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Epidendrum. varicosum came from Messrs. F. Horsman and Co,, 
Colchester. a 
Messts. W. L. Lewis and Co., Chase Side, Southgate, N., contributed a 
charming group in which were Cypripedium x polystigmaticum, Oncidium 
Sarcodes, O. lamelligerumi, Gongora maculata, Ada aurantiaca, and several 
Odontoglots, chiefly noticeable being O. Pescatorei Lewisii with a cuneate 
purple blotched lip. : 
Messrs. Pitcher and Manda, Hextable, Swanley, received an Award of 
Merit for Cattleya Lueddemanniana, Manda’s var., the flowers of which 
were very large, well shaped, and with a deep crimson orbicular lip. Cypri- 
pedium x macropterum (C. Lowii 2? x C. superbiens g), C. x Greyanum 
(C, ciliolare 9 x C, Druryi f); C. x orphanum (C. Druryi ? x C. Argus a), 
and several C. caudatum, &c., were in the group. 
The splendid collection from Messrs. F. Sander and Co., St. Albans, re- 
ceived the award of a Silver Flora medal. Chiefly noticeable were plants of 
the lilac Odontoglossum Cervantesii Morada, O. Pescatorei “ Model,” O. 
Reichenheimii, Cattleya Schroeder, C. dolosa, C. Lawrenceana, Oncidium 
ampliatrum with large golden trusses, O. fuscatum, Spathoglottis aurea, 
Dendrobium Brymerianum, and D. Dalhousieanum. A fine Restrepia 
antennifera, Cypripedium x Burberryanum (C. Boxallii 2 x C. x plune- 
rum 4), a trilabiate form of C. Chamberlainianum, and Laelia crispilabia 
with purple flowers, shown under the garden name of L. Lawrenceana. 
Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, exhibited Cypripedium x micro- 
chilum (C. niveum 9 x C. Druryi 2), which received an Award of Merit, 
and three plants of Dendrobium x Alcippe (D. lituiflorum Freemannii $ X 
D. Wardianum ¢) covered With purple flowers, the base of the segments 
being white, . 6 
At the meeting held on April 11th, there was also a good display of 
Orchids, though the amateur exhibitors were less numerous than usual, 
The Right Hon, J. Chamberlain, M.P., Highbury, Moor Green, 
Birmingham (gr. Mr. H. A. Burberry), sent flowers of the very interesting 
natural hybrid Cattleya x guatemalensis var. Wischhuseniana, now called 
Epicattleya (see p. 134), which received an Award of Merit ; also flowers of 
Cattleya Schreederze and Dendrobium x Nestor. 
De B. Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks (gr. Mr. S. Cooke), showed 
the rare Odontoglossum tentaculatum, and a good form of O. x Ander- 
a (called O. hybrid Crawshay’s var.), which received an Award of 
crit, 
The Rev. E, Handley, Royal Crescent, Bath (gr. Mr. Kerslake), sent 
4 spike of a good form of Odontoglossum X Andersonianum, and Cattleya 
Lawrenceana ornata, a richly-coloured form with purple tips to the petals. 
His Grace the Duke of Northumberland, Syon House, Brentford 
(gr. mr. C. Wythes), exhibited three fine plants of the handsome 
