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THE ORCHID WORLD. 
C. MauQiae splendens, Cattleya Octave Doin, 
and the beautiful Houlletia Sanderas. 
Alessrs. Armstrong and Brown, Tunbridge 
Wells, received a Silver Medal for a very 
good group of the best Cypripediums : the 
very pretty Cyp. Admiral Wilson (Ville de 
Paris X Leeanum), the new C. Uuke of Con- 
naught, which gained an Award of Merit, the 
distinct C. insigne Burnside variety, and C. 
Euryades New Hall Hey variety. Sophro- 
Cattleya Saxa and Odontoglossum aspersum 
w^ere also shown. 
Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Enfield, showed 
a good group, for which a Silver Banksian 
Medal was awarded, one of the most inter- 
esting plants being Buibophyllum lemnisca- 
toides ; Liparis multiflora, Vanda Amesiana, 
a Brasso-Cattleya hybrid (callistoglossa x Mrs. 
J. Leemann), several Odontiodas, and some 
good Cypripediums. 
Messrs. J. Cypher and Sons, Cheltenham, 
received a Silver Banksian Medal for a good 
group of Cypripediums. The following 
varieties were specially noted : — aureum vir- 
ginalis, Thompsonii, Mrs. Wm. Mostyn, Beeck- 
manii, Fascinator, Van Dyke, and the elegant 
Minos Youngii. 
Messrs. Hassall and Co., Orchid Nursery, 
Southgate, exhibited Cypripedium Beryl, a 
strong plant with three fine flowers. 
Mr. E. V. Low, Vale Bridge, Haywards 
Heath, .sent a very large broad-petalled form 
of Cattleya Trianas named Goliath. 
Messrs. James and A. A. McBean, Cooks- 
bridge, sent Cattleya chocoensis alba, a large 
plant with four flowers, Cattleya Empress 
Frederick, and a well-grown plant of Cypri- 
pedium Beryl. 
AWARDS. 
First-class Certificate. 
Odontoglossum crispum Peacock, from 
Lieut.-Col. Sir George L. Holford, K.C.V.O., 
Westonbirt (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander). One 
of the finest-shaped and most beautiful 
varieties of crispum seen. The flowers are 
pure white with bright reddish-crimson 
blotches on the sepals and petals. The lip 
is equally well marked. The spike had twelve 
flowers. 
Odontoglossum Harwoodii (Wiganianum x 
inaculatum auriferum), from Messrs. Charles- 
worth and Co., Haywards Heath. See p. 13O. 
Award of Merit. 
Brasso-Catcleya Euterpe (C. Schilleriana x 
B.-C. Digbyano-Mossiae), from Lieut.-Col. Sir 
George L. Holford, K.C.V.O. (gr. Mr. H. G. 
Alexander). See p. 123. 
Odontoglossum Mariae (Uro-Skinneri x 
Queen Alexandra), from Messrs. Charlesworth 
and Co. 
Miltonia Warscewiczii picta, from Messrs. 
Charlesworth and Co. One of the most dis- 
tinct and beautiful forms of this pretty Mil- 
tonia yet seen. Sepals and petals are hght 
brown tipped with yellow. The lip is broad 
and deeply stained with dark rose pigment. 
Cypripedium Duke of Connaught (Beryl x 
nitens G. S. Ball's variety), from Messrs. Arm- 
strong and Brown, Tunbridge Wells. See 
p. 123. 
Cultural Certificate 
To Mr. H. G. Alexander, orchid grower to 
Lieut.-Col. Sir George L. Holford, K.C.V.O., 
for a finely-grown specimen of the beautiful 
Laelia anceps Chamberlainiana with ten 
spikes, bearing altogether twenty-one flowers. 
February 14th. 
Members of the Orchid Committee present : 
Mr. J. Gurney Fowler (in the chair), and 
Messrs. Harry J. Veitch, Stuart Low, Fred. J. 
Hanbury, Gurney Wilson, T. Armstrong, 
A. McBean, Walter Cobb, J. Charlesworth, 
J. Cypher, W. H. Hatcher, H. G. Alexander, 
J. E. .Shill, Arthur Dye, W. H. White, H. Bal- 
lantine, J. Wilson Potter, W. Bolton, de B. 
Crawshay, C. Cookson, J. S. Moss, and Sir 
Jeremiah Colman, Bart. 
Lieut.-Col. Sir George L. Holford, K.C.V.O., 
Westonbirt (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander), received 
a Silver-gilt Lindlev Medal for an excellent 
group of Laelia anceps, which included most 
of the named white varieties. There were 
about twenty plants, several of them having 
as many as 36 flowers on each, the total num- 
ber of spikes being 94, and carrying in all 
330 flowers. A magnificent specimen of 
Cattleya Trianas Hydra received a Cultural 
