, and the front of 
the lip freckled with pale bluish purple. 
Ar the meeting held on June 26th there was again a very fine display, and the 
Awards consisted of one Gold and three other Medals, two First-class 
Certificates, four Awards of Merit, and four Botanical Certificates. 
Major G. L. Holford, C.1.E., C.V.O. (gr. Mr. Alexander), staged a 
magnificent group, to which the Society’s Gold Medal was awarded. At ~ 
the back were some fine specimen Sobralias, the handsome Oncidium 
macranthum, Phalzenopsis amabilis Rimestadtiana, Odontoglossum hastil- 
abium and other tall things, with a number of brilliant Lelio-cattleyas, 
Lelia tenebrosa, Cattleyas, &c. Among the more noteworthy were some 
fine Cattleya Warscewiczil, one bearing a dozen fine flowers, and another 
five on the same inflorescence, Lzlio-cattleya Martinetii, L.-c. callisto- 
glossa Earl Grey, L.-c. Baroness Schroder, L.-c. Clive magnifica, and the 
beautiful white Miltonia vexillaria Queen Victoria. In the centre was a 
basket containing three plants of the rich crimson Sophrolelia leta 
Orpetiana. The group was equally remarkable for arrangement and good 
culture. First-class Certificates were given to Cattleya X Whitei splendid- 
issima, and to Sobralia Holfordi, the latter bearing thirteen very large 
macrantha-like flowers with a white throat to the lip; while an Award of 
Merit was given to S. X Amesiz (xantholeuca X Wilsoniana), bearing 
ten buff-yellow flowers tinged with rose. 
H. L. Bischoffsheim, Esq., Warren House, Stanmore (gr. Mr. Ellis), 
staged a large and handsome group, to which a Silver-gilt Flora Medal 
was given. It contained a fine series of Cattleya Mossiae, some good C. 
Mendelii, Lelia purpurata with sixteen flowers, L. purpurata with twelve, 
and a few good Odontoglossums, including O. Hallii, O. crispum Lehmanni, 
and QO. odoratum. 
J. B. Joel, Esq., Northaw House, Potter’s Bar (gr. Mr. May), received 
a Silver Flora Medal for a beautiful group, containing some very fine 
specimens -of Cattleya Warscewiczii, several good Lelia tenebrosa, one 
specimen of which had two five-flowered and two four-flowered spikes, and 
a noble example of Cypripedium Rothschildianum Northaw var., bearing a 
strong spike of five expanded flowers and one bud. 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Batt., Burford, Dorking (gr. Mr. White), sent a 
