﻿March, 1904. | 



THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



a splendid group, which was awarded a Silver-gilt Flora Medal. It con- 

 tained some fine plants of Sophronitis grandiflora, one with over sixty 

 flowers ; Epidendrum porphyreum, Cattleya Trianae, with eighteen 

 flowers, C. T. Backhouseana, Cypripedium X Confetti, C. X Sallien, with 

 ten flowers, C. X hirsuto-Sallieri, C. X Lathamianum, with fourteen flowers, 

 C. X Ledouxiae, Odontoglossum coronarium miniatum, O. x Humeanum, 

 Calanthe Stevensii, C. Sanderiana, Uendrobium X Ainsworthii Ha/el- 

 bourne variety, D. Kingianum album, D. signatum aureum, a lot of D. X 

 Melpomene, a plant of I). X Wigania; xanthochilum, with fifty flowers, Ada 

 aurantiaca, with fourteen spikes of flowers, Miltonia fuscata, Spiranthes 

 colorata picta, Epilaslia X Psyche. Mormodes buccinator Rolfei, some 

 Masdevallias, and other plants. 



J. Colman, Esq., Gatton Park. Reigate (gr. Mr. Hound), staged a fine 

 group, which secured a Silver-gilt Flora Medal. It contained tnanv i^nxl 

 forms of Dendrobium nobile, including three good D. n. album, D. X 

 Rubens elegans, D. x R. Miroir, D. X Othello, D. X Rolfese, D. X 

 Artemis, D. X Wiganianum purpureum, D. X Aspasia, D. X Sibyl. I). X 

 Owenianum, D. X Firefly, many varieties of Cattleya Trianae, the most 

 interesting being C. T. Mrs. J. Colman and C. T. Penelope, Zygocolax X 

 Veitchii, Vanda Cathcartii, Cypripediums, Odontoglossums, and other good 



R. G. Thwaites, Esq., Chessington, Streatham (gr. Mr. Black), was 

 awarded a Silver Flora Medal for an effective group, chiefly of Dendro- 

 biums, including D. nobile murrhiniacum, in fine condition, the large and 

 richly-coloured D. n. Thwaites' var., a large plant of D. X Wigania;, D. 

 Brymerianum, D. X Schneiderianum, some good Odontoglossum crispum, 

 and others. 



J. Bradshaw, Esq., Southgate (gr. Mr. Whitelegge), showed a prstty 

 group, to which a Silver Banksian Medal was awarded. It contained some 

 strong Odontoglossum crispum with branched spikes, grown in leaf 

 compost, O. X excellens, O. X Adrians and other Odontoglossums, a 

 good Laelia X Digbyano-purpurata, Cattleya Triana; Mavourneen, a large 

 white flower with a tinge of pink on the lip, Lycaste Skinneri alba, L. S. 

 Enchantress, and others. 



R. Briggs-Bury, Esq., Bank House, Accrington (gr. Mr. Wilkinson), 

 showed Cypripedium X Minos Young's variety and C. X Beeckmanni, the 

 latter'obtaining a First-class Certificate. This was a very fine hybrid, with 

 greenish-yellow flowers, the dorsal sepal being heavily blotched with dark 

 purple, and the sepals and lip tinged with a lighter colour. 



Capt. G. L. Holford, Westonbirt, Tetbury (gr. Mr. Alexander), exhibited 

 ■Cymbidium X Ballianum, a handsome form believed to be a natural hybrid 

 between C. eburneum and C. Mastersii. The spike bore four pure white 



