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plants which attracted attention were L.-C. 
G. G. Whitelegge, L.-C. ilsingtonensis, several 
good varieties of Cattleya Adula and C. Fabia, 
C aurea, C. Gaskelliana coerulea, and a strong 
plant of Coelia macrostachya with th/ee flower 
spikes. Amongst the other good things in 
this group were Stenoglottis longifolia, Hou- 
lettia Brocklehurstiana, Zygopetalum Gautieri, 
Bifrenaria tetragona, and Cirrhopetalum Rox- 
burghii. 
Messrs. Wm. Bull and Sons, Chelsea, exhi- 
bited a group of Cattleyas, chiefly varieties 
of C. Pittiana ; C. Chesnelliana, C. McMaster- 
si^, and C. Adula were also included, together 
with Odontioda Wilsonii and Cypripedium 
Chas. Richman. Silver Banksian Medal. 
Mr. Edward V. Low, Vale Bridge, Hay- 
wards Heath, sent some very good and well- 
grown Cypripediums, including C. King 
Edward VII. (nitens x Rothschildianum), the 
beautiful C. Rossetti, C. William Lloyd super- 
bum, C. Sanacders, C. Maudiae, several well- 
flowered plants of C. Fairrieanum, and a good 
variety of Cattleya Elvina (Schilleriana x 
Trianae). 
Messrs. James Cypher and Sons, Chelten- 
ham, staged a g^'oup of plants which contained 
many excellent Cypripediums, such as C. 
Maudiae, C. triumphans, C. Niobe, C. Milo, 
and C. Memoria Moensii. Other species and 
hybrids were Miltonia vexillaria Leopoldii, 
Pleione lagenaria, Sophro-Laelio-Cattleya 
Medea, and several Masdevallias. 
Messrs. Stanley and Co., Southgate, sent a 
selection of the pretty Cattleya iridescens and 
several plants of L.-C. Walter Gott. 
Messrs. James and A. A. McBean, Cooks- 
bridge, sent Cypripedium Ge/main Opoix. 
AWARDS. 
First-Class Certificate. 
Cypripedium Shogun (parentage unknown), 
from Lieut.-Col. Sir George L. Holford, 
K.C.V.O. (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander).— A mag- 
nificent flower, not unlike insigne Harefield 
Hall, but more chubby ; the upper part of the 
dorsal sepal is white, the lower part pale 
yellowish-green and well covered with purple 
spots. The sepals and petals are yellow, 
veined with brownish purple. (See figure.) 
Awards of Merit. 
Cattleya Dirce magnifica (Warscewiczii x 
Vulcan), from Lieut.-Col. Sir George Holford, 
K.C.V.O. — A very fine Cattleya, having a 
large rosy-mauve flower, the lip being veined 
with thin gold lines. 
Cattleya Luegas (Enid x Dowiana Rosita), 
from Messrs. Charlesworth and Co. — One of 
the finest Cattleyas seen. Sepals and petals 
are very broad, of magenta-rose colour veined 
with mauve. The lip, which is very broad 
and deeply crimped, is of purple colour with 
gold lines. 
Laelia Degeestiana Thompsonii (Jongheana 
alba X flava), from W. Thompson, Esq., Stone, 
Stafford (gr. Mr. W. Stevens). — A peculiar 
flower, much resembling L. Jongheana alba, 
only with a dark yellow lip. 
Phaius Cooperi, from Messrs. Sander and 
Sons. — Petals and sepals dark red with white 
margin ; the lip is white with purple marking 
in the throat. It received a Botanical Certi- 
ficate on January i ith, igio. 
October nth, 1910. 
Orchid Committee present : J. Gurney 
Fowler, Esq. (in the chair), and Messrs. Jas. 
O'Brien (hon. sec), Harry J. Veitch, Gumey 
Wilson, J. Charlesworth, C. H. Curtis, Henry 
Little, F. Sander, W. Bolton, W. Cobb, R. G. 
Thwaites, Stuart Low, A. A. McBean, F. J. 
Hanbury, W. H. Hatcher, W. P. Bound, H. G. 
Alexander, A. Dye, J. Cypher, and Sir 
Jeremiah Colman, Bart. 
R. G. Thwaites, Esq., Chessington, Christ- 
church Road, Streatham (gr. Mr. J. M. Black), 
received a Silver Flora Medal for a good 
group composed chiefly of hybrids. Included 
in it were several fine varieties of Cattleya 
Fabia, C. Iris, and C. Adula, several good 
plants of Brasso-Cattleya Mrs. J. Leeman, a 
selection of Odontiodas, and a nice plant of 
the pure white Laelia pumila alba. 
Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, were 
awarded a Silver Flora Medal for a large 
group which contained many fine plants. We 
noticed a specimen of Bulbophyllum Medusae, 
a fine plant of B. viresoens, and several 
good Cattleyas, such as Iris, Adula, and 
