~286 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
‘Harrisianum 2 x C. superbiens, Demidoff variety ¢. The upper se 
very dark shining purple, the petals and lip being a mixture of purpleb m 
‘and green. Cattleya x Hardyana, Tate’s variety, received an Award ¢ 
Merit. The segments are deep rose-purple veined with white, and the lp 
very dark purple with a rich golden blotch at each side. + ae 
In conjunction with a group of ornamental stove plants, Messrs. | | 
Laing and Sons, Forest Hill, exhibited a fine specimen each of Disa grant | 
flora and Saccolabium Blumei. a 
Messrs. W. L. Lewis and Co., Chase Side, Southgate, N., sent a lange” 
lilac-flowered Cattleya Warscewiczii Turnbulliana, with a mottled lilac 
purple and yellow lip; also a flower of Cattleya Dowiana. ; 
Messrs. P. MacArthur and Co., Maida Vale, exhibited a group in which 
Cypripedium superbiens, a fine C. Volonteanum, Brassavola caudata, 
Oncidium Jonesianum, O. pretextum, &c., were chiefly noticeable 
An Award of Merit was given to Cypripedium x Edwardii (C. Paitie 
anum ~ X C. superbiens 3), exhibited by Messrs. Pitcher and Manda, 
Hextable, Swanley. The flower is not unlike C. x vexillarium (C. barbatum! 
x C. Fairieanum ) but is larger. The white upper sepal is beautifully 
feathered with purple veins and shaded with purple at the sides, the haity- 
edged petals pale green with purple edges, and numerous purple spots ove 
the surface, the lip purple-brown, shading off into green behind, and the 
foliage marbled with dark and light green. A figure was given in ou! 
January number, p. 23, fig. 2. kes 
Messrs. Sander and Co., St, Albans, exhibited a group containing sever 
fine things, and received a Silver Banksian Medal. Noteworthy wer 
Cypripedium x Massaianum (C. superciliare 2 x C. Rothschildianum 3) 
mentioned in last report, Pp. 255, and remarkable as being the first h. cel 
from C. Rothschildianum ; C. X Umlauftianum (C. Lawrenceanum ? ¥ 
C. insigne Chantini ), a bold flower with white and green upper sepal ant 
deep brown lip; C. x Fausianum (C. x Dauthieri 2 x C. x calophyllumé) 
Noticeable for a circular upper sepal and deep brown-purple lip; and 
Cattleya Batalini, a supposed natural hybrid between C. intermedia and ( 
bicolor, with lilac sepals and petals and a deep purple lip. Other plan's 
were Cypripedium x Youngianum, which certainly improves with pod 
Co x Lawre-conco, a hybrid Selenipedium from S. x albanense 9 aol 
'S. reticulatum 4, and Miltonia Roezlii, ae 
Messrs. B. S. Williams and Son, Upper Holloway, received 298 — 
Banksian Medal for a group of Orchids, among which were el 
Aclandize, Oncidium Gardneri, Paphinia cristata, Cypripedium X Mors: 
Odontoglossum Harryanum, and Zygopetalum (Pescatorea) Dayanum 
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On August 8th, several noteworthy exhibits found their way to the Dil 
Hall, from all parts of the country, : 
