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THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



with a superb group, whose excellence alike in quality and culture was 

 recognised by the award of a Gold Medal. The sensation of the Show, 

 however, was a most remarkable hybrid between Odontoglossum Pescatorei 

 and the brilliant orange-scarlet Cochlioda Ncetzliana, called Odontioda X 

 Vuylstekece, from M. Ch. Vuylsteke, of Ghent, which gained both a First- 

 class Certificate and a Silver-gilt Lindley Medal. The Orchid Committee 

 awards comprised four First-class Certificates, four Awards of Merit, and 

 one Cultural Commendation. 



Baron Sir H. Schroder, The Dell, Staines (gr. Mr. Ballantine), staged 

 a splendid group, excellent in quality, culture, and arrangement, which 

 gained the award of a Gold Medal. It contained good examples of most of 

 the showy species of the season, including some beautiful forms of Odonto- 

 glossum crispum, and others, the remarkable O. X Coradinei mirabile, O. 

 X elegantius, O. Pescatorei virginale, O. crispum Rex, Zygopetalum X 

 Perronoudi, the brilliant Renanthera Imschootiana with an inflorescence of 

 four branches, Miltonia Warscewiczii albescens, Dendrobium X illustre, 

 the rare Spathoglottis aurea, the beautiful Cypripedium callosum Sanders, 

 some brilliant Cattleyas, Laslio-cattleyas, and other good things, which it 

 would take too much space to enumerate in detail. This remark also 

 applies to many of the succeeding groups, as a full report would occupy 

 much more space than we can afford. 



Sir Frederick Wigan, Bart., East Sheen (gr. Mr. Young), staged a very 

 beautiful group, which gained the Special Prize offered for the most taste- 

 ful arrangement. It was a rich and varied group, in which we noted some 

 good Odontoglossum crispum, O. polyxanthum, O. cordatum, the brilliant 

 Cochlioda Noetzliana, Miltonia vexillaria memoria G. D. Owen, having a 

 very dark blotch at the base of the lip, M. X Bleuana, Aerides Fieldingii, 

 Brassia brachiata, a good form of Oncidium sarcodes, O. Gardneri, 

 Zygonisia X Rolfeana with two racemes ; a fine Dendrobium thyrsiflorum, 

 Phalcenopsis amabilis, Laelia majalis with twin-flowered scape, Brasso- 

 cattleya X striata, Cattleya Skinneri alba, Nanodes Medusas, Cypripedium 

 bellatulum, C. b. album, good examples of C. niveum, C. X Eira 

 {Chamberlainianum X clarense), some brilliant Cattleyas and Laelio- 

 cattleyas, Cymbidium tigrinum, a fine C. Lowianum, and C. Devonianum 

 with six fine racemes, the latter receiving a Cultural Commendation. 



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

 an excellent group, which gained a Silver Cup. Cattleyas and Laelio- 

 •cattleyas were in the ascendant, and we noted C. Mossise Wageneri 

 and other good forms of the species, Lselio-cattleya Fascinator, L.-c. 

 X Ascania, L.-c. X G. S. Ball, Ccelogyne pandurata, Brassavola 

 Digbyana, Cymbidium tigrinum, Cypripedium niveum, with nine flowers, 

 including three twin-flowered scapes, C. callosum Sanderae, C. X 



