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oi Oncidium macranthum with over 350 
flovverb. 
To Mr. J. Davis, lor Anguloa Cliftonii 
wilh SIX large flowers, all finely developed. 
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July 1 8th, igi I. 
Members of the Orchid Committee present : 
J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. (in the chair), and 
Messrs. Jas. O'Brien (hon. sec.), W. Bolton, 
J. Wilson Potter, de Barri Crawshay, Richd. 
G. Thwaites, H. J. Veitch, A. A. McBean, 
W. H. Hatcher, Walter Cobb, C. J. Lucas, 
Gurney Wilson, and Sir Jeremiah Colman, 
Bart. 
Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, were 
awarded a Silver Banksian Medal for an 
effective group containing many interesting 
Orchids, the best being : Catasetum macu- 
latum, the beautiful BoUea coeleste, Maxil- 
laria venusta, Pachystoma Thompsonianum, 
the very interesting Bulbophyllum barbi- 
gerum, Cycnoches Peruvia la, Acmeta chry- 
santha, and a strong plant of Stanhopea 
inodora with two spikes, one of which carried 
seven flowers The more showy Orchids 
included Cattleya intermedia alba, the elegant 
Brasso-Cattleya Mrs. J. Leemann, Laslio- 
Cattleya Pluto, the pretty L.-C. Antigone, 
Cattleya Schilleriana, Odontoglossum Rolfeae, 
the curious Cypripedium Parishii, Laelio- 
Cattleya Martinettii, and L.-C. Henry 
Greenwood. 
Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Bush Hill 
Park, Enfield, were awarded a Silver 
Banksian Medal for an excellent group, in 
which we noticed the handsome Stanhopea 
tigrina, a good variety of Cattleya Mossiae, 
the pretty Oncidium Lanceanum, Miltonia 
vexillaria, the highly coloured Disa grandi- 
flora, several good varieties of Cattleya 
Mendelii, Dendrobium regium, Masdevallia 
Veitchii grandiflora, a large flowering variety 
of Cattleya gigas, Oncidium macranthum, 
Brassia verrucosa, Cypripedium Frau Ida 
Brandt, Cyp. gigas, the effective Epidendrum 
vitellinum majus, and Epidendrum Brassa- 
volas with a good spike of more than 20 
flowers. 
Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 
Heath, exhibited a selection of very choice 
Orchids. The following were much admired : 
Stanhopea oculata carrying a spike of six 
flowers, the rare Odontoglossum Schlie- 
perianum citratum, O. ardentissimum, Laelio- 
Cattleya Sibyl (C. Mendelii x L.-C. Can- 
hamiana), a very pretty hybrid, the richly - 
coloured Sophro-Laelio-Cattleya Pandora, 
Cirrhaea saccata viridissima, the very beauti- 
ful Vanda Miss Joaquim, a good )/ellow 
variety of Anguloa Cliftonii, Satyrium corii- 
folium, Eria longispicata with three spikes of 
bloom, a fine plant of the rare Cymbidium 
Huttonii with a spike of 12 flowers, two mag- 
nificent varieties of Vanda coerulea, the flower 
of one measuring over five inches across, and 
a new Cattleya hybrid between C. Gaskel- 
liana alba and C. labiata Gilmouriae. 
Messrs. J. and A. A. McBean, Cooksbridge, 
Sussex, staged a group of well-grown Orchids. 
The following were the most noticeable : 
Dendrobium regium, the red-flowering Coch- 
lioda, Noezliana, Odontioda Charlesworthii, 
O. St. Fuscien, an extremely pretty variety 
of Miltonia Hyeana, Odontoglossum crispum 
xanthotes Peeters' variety, several excellent 
varieties of Cattleya Mendelii, the pretty 
white flowering Dendrobium Dearei, Oncidium 
Schlimii with an enormous number of small 
yellow flowers, Cattleya gigas of very fine 
size and quality, and several excellent 
varieties of Odontoglossum crispum. 
F. J. Hanbury, Esq., Brockhurst, East 
Grinstead, exhibited Cattleya Miss Harris, 
Brockhurst variety. A richly coloured hybrid 
resulting from Cattleya Mossi£e x Cattleya 
Schilleriana. 
H. S. Goodson, Esq., Fairlawn, Putney (gr. 
Mr. Day), exhibited Cattleya Rex with three 
flowers on a spike. 
de Barri Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Seven- 
oaks, showed Odontoglossum Rosefieldiense 
of almost solid ground colour, thus differing 
from the one figured on page 122. Also a 
good broad petaled variety of Odontoglossum 
Waltonense, the lip being richly blotched ; 
and Odontioda Nemesis (O. Hallii x C. 
Noezliana), a poor shaped hybrid of a dull 
yellowish red. 
