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Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 

 Heath, were awarded a Silver Flora Medal 

 for a group of choice hybrids, including" 

 Cattleya Enid, with white sepals and petals ; 

 C. Tityus, with broad petals ; good varieties 

 of C. Trianas ; Laelio-Cattleya bella alba ; 

 Odontoglossum Thwaitesii, of deep rose 

 colour ; O. crispum xanthotes and various 

 Odontiodas. 



Messrs. J. and A. McBean, Cooksbridge, 

 obtained a Silver Flora Medal for a note- 

 worthy exhibit of Cymbidium hybrids, the 

 best being Doris, Alexanderi and Wigan- 

 ianum. Other plants of interest were the 

 handsome Oncidium McBeanianum, Oncid- 

 ioda CooksonijE, good forms of Cattleya 

 Trianae, brightly coloured Odontiodas and 

 the new Laelio-Cattleya Jessamine (L.-C. 

 Oriens x C. chocoensis alba), with canary- 

 yellow flowers. 



Messrs. J. Cypher and Sons, Cheltenham, 

 obtained a Silver Flora Medal for a well- 

 arranged group, in which were good examples 

 of Cymbidium Butterfly, finely flowered 

 plants of Dendrobium nobile, D. melpomene, 

 and D. Ainsworthii, the pretty Angraecum 

 citratum, and a varied selection of the best 

 Cypripediums. 



Messrs. Armstrong and Brown, Tunbridge 

 Wells, were awarded a Silver Banksian Medal 

 for an exhibit containing several plants of the 

 choice Cypripedium Holdenii, the attractive 

 Dendrobium nobile virginale, Miltonias of the 

 vexillaria section, the scarce Laelia harpo- 

 phylla, with orange-red flowers, Cypripedium 

 Rothschildianum, and the handsome Brasso- 

 Cattleya Cliftonii albens. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Jarvisbrook, 

 Sussex, received a Silver Banksian Medal 

 for a group containing well-flowered plants 

 of Dendrobium Jamesianum, the elegant 

 Brasso-Cattleya Marias, Cattleya Trianas, the 

 pretty Phalasnopsis Schilleriana, and a selec- 

 tion of Cymbidiums and good varieties of 

 Laslia anceps. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, 

 received a Bronze Banksian Medal for an 

 exhibit of Cymbidiums, including Alexanderi 

 and roseum, the choice Cattleya Trianas 



Princess Mary, Phal,Tnopsis Stuartiana, and 

 the scarce Oncidium barbatum. B.-L.-C. 

 Everest with a spike of 3 flowers was also 

 shown. 



Baron Bruno Schroder, Englefield Green, 

 exhibited a grand spike of Cymbidium 

 Pauwelsii with 24 well-developed flowers. 



Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, 

 .Surrey, exhibited a selection of interesting 

 species, including Eria globifera, the attrac- 

 tive Cirrhopetalum picturatum, Trias picta, 

 Sarcochilus Fitzgeraldii, S. Hartmannii, as 

 well as quaint Masdevallias. 



F. Menteith Ogilvie, Esq., The Shrubbery, 

 Oxford, exhibited two plants of Lycaste 

 Skinneri alba magnifica, the finest variety of 

 this popular species. Also L. Skinneri 

 armeniaca, with the lip of light apricot-yellow 

 colour. 



W. Waters Butler, Esq., Southfields, 

 Edgbaston, staged Odontoglossum crispum 

 Anzac, a well-cultivated plant with a spike of 

 19 excellent white flowers. 



Messrs. Flory and Black, Slough, exhibited 

 good varieties of Cymbidium Gottianum, C. 

 Alexanderi, the elegant Cypripedium Chris- 

 topher, C. Miss Louisa Fowler, Cattleya 

 Blackii, choice Brasso-Cattleyas and Odonto- 

 glossum Clotilde (eximium x Clytie), a grace- 

 ful hybrid with crimson-tinted flowers. 



Messrs. Hassall and Co., Southgate, staged 

 Cattleya Trianas Sunrise, a pretty, lightly- 

 tinted flower ; C. Mendelii albescens ; Brasso- 

 Cattleya Menda, with a broad and dark lip ; 

 and the singular Sophro-Cattleya Cleopatra. 



Mr. C. F. Waters, Deanlands Nurseries, 

 Balcombe, Sussex, staged Lycaste macro- 

 phylla and L. Skinneri, a fine variety with 

 numerous flowers. 



Saccolabium violaceum. 



