THE ORCHID REVIEW. I9I 
Messrs. W. L. Lewis & Co., Southgate, staged a large and very effective 
group, to which a Silver-gilt Banksian Medal was given. It contained some 
fine Lelia purpurata, the rare Warscewiczella discolor with four flowers, 
Cypripedium xX Evenor Southgate var., C. Mastersianum, Phalzenopsis 
rosea, the rare Epidendrum hastatum with seven flowers, Cattleya 
Schilleriana, C. intermedia, some good C. Mossie#, C. Mendelii, C. Skinneri, 
Ada aurantiaca, the handsome Oncidium spilopterum, O. varicosum, O. 
concolor, O. hastatum, and other good things. 
Messrs. B. S. Williams & Son, Upper Holloway, also contributed a fine 
group and received a Silver-gilt Banksian Medal “for Orchids and Floral 
Decorations,” in which latter Orchids were very effectively utilised. The 
group contained some fine Lelia purpurata, L. xX Latona, some good 
Cattleya Mossiz, Mendelii, and Skinneri, Oncidium concolor, a very. fine 
clump with over a dozen racemes, O. Marshallianum, many good Odonto- 
glossum crispum, O. cirrhosum, and other fine Odontoglossums, Vanda 
tricolor and V. sauvis, Calanthe Williamsii, Trichopilia crispa, many good 
Miltonia vexillaria, Aérides Houlletianum, Pescatorea Lehmanni, Anguloa 
Clowesii, Masdevallia ignea, Thunia Bensone, &c. 
M. Ch. Vuylsteke, Loochristi, Ghent, sent a fine hybrid Odontoglossum 
called O. X crispo-Harryanum (crispum @ X Harryanum ¢), a very 
beautiful thing, most like O. Harryanum in shape and in the general 
details of the lip, but the sepals and petals light yellow and less heavily 
marked with red-brown at the base. The plant bore a raceme of four 
flowers, and received a First-class Certificate. 
Messrs. James Backhouse & Sons, York, included some interesting 
Orchids in a group of miscellaneous plants, as Dendrobium infundibulum, 
Cypripediums macranthum, Calceolus, and Rothschildianum, Ophrys 
arachnites, Orchis sambucina, fusca and longicornu, Odontoglossum 
crispum and polyxanthum, Lelia purpurata, a good L. Boothiana, 
and some excellent Miltonia vexillaria, to one of which, called variety 
Empress Victoria Augusta, a First-class Certificate was given. 
Messrs. Barr & Son, King Street, Covent Garden, exhibited in a 
collection of hardy plants interesting examples of Orchis_ latifolia, 
papilionacea, maculata, italica, Ophrys tenthredinifera, and Cypripe- 
diums pubescens, Calceolus, montanum, and acaule, and Aceras anthro- 
pophora. 
Mr. T. S. Ware, Tottenham, had also interesting examples of Orchis 
militaris, and Cypripediums Calceolus, pubescens, and montanum in a~ 
group of hardy plants. 
The Jadoo Company, Limited, Exeter, exhibited a very strong Dendro- 
bium Wardianum grown in their Jadoo Fibre. 
Miss E. D. Emett, 239, Ladbrooke Grove, W., exhibited remarkably 
