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flowers, including Cypripedium xX Leeanum, C. insigne, Zygopetalum 
crinitum, and Odontoglossum X Andersonianum. 
Mr. W. B. Latham, Botanical Gardens, Edgbaston, Birmingham, 
exhibited Cypripedium xX Deedmanianum (C. Spicerianum ? X Cham- 
berlainianum, an interesting hybrid, having the dorsal sepal white with a 
green base, a purple median line, and some purple spots on either side ; the 
petals yellow tinged with purple, and the lip purplish with a yellow margin. 
Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, exhibited a choice group, to 
which a Silver Flora Medal was awarded. It contained the beautiful Lzlio- 
cattleya X Statteriana, L.-c. x Pallas, L.-c. x. Decia, L.-c. Tiresias, L.-c. < 
Semiramis, Cattleya x Mantinii, Zygopetalum Mackayi, Epidendrum 
Wallisii, Cypripedium X Alonzo (C. Spicerianum xX C. X Arthurianum 
pulchellum), a pretty thing somewhat resembling C. Leeanum, but more 
marked with purple on the dorsal sepal, C. x Actens, fine forms of C. X 
Leeanum, including C. X L. Prospero, C. X Euryades, C. X Roberti, C. 
X Pheres, C. x Io grande, C. X Niobe, &c. The two following hybrids each 
received Awards of Merit :—Cattleya x Empress Frederick var. Leonata 
(Mossie 2 X Dowiana 3), a beautiful form, with rose-coloured sepals and 
petals, not white as in the original, and Lelia x Olivia (crispa 2? X 
xanthina ¢ ), a pretty light yellow flower, with the front of the lip light rose 
and somewhat veined, and a tinge of the same colour on the petals. 
Messrs. Hugh Low and Co., Upper Clapton, also received a Silver 
Flora Medal for a very effective group, containing a number of good Cattleya 
labiata, with Vanda ccerulea in the centre, and good examples of Cypri- 
pedium X Leeanum, C. X cenanthum superbum, C. X enfieldense, C. X 
Sallieri Hyeanum, C. X conco-Lawre, C. Prewettii, a lilac-coloured form of 
Cattleya Bowringiana, Odontoglossum crispum, Oncidium Forbesii, and O. 
pretextum. 
Messrs. F. Sander and Co., St. Albans, staged a group of choice 
Orchids, to which a Silver Banksian Medal was awarded. It contained the 
beautiful Dendrobium Johnsonia, Habenaria carnea, the rare Chondro- 
rhyncha Chestertoni, Phaius X Ashworthianus, Calanthe xX Florence and 
X bella, Cymbidium xX. Winnianum, Phaio-calanthe x Arnoldiz, 
Cypripedium X Leeanum, and others. A Botanical Certificate was given 
to Maxillaria elegantula, Rolfe, a pretty species allied to M. grandiflora, 
having white flowers tinged with yellow towards the apex of the sepals 
and petals, and spotted with chocolate. 
Messrs. Linden, L’Horticulture Internationale, sent a yellow form of 
Cypripedium insigne called C. insigne Luciani, and C. X Beckmanii, 
a fine hybrid, said to have been derived from C. Boxallii superbum crossed 
with bellatulum, though the latter parent was doubted by the Committee, _ 
It received an Award of Merit. metas ceria a ; 
