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Masdevallia x Kimballiana (M. Veitchii 2 x M. Shuttleworthii 7); M. x 
Hincksiana, and a few good Cypripediums, were also shown. 
Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, exhibited a group which was 
remarkable for the many novelties it contained. Cypripedium x Penelaus 
(C. x caluram $ x C. caudatum Lindeni g) received a First-class Certi- 
ficate. This hybrid, like C. x macrochilum, which was also exhibited, is 
peculiar in having the pouchless form of C. caudatum as one of its parents. 
Two flowers were borne on the same scape, but were quite distinct from 
each other, the upper one being smaller, with shorter tails and to a great 
extent devoid of the deep purple colouring which was present in the lower 
bloom. The difference in age would probably account for this. Cypripedium 
x Phedra (C. x Sedeni-candidulum ¢ x C. Lindleyanum ¢), a hybrid with 
cream and rose flowers also received a First-class Certificate. C. x Ger- 
minyanum (C. villosum ? x C. hirsutissimum ), which received a First-class 
Certificate in February, 890, was inadvertently given an Awardof Merit on 
this occasion. Other noteworthy Cypripediums in this group were Cx 
Godsefianum (C. Boxalli2xC. hirsutissimum 2); C.x Lathamianum (C. 
Spicerianum ? x C. x villosumf), C. x Creon (C. x Harrisianum superbum 2x 
C.x cenanthum superbum ¢); C.x Zson (C. insigne $x C. Druryid), a form 
but slightly. removed from C. insigne; and C.x Orion, a distinct cross 
between C. insigne f and C. concolor ft, having a large whitish upper sepal, 
washed with pale yellow and lined with purple spots, the petals and lip 
creamy yellow with washes and spots of purple. The chief attraction, how 
ever, in the group was a fine strong plant of Calanthe x gigas (C. vestita 
gigantea ? x C. x Sanderiana gigantea f ) which received a First-class Certi- 
ficate. The scape was about 3} feet high, and had fourteen large flowers, . 
fully expanded, the sepals and petals cream-colour, and the lip deep rose, 
while about a dozen others were in bud. Zygocolax x Veitchii (Zygopetalum 
crinitum 2 x Colax jugosus $), which had already been certificated in 1887, 
Was shown, the blooms being somewhat similar to those of Z. x leopardinus, 
€xcept that the lip had violet lines running over the surface. Phalenopis x 
Vesta (P. Aphrodite 2? x C. rosea leucaspis f) with rose-speckled flowers, and 
the hybrid: Epidendrum x Endresio- Wallisii were also included. 4a 
Messrs. B. S. Williams and Son, Upper Holloway, N., were awarded a 
Silver Banksian medal for a group in which Cypripediums, Lelia anceps 
Stella, Cattleya Percivaliana, Miltonia Roezlii, and Odontoglossum x elegans 
(a “natural hybrid between O. cirrkosum and O. Hallii) were chiefly 
Conspicuous, * : : 
~ The next meeting of the Society will be held on February r4th. A 
omplete list of ‘plants, flowers, fruits, vegetables, &c., certificated by the 
Society from 1859 to the end of December, 1892, has just been issued. The 
Orchids have Teceived -special’ attention, and the parentage of all hybrids 
has been inserted in the list, for convenience of reference. : 
