364 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [ DECEMBER, 1903. 
Mrs. M. A. Gratrix with a pale slate-blue lip and the segments light green. 
Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, were also awarded a Silver Flora 
Medal fora good group, consisting chiefly of Cypripediums, and including 
C. X Cassandra (callosum x _ superbiens), C. insigne Cygnet, C. x Louis 
Sander, and a well-flowered example of Zygopetalum Jorisianum. 
M. A. A. Peeters, Brussels, staged an effective group, including the rose- 
coloured Cattleya X Rembrandt (labiata x elongata), C. x Fabia Mary 
de Wavrin, C. X F. Peeters’ variety, C. X Peetersii (labiata x Hardyana), 
C. xX Imperator (granulosa x labiata Peetersii), four plants of C. X 
Goossensiana, C. x G. inversa, and a seedling Lezlio-cattleya (L.-c. X 
elegans X C. Hardyana). A First-class Certificate was given to Cattleya 
x Hardyana albens Peeters’ variety, having white sepals and petals, slightly 
tinged with lavender, and the lip veined with yellow and bearing two 
‘yellow blotches on the disc ; and Awards of Merit were given to Lelio- 
cattleya X Wrigleyi, and to Cattleya x St. Gilles (Patrocinii x Dowiana 
aurea), the latter having bright rose-crimson flowers, with some golden 
veining on the lip, and the front lobe very dark purple. 
Messrs. Fisher, Son, and Sibray, Handsworth, Sheffield, exhibited the 
pretty Cypripedium x Memnon (Charlesworthii x Spicerianum), with the 
greater part of the dorsal sepal white. 
Messrs. J. & A. A. McBean, Cooksbridge, showed Cypripedium X 
Violetta (Charlesworthii x ? venustum), having the large dorsal sepal 
rose-pink in colour. 
AT the meeting held on November 24th there was again a very fine a 
display of Orchids, and seven Medals were awarded, besides three Awards 
of Merit, and one Cultural Commendation. aes. 
Captain Holford, C.I.E., Westonbirt, Tetbury (gr. Mr. Alexander), 
staged a group of excellently grown Orchids, to which a Silver-gilt Medal 
was awarded. It contained two beautiful examples of Cypripedium insigne 
Sandere with six and seven flowers, a splendid plant of C. i. Harefield Hall 
var. with eight flowers, which gained a Cultural C dation ; three 
good forms of C. x Euryades raised in the collection, C. x Charlesianum 
superbum, a beautiful plant of C. x Leeanum Holford’s var. with thirteen 
flowers, C. xT. Staffordianum, a very fine form (A. M.), and Lelio- 
cattleya x Cassiope Westonbirt var. (pumila X exoniensis), a very richly 
coloured form, which also received an Award of Merit. 
F. A. Rehder, Esq., The Avenue, Gipsy Hill (gr. Mr. Norris), staged 
good group of Cypripediums, which gained a Silver Flora Medal. It 
contained some good forms of C. insigne, yellow and spotted, the fine C. i. 
Baron Schréder, C. x Harrisianum virescens, C. x Bruno, the dark and 
1andsome C. x Ernesto (villosum X cenanthum superbum), C. x Mrs: 
