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Lycaste x Imschootiana; and M. Kuykun a beautiful example of Cypri- 
pedium Chamberlainianum with four flowers. 
The fiftieth meeting of the Orchidéene of Brussels was one of extra- 
ordinary brilliancy, owing to the féte in honour of MM. Jean and Lucien 
Linden. Among the specially remarkable things were Masdevallia x Pour- 
baixii from M. Pourbaix, of Mons, derived from M. Shuttleworthii 2 and 
M. Veitchiana ¢; Cattleya Trianz of exceptional size and colour from M. 
A. Van Imschoot; a series of Odontoglossum and Dendrobium flowers from 
W. Thompson, Esq., including D. Phalenopsis of great beauty ; Cattleya 
Trianz, Odontoglossum crispum, O. triumphans, and Cypripedium Masters- 
ianum, from M. le Comte de Bousies; Odontoglossum crispum leopardinum 
from M. G. Warocqué; Cattleya Trianz and Odontoglossum crispum from 
M. Madoux; an admirably flowered O. gloriosum from M. Pauwells; O. 
crispum from Dr. Capart ; Cymbidium Lowianum from M. Cahuzac, 
&c., &c. 
ORCHIDS AT THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 
SOCIETY. 
By JOHN WEATHERS, 
THE work of the Orchid Committee was unusually heavy on March 13th, 
when a very large quantity of plants found their way to the Drill Hall, 
James Street, Victoria Street, Westminster. The Committee awarded one 
Gold and four Silver Banksian Medals, six Silver Flora Medals, seven First- 
class Certificates, seven Awards of Merit,-and nine Botanical Certificates. 
A Silver Flora Medal was awarded to the President, Sir Trevor Law- 
rence, Bart., Burford, Dorking (gr. Mr. W. H. White), for a large group 
consisting largely of hybrid Dendrobiums, Cirrhopetalum picturatum, 
Bulbophyllum Sillemianum, Maxillaria angustissima, &c. First-class 
Certificates were granted to Odontoglossum x excellens chrysomelanum and 
Masdevallia gargantua, and a Botanical Certificate to Dendrobium Kingi- 
anum album. 
A Gold Banksian Medal was awarded to Baron Schroder, F.R.H.S., 
The Dell, Staines (gr. Mr. H. Ballantine), for a unique specimen of the 
charming Odontoglossum crispum apiatum, the flowers of which were 
almost four inches across, pure white with heavy chestnut blotches. 
W. E. Brymer, Esq., M.P., F.R.H.S., Ilsington House, Dorchester (gr. 
Mr. Powell), exhibited Dendrobium x Benita (D. aureum 2 x D. Falconeri 
¢). Segments white tinged with rose; lip like that of D. x Ainsworthii or 
D. x Leechianum, but much larger. 
Messrs. Collins and Collins, Cumberland Park Nurseries, Willesden, 
obtained a Silver Banksian Medal for a collection of Ccelogyne. cristata, 
Cymbidium Lowianum, C. eburneum, and Cattleya Percivaliana. 
