376 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
Messrs. F’. Sander and Co., St. Albans, staged a group of very interest- 
ing things, including the remarkable generic cross Epilelia x _Hardyana 
(Epidendrum ciliare 2 x Lelia anceps f), which received an Award of Merit, 
some good Dendrobium Phalznopsis, the singular D. platycaulon, to. which 
a Botanical Certificate was given, Phaio-calanthe x Arnoldiz, Lelia tene- 
brosa, L. prestens Lueddemanniana, Calanthe x Sandhurstiana, C. x 
Victoria-~Regina, the rare Stenia pallida, Catasetum Christyanum, Zygo- 
petalum rostratum, and last; but not least, the three beautiful Pescatoreas, 
Lehmanni, Klabochorum, and Dayana. 
Messrs. Vervaet and Co., Mont-St.-Amand, Gand, exhibited Odonto- 
glossum crispum Franz Masereel, a magnificent form, in which the 
Segments were regularly covered with large intense purple spots, to 
which a First-class Certificate was deservedly awarded. 
Messrs. B. S. Williams and Son, Upper Holloway, exhibited Phaio- 
calanthe x Sedeniana rosea. 
Mr. G. Young, St. Albans, showed Cypripedium insigne Youngianum and 
C. i. superbum, two pretty yellow forms. 
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CORRESPONDENCE, &c. 
E. A., Wilmslow. Cymbidium giganteum. 
G. M., Olivet. Photographs received, with thanks. 
J. B., Bielside. Leelia x Crawshayana var. 
G. R., Arddarroch. Odontoglossum facetum is probably correctly named, but there 
Seems to be no character by which it can be distinguished from O. luteopurpureum var. 
sceptrum. 
O. O. W., Bury. Cypripedium insigne sixteen varieties. Many thanks ; next month. 
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