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claret lip ; Brasso-Cattleya Pluto, and a good 
Cattleya Iris aurifera were also sent. 
From Mr. W. Miller came some Lselio- 
Cattleyas, and Cypripediums. 
AWARDS. 
First-class Certificates. 
Cattleya Ins var. King Edward VII. (aurea 
X bicolor), from H. S. Goodson, Esq. (gr., 
Mr. G. E. Day). — The largest and finest C. 
Iris yet seen, sepals and petals are yellowish- 
sap-green, with slight veining, and a broad 
amethyst-purple lip. 
Laslio-Cattleya Berthe Fournier magnifica 
(L.-C. elegans x C. aurea), from Lieut.- 
Col. Sir George L. Holford, Westonbirt (gr. 
Mr. H. G. Alexander). — This variety differs 
from the ordinary hybrid, of which some very 
fine specimens have already been exhibited 
from the Westonbirt collection, by the lip 
taking more after the style of C. Iris, but 
much broader. The sepals and petals are 
reddish-rose, with a golden-yellow glow, and 
the lip bright amethyst-purple. 
Awards of Merit. 
Cypripedium Angela (niveum x Fair- 
rieanum), fromi Mrs. Norman Cookson (gr. 
Mr. H. J. Chapman). — See " New Plants." 
Odontioda Cecilia (C. Noezliana x O. 
Wiganianum), from R. G. Thwaites, Esq. (gr. 
Mr. J. M. Black).— See " New Plants." 
Cattleya Adula Thwaites' variety, from 
R. G. Thwaites, Esq. — A fine flower, with 
rosy-lilac flowers and a broad deep-purple lip. 
Botanical Certificate. 
Bulbophyllum polyblepharis, from Sir 
Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O. — A curious 
little species, looking like a small Pleuro- 
thallis, the flowers are borne singly on thin 
stems, two or three inches high. The sepals 
are narrow, the petals very small, and the lip 
is very distinct, being densely covered with 
almost black hairs. 
Cultural Commendation. 
To Mr. W. H. White (orchid grower to Sir 
Trevor Lawrence, K.C.V.O.) for a large plant 
of Dendrobium Hookerianum (syn. chrysotis), 
— For description, see page 15. 
The Royal Horticultural Society will hold 
Flower Shows at Vincent .Square, West- 
minster, on the following dates during the 
remainder of the present year : October 
nth, 25th; November 8th, 22nd; and 
December 6th. 
Any readers who have Orchids of special 
merit are advised to enter them before the 
Orchid Committee as early in the morning of 
the date of the Show as possible, certainly 
not later than 11.30 a.m. The committee 
will meet at the usual hour, which is twelve 
o'clock. 
The Temple Show will be held, as before, 
in igii, but in the following year a great 
International Show will take its place ; 
arrangements are already well advanced, and 
we hope before long to give oux- readers full 
particulars of this important event. 
Since the Exhibition of 1866, which was 
the last one of an international kind, a great 
change has taken place in the Orchid World. 
At that time hybrids had hardly been thought 
of ; now they play the most important part in 
the making of almost all the best groups at 
our principal shows. 
The Summer Show which, by the kindness 
of Mary Countess of Ilchester, has on past 
occasions been held at Holland House, will 
next year be held at Olympia, on July 4th, 
5th and 6th, as the Countess wishes it to be 
known that she will be unable to invite the 
Society to hold it in her grounds in igii. 
The editor of the Horticultural Directory, 
12, Mitre Court Chambers, Fleet Street, 
London, will be obliged if head gardeners 
will notify him of any changes of title or 
address that have occurred since October, 
1909. 
