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x Hallio-crispum, O. nebulosum, Brassocattleyas, and other fine autumn- 
blooming plants. 
Messrs. J. Cypher & Sons, Cheltenham, secured a Silver Flora Medal for 
a large and well-arranged group, containing a series of Cypripedium 
Fairrieanum bearing many flowers, C. X triumphans Westonbirt var., C. 
insigne varieties, C. X Charles Richman, C. X Lathamianum giganteum, 
Dendrobium formosum giganteum, D. Phalznopsis, Cattleya Dowiana 
aurea, C. D. chrysotoxa, C. labiata varieties, C. X Mantinii nobilior, 
Vanda ccerulea, Lelio-cattleyas, and other plants. 
Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Bush Hill Park, staged a good group, con- 
taining Warscewiczella velata, Miltonia X Binoti, Odontoglossum grande, 
some good varieties of Cattleya labiata, including the white-petalled var. G. 
G. Whitelegge, C. X Mantinii, and other good things. A Silver Banksian 
Medal was awarded. ; 
M. A. A. Peeters, Brussels, sent the large and handsome Cattleya xX 
Mantinii fastuosa, C. x Hardyana alba, and C. labiata Peeters’ variety. 
The last, a remarkably handsome variety, having the flowers almost 
uniformly rose-purple, streaked with white, received a First-class 
Certificate. 
Messrs. Edgar & Co., Montrose, South Woodford, staged a good group. 
Messrs. Heath & Son, Cheltenham, showed a small group of Den- 
drobium Phalznopsis Statterianum, hybrid Cypripediums, Lelio-cattleya 
bletchleyensis, and other plants. a 
Messrs. Lager & Hurrell, Summit, New Jersey, U.S.A., exhibited 
Cattleya X Ballantiniana. rages 
Mr. J. E. Sadler, Beedon, Newbury, Berkshire, sent Cypripedium X 
Germaine Opoix var. Gaston Bultel, a large and well-shaped flower which 
is figured at page 137 of our last volume. 
DIPLOMA AWARDS. : 
THE subjects of the special competition on this date were Laelia pumila, L. 
Dayana, and Cattleya Dowiana, with their hybrids, and the following 
awards were made :— 
Lara pumiLa.—First Diploma to L. pumila superba ; 
Diploma to L. pumila Gatton Park var., both from Jeremiah Colman, Esq. 
CatrLEva Dow1ANna.—First Diploma to C. Dowiana aurea Westfield 
Beauty, from Francis Wellesley, Esq. It is a charming light yellow form, 
mottled with rose at the margin, and the lip claret purple, veined with 
yellow to within half an inch of the apex. 
C. Dow1ana Hysrips.—First Diploma to Cattleya x gasie Doin var. 
Herbert Goodson, from H. S. Goodson, Esq. ; Second Diploma to C. X 
Mantinii superba, from Jeremiah Colman, Esq. 
Second 
