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particularly good, Vanda suavis, Cattleya Mendelii and Mossie, Leelia 
‘purpurata, and others. 
In a similar Class for Nurserymen, Mr. James Cypher, Cheltenham, 
took the first prize with a well-grown lot, which included a fine Oncidium 
‘cucullatum, also O. Marshallianum and concolor, both very effective, 
Masdevallia Veitchiana and Harryana, a fine Odontoglossum polyxanthum, 
some good O. x Wilckeanum ; also fine forms of the usual common things, 
as Lelia purpurata, Cattleyas,&c. Messrs. Heath and Son, of Cheltenham, 
‘Were a good second. The group included Cattleya Mendelii Hardyana, a 
superb form, C. Skinneri, crowded with its beautiful rosy flowers, Odonto- 
glossum citrosmum, Cypripedium Chamberlainianum, and C. x Swinburnei, 
also many other good things. 
For the best collection of Cattleyas and Lelias a Silver Cup was offered 
by Joseph Broome, Esq., Chairman of the Council, which was won by Mr. 
James Cypher, with an excellent group, including Lelia grandis, L. purpu- 
rata Russelliana, and others, Cattleya Warneri, intermedia, Skinneri, &c. 
T. Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield (gr. Mr. Johnson), was second with 
a good lot, among which the dark-lipped Lelia purpurata Lindeniana and 
Lelio-cattleya x Schilleriana Statteriana stood out conspicuously. 
The Silver Cup presented by William Stones, Esq., for the best collec- 
tion of Cypripediums, was secured by W. R. Lee, Esq., Audenshaw (gr. Mr. 
Billington), with twenty-seven good plants, including a fine C. Rothschildi- 
anum, ciliolare, Exul, Argus, Curtisii, the hybrids C. x Goweri (Curtisii x 
Lawrenceanum), xX macropterum, x Southgatense, x selligerum, and 
others, also Selenipedium caudatum Wallisii. TT. Statter, Esq., came 
second with C. Exul, x Daviesianum, x Pitcherianum, x vernixium, the 
beautiful C. spectabile, also Selenipedium x Dominianum and S. caudatum 
atratum, with dark stain round the mouth of the lip. Mr. J. Cypher was 
third with a large group, including C. concolor, Selenipedium x Schroedere 
and many familiar forms. 
For Dendrobiums, a Silver Cup was presented by the late George Hardy, 
Esq., which fell to Mr. J. Cypher, whose group included a fine D. Dalhousie- 
anum, thyrsiflorum, Parishii, the rare D. sulcatum, crystallinum, Bensoniz, 
moschatum, tortile, aggregatum, Phalenopsis, &c. Mrs. Hodgkinson, High 
Lawn, Bowdon, took the second prize, her group including D. x Venus, a 
finely-flowered D. lituiflorum, D. Devonianum, D. Falconeri, D. nobile, and 
others. 
A Silver Cup was offered by T. Statter, Esq., for fifteen Miscellaneous 
Orchids, which was won by E. Ashworth, Esq., with a splendid Dendro- 
bium Dearei bearing fourteen spikes, a fine pan of Cypripedium niveum, 
some good Cattleyas and Lalias, and other things. W. R. Lee, Esq., took the 
second prize, his group including the rare and beautiful Dendrobium atrovio- 
laceum, Lelio-cattleya x Phoebe, Maxillaria Sanderiana, &c. 
