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was granted to Cattleya Loddigesii and to Lelia superbiens—the latter 
having nine rosy lilac flowers on the spike—and a Botanical Certificate to 
Pleurothallis Grobyi and the minute P. Barberiana. Flowers of Vanda 
suavis Veitchii were also shown. 
F. W. Moore, Esq., F.R.H.S., Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, sent Calanthe 
striata, Arpophyllum giganteum, and Pleurothallis asterophora, to each of 
which a Botanical Certificate. was awarded. A deep-coloured Sobralia 
macrantha and Dendrobium Fytchianum were also shown. 
John S. Moss, Esq., F.R.H.S., Wintershill House, Bishops Waltham (gr. 
Mr. Bazeley), obtained a First-class Certificate for a small plant of the new 
Coelogyne Mossiz, Rolfe, which had six expanded flowers, pure white with 
a crescent-shaped band of yellow on the lip. 
Pantia Ralli, Esq., F.R.H.S., Ashtead Park, Epsom, exhibited Miltonia 
flavescens grandiflora. 
A Silver Flora Medal was given to Messrs. F. Sander and Co., St. Albans, 
for a collection of Dendrobium Phalznopsis, Cymbidium Lowianum, 
Cypripedium Rothschildianum, and Spathoglottis aurea. In addition to 
these, a First-class Certificate was granted to Phaius x Marthe (P. 
Blumei ? x P. tuberculosus 2), another of Mr. Maynard’s fine hybrids, 
with pale buff sepals and petals and a large lip like that of the male parent 
in shape, densely covered with golden-brown spots, except in front, which 
is white and blotched with pale rose. Lycaste Skinneri Mrs. H. Ballantine 
received an Award of Merit, and Dendrobium Imperatrix a Botanical 
Certificate. ; 
A. H. Smee, Esq., F.R.H.S., The Grange, Wallington (gr. Mr. Cum- 
mins), exhibited Phaius Blumei and Dendrobium tetragonum, the first of 
which obtained an Award of Merit, the second a Botanical Certificate. 
Thomas Statter, Esq., F.R.H.S., Stand Hall, Whitefield, Manchester (gr. 
Mr. Johnson), exhibited a large specimen each of the brilliant purple Den- 
drobium nobile nobilius and D. x splendidissimum, and obtained a Silver 
Flora Medal as an award for the two plants. D. x Schneiderianum, D. x 
Cooksoni, and Cypripedium x Davidsonianum came from the same 
collection. 
J. W. Swinburne, Esq., F.R.H.S., Corndean Hall, Winchcombe, 
exhibited a hybrid Cypripedium somewhat similar to C. x cenanthum. 
W. Thompson, Esq., F.R.H.S., Walton Grange, Stone, Staffs. (gr. Mr. 
W. Stevens), exhibited a stem of Dendrobium Wardianum giganteum, 
about four feet long, and bearing nearly sixty large flowers on three-fourths 
of its length. The specimen, which received a Cultural Commendation, 
was from a plant which had been pruned by Mr. Stevens. 
Messrs. Jas. Veitch and Sons, King’s Road, Chelsea, exhibited several 
noteworthy novelties. Dendrobium x Virginia (D. japonicum ? x D. Ben- 
soniz 2), with creamy flowers, obtained a First-class Certificate. D. x 
