318 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
were the orange Dendrobium densiflorum, Oncidium Jonesianum, 0, 
incurvum, Q. tigrinum, and Cypripedium x Bradshawianum. = 
Mr. P. McArthur, Maida Vale, W., exhibited a form of Cypripedium 
niveum, called radians, the chief peculiarity of which was the radiating 
dotted purple lines on a white ground. . 
A Silver Banksian Medal was awarded to Messrs. F. Sander and Co, St. 
Albans, for a group containing many rare and interesting plants. Perhaps 
the most noticeable was a fine strong specimen of Habenaria carnea, which 
received a First-class Certificate. The flowers were of a beautiful soft 
tinge of salmon-pink, furnished with long spurs, and the bronzy-green | 
leaves were decorated with silvery spots, after the fashion of a Bertolonia 
Aérides Ballantineanum aureum—shown also on August 8th—received an 
Award of Merit. Mention must also be made of a Peristeria aspersa, 4 
species with buff-yellow flowers densely speckled all over with purple-ted, | 
It is of seedling origin, and may possibly be a hybrid. Calanthe Sanderiana, 
a handsome East African species, Acineta Barkeri, Pescatorea Klabochorum, 
and Vanda Sanderiana were also included in this group. 
The meeting at the Drill Hall, James Street, Victoria Street, Westmins 
ter, was more productive of good things. The President of the Society, Si 
Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, Dorking (gr. Mr. White), exhibited some 
Cypripediums, the most remarkable being the beautiful, but slightly knows, 
C. prestans, and C x ceno-superbiens, a fine beautifully-coloured hybrid 
with bold erect flowers, the upper sepal of which is densely covered with 
large blackish purple blotches on a clear purple ground. The lat 
received an Award of Merit. C. x conco-Lawre and C. x Morganlé 
burfordiense were also shown. 
Norman C. Cookson, Esq., F.R.H.S., Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyné sg 
Mr. Murray), exhibited Lelio-cattleya Clive (C. Dowiana , * L 
prestans 2), a hybrid with rosy sepals and petals and a deep velvety purple 
lip with orange veins in the throat, resembling on the whole L.-C. < 
Ingrami (L. pumila Dayana 2 x C. Dowiana aurea), and almost the 
reversed cross. a 
The Hon. Mrs. Foley, F.R.H.S., Fordingbridge, Hants (gr- “es ) 
ham), exhibited two plants of Cattleya Alexandre, chiefly remarkable ! | 
their very long flower spikes, and a pale mauve C. Gaskelliana. at 
C. J. Ingram, Esq., Elstead House, Godalming (gr. Mr. Bond); esi! e 
Cypripedium x L’Unique (C. Lindleyanum ? x C. Schlimii album éh” 
distinct hybrid, and C. x Adonis (C. hirsutissimum ¢ and C. Curtisii 2) | 
which the blood of the seed-parent chiefly predominates. ag ‘ ; 
_H.S. Leon, Esq., M.P., F.R.H.S., Bletchley Park, Bucks (t : 
Hislop), obtained an Award of Merit for Cypripedium x Leon® CH ‘the 
Chantini 2 x C¢, callosum 4), which bore two large fine flowers so 
Scape. The upper sepal is mostly pure white with a green : 
