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W. Thompson, Esq., Stone (gr. Mr. Stevens), sent Odonto"-lossum 

 crispum William Stevens, a handsomely blotched home-raised form. 



F. Wellesley, Esq., Woking (gr. Mr. Hopkins), sent Ladiocattleya X 

 Norba superba, Cypripedium insigne Mrs. F. W. Moore, and C. i. citrinum 

 Truffautianum, two good yellow forms, also two finely coloured varieties of 

 Cattleya labiata, called Minnie and Westfield var. 



an excellent group, including the richly coloured Cattleya labiata King 

 Edward VII., and other showy forms, some good hybrid Calanthes, fine 

 forms of Cypripedium insigne and C. X Leeanum, C. X Orion var. bellum 

 (concolor and insigne Sanders), cream w hite densely spotted with purple, 

 the handsome C. X Mary Beatrice, and some fine forms of C. X Helen II. 

 (insigne X bellatulum). A First-class Certificate was given to a fine form of 

 the latter, called var. Fascinator, a large and handsome cream-yellow flower 

 heavily marked with purple, especially on the dorsal sepal. 



Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Bush Hill Park, staged a fine showy group, 

 which gained a Silver Flora Medal. It contained the handsome Lalio- 

 cattleya X Statteriana, L.-c. X Lady Rothschild, L.-c. X Decia and its 

 beautiful variety alba, Cypripedium insigne Harefield Hall var., with four 

 flowers, C. X Tityus, C. X Don Carlos (? Charlesworthii X Lathamianum), 

 having the dorsal sepal handsomely blotched with rose, Cattleya X mollis, 

 C. X Maroni, C. Dowiana, C. labiata Amesiana, &c. An Award of Merit 

 was given to C. 1. reedleyensis, a beautiful white form tinted with faint pink 

 in front of the yellow disc of the lip. 



Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Bradford, received a Silver Flora Medal for 

 a very rich group, containing several good Cattleya Vulcain, C. X Portia, 

 C. X Fernand Denis, C. X Clarkise, a fine Ladiocattleya X Violetta, L.-c. 

 X bletchleyensis, six richly coloured L.-c. X luminosa, Lycaste X Tunstillii, 

 Trichopilia suavis, Vanda ccerulea, some good Cypripedium X Leeanum, C. 

 X Hitchinsise, C. x Milo, C. insigne trisepalum, having the lateral sepals 

 free, enlarged, and much spotted, cSx. 



Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, also received a Silver Flora 

 Medal for a fine group of hybrid Cattleyas and Laeliocattleyas, the 

 more noteworthy being Cattleya X Wendlandii, Laeliocattleya X 

 Tenos (C. Bowringiana X L.-c. X Nysa), L.-c. X leucoglossa, L.-c. X 

 bletchleyensis, some good L.-c. X Decia, and other Laslia Perrinii crosses^ 

 among which the new L.-c. X ^gina (L. Perrinii X C. X Hardyana) was 

 very promising, the form being good, and the sepals and petals lilac, with a 

 rich purple lip. 



Messrs. Hooley Bros., Bitterne Park, Southampton, sent a pretty little 

 group, consisting of Cypripedium insigne Sanderae, good coloured forms 

 of Cattleya labiata, and two white forms tinged with pink on the lip. 



