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nearly circular white flowers, tinged with violet at the base of the petals, 
and marked with reddish lines on the disc of the: lip. Other noteworthy 
plants were Odontoglossum X Dreadnought, O. crispum Thompsoni, a hand- 
somely blotched form, also a fine white form of the species, Leliocattleya 
Cholletiana with four spikes, L.-c. Dominiana magnifica, the striking 
Scuticaria Steelii, Vanda ccerulescens, Polystachya bracteosa, and other rare 
things. 
Messrs. James Cypher & Sons, Cheltenham, siete a Silver Flora 
Medal for a fine group, containing some well-bloomed Dendrobium 
infundibulum, D. nobile virginale, D. X Apollo grandiflorum, D. xX 
Dalhou-nobile, D. atroviolaceum, and other fine Dendrobiums, Angrzecum 
infundibulum, Cattleya intermedia alba, C. citrina, C. Skinneri, C. 
Schroedere, Miltonia Warscewiczii, Chysis bractescens, Brassocattleya 
Thorntoni, B.-c. Maroni, Bifrenaria Harrisonz, Oncidium concolor, &c. 
Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Bush Hill Park, Enfield, were awarded a 
Silver Flora Medal for a fine group, including several good forms of Cattleya 
Schroedere, C. S. alba, C. intermedia alba; Dendrobium barbatulum, D. 
Jamesianum, D. Devonianum, some fine D. Wardianum, one of them 
bearing over 120 flowers, Cymbidium xX Lowgrinum, C. Lowianum 
concolor, Cirrhopetalum Amesianum, the rare Ionopsis paniculata, a fine 
specimen of Masdevallia Pourbaixii, Cypripedium X Olivia, C. X Maudiz, 
C. x Watsonianum, and other good things. 
M. Maurice Mertens, Mont-St.-Amand, Ghent, also received a Silver 
Flora Medal for a choice group of hybrid Odontoglossums, including O. X 
Wiganianum, O. X amabile, O. X Lawrenceanum, O. X Wilckeanum, O. 
Xx percultum, O. x illustre, and others. 
Mr. A. W. Jensen, Lindfield, Haywards Heath, received a Silver 
Banksian Medal for a good group of Cattleya Mendelii and Odontoglossum 
crispum, the former including plants bearing 21 and 23 flowers, and the latter 
a very pretty rosy form well dotted with brown. 
The Scientific Committee’s report of this date contains the following :— 
MALFORMED OrcHIDs.—Mr. G. Wilson, F.L.S., sent two malformed 
Cattleyas from the same spike, which had three outer perianth pieces, but 
the inner were reduced very greatly, the small lip springing from near the 
apex of the column instead of from the base. Three stamens were present. 
MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID. 
There was only a moderate display at the above Society’s meeting held 
at the Coal Exchange on April 1st, though the exhibits presented a bright 
appearance, as almost everything is seasonable now. The Committee sat 
