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elegans, and Cattleya Loddigesii, with C. bicolor, Leelio-cattleya Adolphus, 
Odontoglossum Harryanum, O. grande, O. Hunnewellianum, O. Pescatorei 
Dendrobium Phalenopsis, D. formosum, Cypripedium x A. de Lairesse, 
Oncidium curtum, and O., incurvum albnm. An Award of Merit was given 
to Oncidium X Stanleyi, a very handsome supposed natural hybrid between 
O. curtum and O. Marshallianum, which is described on page 186. 
Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Enfield, also received a Silver Banksian 
Medal for another interesting and varied group, including some good 
Dendrobium Phalznopsis, D. sanguinolentum, a fine Catasetum macro. 
carpum with two very strong spikes, Stanhopea oculata, S. Wardii, 
Cattleya Warscewiczii, C. Lueddemanniana, C. Gaskelliana alba, C. 
Leopoldi, C. Grossii, the rare Oncidium microchilum, O. oblongatum, O. 
carthaginense, O. Forbesii, Phalawnopsis violacea Low’s var., Gongora 
nigrita, Lycaste leucantha, the rare Warscewiczella velata, Cypripedium 
x Transvaal, &c. 
ORCHIDS AT KEW. 
A CONSIDERABLE number of interesting Orchids are now flowering in the 
Kew collection, and one, especially, which always attracts a good deal of 
attention when in flower, is the Dove Orchid, Peristeria elata, which is now 
at its best, having four large spikes with ten to twelve flowers each, 
Several Catasetums are in bloom, including C. macrocarpum, C. Russelli- 
anum, and C. xX splendens, the latter being a supposed natural hybrid 
between C. macrocarpum X C. Bungerothii. Several others are showing 
well for flower, but the spikes are not yet fully developed. 
A good plant of Spathoglottis plicata var. Micholitzii, with seven spikes 
of flower, is rather conspicuous, the scapes being dwarf and the flowers 
of a very rich purple. Close by is Cynorchis purpurascens, a native of the 
Mascarene Islands, and by no means common in cultivation. It has quite 
a distinct appearance, its huge leaves measuring nearly two feet in length, 
and from seven to eight inches broad, and the flowers, which are rosy 
pink, with a white blotch on the lip, are produced in large heads on 
rather short scapes. Several plants of Polystachya leonensis are in bloom, 
and the scapes are not unlike Lily-of-the-valley in shape, though greenish 
in colour. Eria fragrans is well named, on account of its sweet scent, while 
contrasting strongly, both in habit and flowers, are Eria vestita and 
E. velutina, which have a trailing habit, and their stems and leaves are 
covered with rich brown hairs. 
Two little species of Epidendrum, E. cochleatum and E. Rucker, are 
among the rarities in the botanical corner, together with Sophrocattleya 
€ximia, Bulbophyllum densiflorum, B. apodum, and B. papillosum, while 
Suspended above in small baskets are Trias disciflora, T. grandiflora, and 
