SEPTEMBER, 1606. ] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 277 
L#LIO-CATTLEYA ELEGANS AND ITS HYBRIDS.—First Diploma to L.-c. 
Berthe Fournier, from Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., 2nd Diploma to 
L.-c. elegans Turneri, from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. 
CATTLEYA WARSCEWICZII AND ITS Hysrips:—First Diploma to L.-c. x 
Nysa gloriosa; 2nd Diploma to L.-c. bletchleyensis, both from Jeremiah 
Colman, Esq. 
AT the meeting held on August 28th there was a very fine display of 
Orchids for the holiday season, and the awards consisted of six medals, 
one First-class Certificate, four Awards of Merit, and one Cultural 
Commendation. 
Jeremiah Colman, Esq., Gatton Park, Reigate (gr. Mr. Bound), staged 
a fine group, which received a Silver Flora Medal. It contained numerous 
good examples of Lelio-cattleya Nysa (L. crispa xX C. Warscewiczii), 
raised at Gatton’ Park, L.-c. Phryne, L.-c. bletchleyensis, Brassolelia 
fladosa (B. nodosa grandiflora Xx L. flava), a pretty little hybrid which is 
described on page 286, the handsome Cattleya x Mrs. J. W. Whiteley 
Gatton Park var., C. Harrisoniana, C. xX Parthenia, C. x Brownie, C. 
Warscewiczii, the rare rose-coloured Cecelia macrostachya, Sobralia 
xantholeuca, Dendrobium aureum, D. X rhodostoma, Ccelogyne speciosa, 
the rare Oncidium zebrinum, Spathoglottis x Colmanii fulvissima, 
Cypripedium Charlesworthii and other good things. 
R. I. Measures, Esq., Cambridge Lodge, Camberwell (gr. Mr. Smith), 
received a Silver Banksian Medal for a very interesting little group, con- 
taining a plant of the remarkable Listrostachys caudata, bearing a six- 
flowered inflorescence, five good plants of the handsome Dossinia 
marmorata, Rhynchostylis retusa, Miltonia vexillaria rubella, Lzlio- 
cattleya elegans and its variety Turneri, L.-c. Proserpine, Disa grandiflora, 
Cypripedium x Helen (Dayanum xX _ Charlesworthii), C. x Unixia 
superba, Cattleya Loddigesii, C. Warscewiczii, and Masdevallia Chimera. 
Major G. L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O., Westonbirt (gr. Mr. Alexander), 
sent a well-flowered plant of the brilliant little Sophrocattleya Chamber- 
lainii var. triumphans, Lelio-cattleya Berthe Fournier var. Mrs. Benson, 
a richly coloured form, and Cattleya X Iris var. Countess of Morley, the 
latter, a very handsome form, gaining a First-class Certificate. This had 
dark apricot sepals and petals, and the lip yellowish tinged with rose-pink. 
H. Little, Esq., Baronshalt, E. Twickenham (gr. Mr. Howard), 
received an Award of Merit for Sobralia Lowii, having bright rose-purple 
flowers, with a slight trace of yellow in the throat. 
P. L. Hudson, Esq., Pampisford, Cambridgeshire, sent a fine plant of 
Cypripedium Charlesworthii, with fifteen flowers, to which a Cultural 
Commendation was given. 
