374 _ THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
Certificate was given to the remarkably fine Selenipedium x Clonius (S. 
conchiferum ? x Uropedium Lindeni 3), with a large chaste lip and long 
tapering petals. Lzlio-cattleya x Pisandra (L. crispa? x C. Eldorado 4), 
received a similar award. The plant bore three large and beautiful rose- 
purple flowers, the lips of which were of an intense velvety purple. Besides 
these may be mentioned L.-C. x Cassiope (L. pumila 2 x C. x exoniensis 2), 
L.-C. x Eumeza (C. Triane 2? x L. majalis $), the noble Cattleya x 
Harrisii (C. Leopoldi 2 x C. Mendeli g), the rich purple and white Cypri- 
pedium T. B. Haywood, the greenish Selenipedium Boissierianum, as well 
as several Oncidiums. 
The meeting held on November 14th was a very successful one, in spite 
of the damp and foggy weather which prevailed. A large number of Orchids 
were staged, and five Medals were awarded for good collections, most of 
which contained fine forms of Cattleya labiata, Cypripedium insigne, C. 
Spicerianum, C. x Leeanum, and some others. Hybrid Cypripediums, as 
usual, were present in force. 
R. I. Measures, Esq., Cambridge Lodge, Camberwell (gr. Mr. H. Chap- 
man), received a Silver Flora Medal for a very fine group, comprising the 
beautiful Cypripedium insigne Sanderz, the very similar variety Ernesti, 
C. i. radiatum, the dorsal sepal unspotted but rayed with light purple-brown 
near the base, and the Cambridge Lodge variety, with large spots; also C. 
Exul and C. Argus. Of the hybrids we may mention—C. x Indra (C. callo- 
sum x C. villosum 3), C. x Carrierei (C. venustum ? x C. superbiens 8), 
C. x Celeus (C. insigne Chantini ¢ x C.villosum $), C. x Bellona (C. villo- 
sum ? x C. x Spicerianum 3), C. x T. B. Haywood, etc., also a variety of 
other interesting and showy Orchids. 
Messrs. F. Sander and Co., St. Albans, also staged a fine group, for 
which a Silver Medal was awarded. It contained a fine lot of Cattleya 
labiata, several plants of Calanthe x Victoria-Reginz, the white C. x Cook- 
soni, C. x Sandhurstiana, Restrepia antennifera, Cypripedium Chamber- 
lainianum, C. x Burberryana (C. Boxallii 9 x C. x plunerum 8), a fine 
dark form, C. x Joseph Donat (C. x Ashburtonize 2 x C. Spicerianum 4), 
C. x Alcides superbum, with much spotted dorsal sepal, C. x Leeanum 
James Hamilton, a fine form which received an Award of Merit, C. x 
picturatum, etc., a pretty dark form of Odontoglossum Rossii, called rosa- 
ceum, Dendrobium Fairfaxii, and many other good things. 
Messrs. B. S. Williams and Son, Upper Holloway, also received a Silver 
Flora Medal for an effective group, including the charming Comparettia 
macroplectron, Odontoglossum Harryanum, varieties of Lycaste Skinnerl, 4 
large number of hybrid Cypripediums, etc. 
Messrs. Hugh Low and Co., Clapton, staged an interesting group, which 
received a Silver Banksian Medal. It included a plant of the beautiful 
Cattleya x Massaiana with a raceme of three flowers; the remarkable 
