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Merit for Laelia purpurata Baronshalt var., a beautiful white form, with the 

 front lobe of the lip pale rosy lilac, and some purple lines on the yellow disc. 



H. T. Pitt, Esq., Stamford Hill (gr. Mr. Thurgood), sent a line specimen 

 of Cattleya intermedia Lowryana, with a slaty blue front lobe to the lip, 

 and Odontoglossum crispum xanthotes Snow Queen, a beautiful white form 

 blotched with orange yellow. 



C. A. Morris Field, Esq., Sevenoaks (gr. Mr. Edwards), sent a well- 

 flowered example of Dendrobium Devonianum. 



Captain G. L. Holford, CLE., Westonbirt (gr. Mr. Alexander), sent a 

 well-flowered example of Odontoglossum X Hallio-crispum. 



C. J. Lucas, Esq., Warnham Court (gr. Mr. Duncan), sent Odonto- 

 glossum crispum warnhamense, very prettily and evenly spotted with 

 purple on all the segments. 



F. Wellesley, Esq., Woking (gr. Mr. Gilbert), staged a very pretty little 

 group, containing Laelio-cattleya X Vinesiae ignescens (L. tenebrosa X 

 L.-c. X Phoebe), L.-c. X Baldockiana exquisita (C. Gaskelliana X L. 

 cinnabarina), a pretty clear yellow hybrid, L.-c. X Lucia Westfield var., 

 Laelia X cinnabrosa, the fine Cypripedium X Colossus, and C. X 

 Hopkinsianum (bellatulum X Mastersianum), a pretty whitish flower tinged 

 and thickly spotted with purple. 



Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, received a First-class Certificate for 

 a handsome Cymbidium, called C. Sanderae, which proves to be a variety 

 of the very rare C. Parishii. A note appears on page 163. 



Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, staged a very beautiful group, 

 which gained a Silver Flora Medal. It contained a number of good plants 

 of Masdevallia Veitchiana and M. ignea, Oncidium Marshallianum, 

 Dendrobium Bensonae, D. thyrsiflorum, and other Dendrobes, some showy 

 Cattleya Mossiae, Mendelii, and citrina, Laelia purpurata, several good 

 Laelio-cattleya X Wellsiana, L.-c. X Daphne, L.-c. X Ascania, L.-c. X 

 Zephyra, L.-c. X Hyeana, Epidendrum X elegantulum, E. X O'Brienianum 

 Cypripedium X Ajax (C. X Germinyanum X Chamberlainianum), &c. 



Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Bush Hill Park, gained a Silver Banksian 

 Medal for a bright group, including some good Cattleya Mossiae, the variety 

 Reineckeana being very beautiful, a well-flowered C. intermedia, C. 

 Skinned with twenty flower spikes, some excellent forms of Laelia 

 purpurata, Dendrobium Bensonae, and the unblotched variety xanthina, 

 Lycaste aromatica, L. cochlearis, and other showy things. 



Messrs. William Cutbush & Son, Highgate, received a Botanical 

 Certificate for the pretty little Cypripedium californicum. It has leafy 

 stems, terminated by a raceme of six or seven yellowish flowers with a 

 white lip. They also exhibited a number of hardy terrestrial Orchids, 

 including several British species, in a group of Alpine plants, to which a 



