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H. J. Craven, Esq., The Beeches, Keighley (gr. Mr. Corney), showed the 
fine Cypripedium x eboraicum. 
Messrs. Cypher & Sons, Cheltenham, staged a good group of mixed 
plants. Lzeliocattleya x Ophir superba gained an Award of Merit, and a 
Cultural Certificate was given to Cattleya x Portia gigantea, grown to a 
strong plant from one back bulb in three years, and with three leads 
flowering. I noted also C. X Mantinii nobilior, C. x Fabia, Miltonia 
vexillaria Leopoldi, many varieties of Dendrobium Phalznopsis, Cypri- 
pedium xX triumphans, C. x Minos Veitchii, C. x Niobe superbum, &c. 
(Silver Medal). 
Ed. Rogerson, Esq., Didsbury, showed Cattleya x Hardyana, Leelio- 
cattleya xX Lady Rothschild, Cypripedium x Gaston Bultel, C. x Thalia 
giganteum, C. x Priam, C. x Leeanum Prospero, C. X Niobe, C.x Tityus, 
C. x Troilus, &c. (Silver Medal). 
Messrs. Keeling & Sons, Westgate Hill, Bradford, gained a Bronze 
Medal for a small but choice group, consisting chiefly of Cypripediums. 
Messrs. Stuart Low & Co., Enfield, staged a small but choice group of 
Cattleyas, Lzeliocattleyas, &c., which received a Bronze Medal. 
Mr. J. Robson, Altrincham, showed Cattleya x Cypheri, C. x 
weedoniensis var. Mona, and C. X St. Gilles, all of which received 
Awards of Merit. 
Mr. Wm. Bolton, Wilderspool, staged Miltonia x Bluntii Lubbersiana, 
Cypripedium. x triumphans, C. X Para, C. X Baron Schréder, &c. 
Messrs. W. Shackleton, J. Birchenall, and the Liverpool Orchid and 
Nursery Co., each received a Vote of Thanks for a small exhibit. 
H. TuHorp. 
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DENDROBIUM MURICATUM VAR. MUNIFICUM. 
At the R.H.S. meeting held on August 31st last, a Botanical Certificate was 
given to Dendrobium muricatum, a remarkable New Caledonian species 
which was exhibited by Mr. F. W. Moore, Keeper of the Royal Botanic 
Garden, Glasnevin. The species was described from dried specimens by M, 
Finet, in 1903 (Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr., 1. p- 377, t- 14, fig. 1-6), together with the 
variety munificum (/.c., p. 378, t. 14, fig. 7-18), which was distinguished by a 
markedly different shape of the lip. The Glasnevin plant proves to be the 
latter variety. Finet refers the species to the section Dendrocoryne, and 
compares it with D. speciosum, Sm., but a comparison shows that it is 
much better placed in the section Sareopodium, with which it agrees well, 
both in habit and structure. ‘The plant is ofrobust habit, and the pseudo- 
bulbs are ovoid-oblong, and one-or-two-leaved, the leaves elliptic-oblong and 
coriaceous, and the infloresence terminal, arching, over eight inches long, 
