﻿March, 1904.] 



THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



De B. Crawshay, Esq., RosHield, Sevrnoaks (gr. Mr. Stal)les), showed 

 Odontoglossum X Wilckeanum Argus, having the flower large, yellow in 

 colour, and heavily blotched. 



H. Little, Esq., The Barons, Twickenham (gr. Mr. Howard), showed 

 some flowers of Lycaste costata. 



H. T. Pitt, Esq., Rosslyn, Stamford Hill (gr. Mr. Thurgood), exhibited 

 the finely-spotted Cypripedium X Pittianum. 



J. Taylor, Esq., Margery Hill, Reigate, sent three excellent spikes of 

 Dendrobium speciosum. 



extending the whole length' of the Hall, to which a Gold Medal was 

 deservedly awarded. Among the numerous showy things staged must be 

 mentioned the handsome Ladio-cattleya Lucasiana Hindeana (L. tenebrosa 

 X C. labiata alba), a line hybrid having white sepals and petals, and a 

 rose-purple lip veined with crimson ; some good L.-c. X bletchleyensis ; 

 L.-c. X vvarnhamensis var., having the petals tipped with purple, as in 

 Cattleya Trianae Backhouseana, which is said to have been one of the 

 parents; Miltonia X Bleuana, Cymbidium Ballianum, Phalamopsis, 

 Masdevallia polysticta, flowering profusely, some Zygocolax hybrids, a good 

 blotched form of Odontoglossum crispum, the rare O. nevadense, two good 

 O. X Harryano-cnspum, O. X Wilckeanum illustre and other forms of 

 this hybrid, two good O. X loochristiense, several fine Cypripedium X 

 Leeanum and C. X aureum, C. X Lamontianum (X Calypso X 

 Rothschildianum), a fine thing most like the latte r , C. X Brilliant 

 (Buchanianum X Calypso) having a deep purple band on the dorsal sepal, 

 which is deep rose below and white above, C. X Sallieri Hyeanum, C. 

 X Charles Richman, and numerous other showy things. 



Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Heaton, Bradford, gained a Silver Flora 

 Medal for a handsome group, containing some fine Laelio-cattleva X 

 Charlesworthii, L.-c. X Gottoiana, L.-c. X Myra, L.-c. X Lilian, L.-c. X 

 Andromeda, the pretty Cattleya X Enid, Bulbophvllum Dayanum, a plant 

 bearing slender spikes of buff-coloured flowers, called Mystacidium 

 Hariotianum, the pretty Ccelogyne sparsa, Cypripedium X Cardosoanum 

 C. X Sallieri, C. X Hitchinsiae, C. villosum auriferum, and many Odonto- 

 glossoms, including O. grande Fascinator, in which the markings were 

 purple instead of brown. An Award of Merit was given to Cypripedium X 

 <Edippe, a plant noted under Captain Holford's group. 



Mr. J. Cypher, Cheltenham, received a Silver Banksian Medal for a 



