ttJE ORcMiD World. 
Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, ex- 
hibited Cattleya vivicans (velutina x Fabia), 
a pretty flower with brownish-rose sepals and 
petals and a broad hp venied with dark-rose ; 
also Brasso-Cattleya Pluto pulchra and 
Cattleya micans (Warscewiczii x Wavrinianei). 
Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Bush Hill 
Park, Enfield, exhibited Cattleya Thurgood- 
lana (Hardyana x Luddemanniana), a large 
flower, and a good typical form of Cattleya 
Dowiana. 
AWARDS. 
First-class Certificate. 
Cattleya Rhoda illurninata (Hard>ana x 
Iris). From Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., 
Haywards Heath. One of the finest varieties 
of this beautiful hybrid. In size and shape 
it much resembles Cattleya Dowiana Rosita, 
the sepals and petals being bright-yellow 
tinged and veined with rose ; the lip is 
particularly well developed, and is of a deep 
claret-crimson. 
Awards of Merit. 
Trichopilia Lehmanni, from Sir Trevor 
Lawrence, Bart, K.C.V.O. (gr. Mr. W. H. 
White). A very pretty species, having thir- 
teen snow-white flowers borne three or four 
on a spike, the large lip having an orange- 
coloured disc. 
Sophro-Laeho-Cattleya Goodsonii (S.-L. 
heatonensis x L.-C. luminosa), from H. S. 
Goodson, Esq., Fairlawn, Putney (gr. Mr. 
G. E. Day). An attractive hybrid, the sepals 
and petals being rose-purple in colour with a 
suspicion of yellow on the surface, the long 
hp is claret colour. 
Gongora leucochila, from Messrs. Charles- 
worth and Co., Haywards Heath. One of 
the finest specieSi, the pure-white lip being 
conspicuously marked with a large chocolate 
blotch on each side. 
NORTH OF ENGLAND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Harrogate, Ajagust 15th, 
Members of the Orchid Committee present : 
G. W. Jessop, Esq. (m the chair), and Messrs. 
Gurney Wilson (hon. sec), W. Mansell, G. 
Taylor, F. C. Puddle, F. W. Corney, W. 
Shackleton, J. T. Barker, A. G. EUwood, 
A. J. Hall, W^ H. Hatcher, J. Cowan, 
G. W. Musk. 
The Delegates from the Royal Horti- 
cultural Society made the following awards 
for groups of Orchids : Silver-gilt Flora 
Medal to Messrs. Charlesworth and Co. ; 
Silver-gilt Banksian Medal to Messrs. 
Mansell and Hatcher ; Silver Flora Medal to 
Mr. E. V. Low ; Bronze Flora Medal to 
Messrs. Keeling and Sons. 
Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 
Heath, were awarded the Society's Silver-gilt 
Medal for a group containing many excellent 
specimens. The following were specially 
noticed : Odontoglossum bictonensc album, 
Odontonia Lairessae, several good varieties 
of Vanda coerulea, L^lio- Cattleya Nysa, 
L.-C. callistoglossa, an almost white form of 
Miltonia vexillaria, the elegant Oncidium 
Lanceanum, a good form of Cattleya Rhoda, 
C. gigas, the new Oncidioda Charlesworthii, 
and Brasso-Cattleya Maronae. 
Messrs. Mansell and Hatcher, Rawdon, 
Yorks, were also awarded a Silver-gilt Medal 
for an extensive group in which were large, 
well-grown plants of Cattleya Atalanta, a 
very distinct variety of Vanda Kimballiana, 
having an almost white hp. Phalaenopsis 
Esmeralda, a particularly large form of 
Dendrobium formosum, tlie scarce Coelogyne 
asperata, Miltonia St. Andre, Odontioda 
Goodsoniae, O. Thwaitesii, the pretty Brasso- 
Cattleya Pocahontas alba, and a good variety 
of Aerides Houlletiana. 
Mr. Ed. V. Low, Haywards Heath, received 
a Silver Medal for a good group containing 
a specimen plant of Cattleya Gaskelliana 
alba, C. Caduceus, two distinct varieties of 
