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J. Foster Alcock, Esq., Northchurch, again showed a hybrid Sobralia 
raised from S. Wiganiana, and having the flowers tinged with rose. 
W. M. Appleton, Esq., Weston-super-Mare (gr. Mr. Brooks), showed 
the pretty little Cypripedium xX Vipani roseum (philippinense X niveum), 
having white flowers, with lines of rosy-purple dots. 
W. P. Burkinshaw, Esq., West Hill, Hessle, Hull (gr. Mr. Barker), 
sent a very fine plant of Cattleya Warscewiczii, Rochford’s var., bearing a 
spike of six richly-coloured flowers, with the yellow blotches on the lip 
nearly obliterated. 
The Right Hon. Lord Rothschild, Tring Park (gr. Mr. Dye), showed 
an inflorescence of a Mexican Stanhopea bearing ten flowers. 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Heaton, Bradford, staged a group of choice 
things, to which a Silver Banksian Medal was given. It contained some 
good Odontoglossums and Cattleyas, among the more noteworthy being O. 
Schlieperianum citrinum, O. Uroskinneri album, O. X Gladys, O. X 
Eleanor, O. X armainvillierense album, Cattleya X Semiramis (xX Empress 
Frederick X Warneri), having dark purple-rose sepals and petals, and a 
deep ruby crimson lip with some yellow lines at the base, plants of the 
handsome Oncidium Lanceanum, Miltonia vexillaria albiflora, Bulbo- 
phyllum saurocephalum, two finely-bloomed plants of Ancistrochilus Thom- 
sonianus, and many other interesting things. A First-class Certificate was 
given to Stanhopea tigrina superba, a very fine dark form of the species. 
Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Enfield, also received a Silver Banksian 
Medal for a pretty little group, containing several good plants of the hand- 
some Oncidium Lanceanum and O. leucochilum, Anguloa Clowesii, 
Cycnoches chlorochilon, the handsome Cattleya Mendelii Goliath, Lycaste 
Deppei, and other good things, with a fine plant of Dendrochilum filiforme 
in the centre, bearing 46 of its graceful racemes of yellow flowers. 
Mr. J. Birchenall, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, sent the pretty yellow Poly- 
stachya pubescens, the rare Pescatorea Dayana, Bollea Lalindei pallida, a 
whitish form with pale lilac markings on the segments, and B. L. aurea, a 
light yellow variety. 
Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, sent the pretty Cattleya x 
Dusseldorfei var. Undine, with pure white flowers. 
THE HYBRIDIST. 
OponTiopa THwalTEsiI.—Hybrids between Cochlioda and Odontoglossum 
are becoming numerous, and another has just flowered in the collection of 
R. G. Thwaites, Esq., Chessington, Streatham (gr. Mr. Black), and received 
an Award of Merit from the R. H. S. on July 21st last. It was obtained by 
crossing Cochlioda vulcanica with the pollen of Odontoglossum Harryanum, 
and, as in the case of the brilliant Odontioda Charlesworthii, the Odonto- 
