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The group contained many very fine hybrid 
Odontoglossums, including Dora, Jasper, 
good forms of illustrissimum, the large 
flowered Williamsianum, and several excel- 
lent forms of crispum. The scarlet and red 
Odontiodas were conspicuous, and the many 
graceful spikes of Oncidiums added a decor- 
ative effect. Other notable plants mcluded 
Cattleya Mossise aureola, a very distinct and 
beautful variety, Anguloa Rucken, Miltonia 
vexillaria Queen Alexandra, the curious 
Cycnoches Chlorochilon, Cattleya Mendelii 
coerulescens, C. Warneri alba, the pretty 
Habenaria Susannae, some good varieties of 
Cattleya gigas, Oncidium Lanceanum, the 
rare Angraecum Eichlerianum, Odontoglos- 
sum percultum King George V., with white 
flowers heavily blotched with lilac-purple, 
the brilliant scarlet Disa grandiflora, and 
Laelio-Cattleya Sylvia, the latter obtaining a 
First-class Certificate. 
Messrs. Mansell and Hatcher, Rawdon, 
were awarded a Silver Cup for an extensive 
and well-arranged group containing one of 
the finest selections of Masdevallias which 
has probably been seen for imany years. 
The numerous species and hybrids produced 
a pretty and exceedingly effective display. 
Of the other Orchids, special mention must 
be made of Bifrenaria inodora, Cycnoches 
Chlorochilon (the iSwan Orchid), Cattleya 
Mossiae Wagneri, C. Gaskelliana alba, 
Cypripedium callosum Sanderae, the elegant 
Odontoglossum Uro-Skinneri album, several 
plants of the white Dendrobium Dearei, 
Lycaste Deppei, many very fine plants of 
Phalasnopsis, with their elegant arching 
spikes of flower ; Cattleya Mossiae Ash- 
worthiae, a curious Coryanthes species, the 
interesting Anguloa Clovvesii, many fine 
varieties of Miltonia vexillaria, and Cattleya 
Mossias alba var. Queen Mary, which 
obtained an Award of Merit. 
Messrs. Stuart Low & Co., Bush Hill Park, 
Enfield, were awarded a .Silver Cup for a 
most interesting group of Orchids, which 
contained many choice specimens. The large 
number of fine varieties of Cattleya Warsce- 
wiczii and the many elegant forms of 
Cattleya Mendelii and C. Mossiae attracted 
much attention. Notice must also be made 
of the spider-like Brassia verrucosa, the 
golden yellow Dendrobium Brymerianum, 
D. Dalhousieanum, Cypripedium callosum 
Sanderae, the brilliantly coloured Disa 
grandiflora, Vanda Parishii, Angraecum 
Leonis, several elegant Odontiodas, Thunia 
Marshalliana, Epidendrum prismatocarpum, 
E. vittelinum majus, a dark variety of 
Laelio-Cattleya Dietrichiana, and the curious 
Stanhopea tigrina and S. Devoniensis. The 
centre part of the group contained a large 
number of "well-flowered plants of Renan- 
thera Imschootiana. 
Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park 
(gr. Mr. Collier), exhibited a number of most 
interesting Orchids. Special mention must 
be made of the finely flowered Bulbophyllum 
virescens and B. Ericsonii, the rare Mas- 
devallia elephanticeps, M. Ajax, M. Gargan- 
tua, M. melanoxantha, a large plant of 
Cattleya Rex, a very curious Catasetum, 
Anguloa Cliftonii, the pretty Oncidium 
pumilum, Cattleya Harrisoniana alba, 
Odontioda Vuylstekeae, Miltonia vexillaria 
Queen Alexandra, and Odontoglossum 
Thompsonianum. 
Messrs. Sander and Sons were awarded a 
Silver-gilt Flora Medal for a group contain- 
ing many specially fine Odontoglossums, 
several of which obtained awards. Odontioda 
Zephyr Brilliant was shown with a spike of 
25 flowers, the red colour being slightly 
broken up on the petals ; Odontoglossum 
versicolor (crispo-Harryanum x percultum), 
O. ardentissimum Queen Mary, Odontioda 
ornata Princess Mary with a spike of 24 
flowers, and Cattleya gigas Sanderiana with 
a grand spike of seven flowers were also 
exhibited. 
Mr. E. V. Low, Vale Bridge, Haywards 
Heath, obtained a Silver Banksian Medal for 
an effective group, in which we noticed 
Laelio-Cattleya Clive, of excellent colour ; 
Cattleya Lord Rothschild, C. Mossiae Im- 
perator, three nice plants of Bulbophyllum 
barbigerum, Cypripedium I'Ansonii, C. Wat- 
sonianum, the pure white Cattleya Eldorado 
Wallisii, C. Mossiae Wagneri, the green 
