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The giving of only one such prize naturally 

 infers in the minds of the public that this 

 exhibitor has staged nothing more than is 

 often seen at the usual fortnightly meetings 

 of the society. In other words, the exhibitor 

 has only received one-half of the award to 

 which he considers himself entitled. Of 

 course, it will probably be argued that having 

 obtained the highest prize, what more can he 

 desire? But we do not consider this view 

 can be maintained. An exhibitor who 

 increases the merit of his group beyond the 

 usual standard is entitled to a corresponding 

 increase in the value of his reward. 



Now we pass on to the next degree of 

 merit : those trade exhibitors who staged 

 groups sufficiently meritorious to be termed 

 Gold Medal Standard. These were awarded 

 Silver-gilt Cups, a prize of second degree 

 value. Likewise, right down the scale, every 

 exhibitor received a reward of smaller value 

 than he considered himself entitled to. 



The Chelsea Show is not a separate 

 society with its own standard of awards, but 

 is one of the periodical exhibitions of the 

 R.H.S., at which everyone expects the 

 Society's recognised standard of awards will 

 be upheld. No matter how important, or 

 otherwise, the exhibitor may be, he has a 

 fairly correct notion of the degree of 

 excellence which, in accordance with the 

 R.H..S. standard, should be placed upon his 

 group ; hut when he receives a reward of 

 several degrees less value he very naturally 

 considers that, in the eyes of the public, his 

 commercial prestige has fallen accordingly. 



The largest trade growers will no doubt 

 remain fully satisfied so long as they obtain 

 the highest award offered, but in the case of 

 the smaller growers the circumstances are 

 different. Take, for example, a man who 

 exhibits regularly at the fortnightly meetings 

 of the R.H.S., and considers himself and his 

 business reputation fully balanced by the 

 award of a third-class f)rize ; his customers 

 and the many others who read the printed 

 reports acquire a mental conception of this 

 exhibitor's ability ; but when the same 

 individuals read the reports of the great 

 Chelsea Show and notice that only a fifth-rate 



prize has been awarded, then a serious 

 degradation to his prestige occurs. At all 

 these important shows each exhibitor not 

 only attempts, but generally succeeds, in 

 surpassing his previous results, and expects, 

 accordingly, to receive corresponding recog- 

 nition. The receipt of an award inferior to 

 his expectations is not only a disappointing 

 defeat, but is poor encouragement for future 

 occasions. 



The R.H.S. requires a new and higher 

 award for groups of the enlarged and 

 meritorious condition lately seen at Chelsea. 

 If something in the way of a Prix d'honneur 

 or CEuvre d'art can be instituted, the Gold 

 Medal and lower awards can be kept in their 

 original and recognised standards. 



NEW HYBRIDS. 



L^lio-Cattleya Canary. — A very 

 interesting hybrid raised in the Scampston 

 Hall collection by Mr. F. C. Puddle. The 

 parents are L. cinnabrosa (cinnabrosa x 

 tenebrosa) and C. citrina. The flower has a 

 total width of 4I' inches, the fleshy segments 

 rather narrow, the labellum three-lobed, the 

 median one much extended, but contracted 

 in its middle portion, as is usual in cinna- 

 barina. The colour is rich golden citron 

 evenly suffused throughout. This makes a 

 pleasing addition to the citrina hybrids, an 

 account of which will be found in \V)1. III., 

 p. 228. L.-C. Canary has the additional 

 charm of being sweetly scented. 



L^LIO-Cattleya Domos. — Messrs. Stuart 

 Low and Co. have produced this elegant 

 hybrid, the parents being L.-C. Dommiana 

 and C. Mossias. The segments are broad, of 

 rich rose colour, while the labellum is well 

 developed, of reddish-purple colour, and 

 veined with golden yellow. 



Brasso-Cattleya Rex. — The result of 

 crossing C. Rex and B. Digbyana, raised in 

 the collection of Mr. Burkinshaw, Hessle. 

 Flowers of yellowish-green colour, closely 

 resembling the Brassavola parent. 



Brasso-Cattleya Irene.— An elegant 



result raised by Messrs. J. and A. McBean, 



