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R. G. Thwaites, Esq., Chessington, Streat- 

 ham (gr. Mr. J. M. Black), showed Cattleya 

 Adula Thwaites variety, a \'ery fine flower, 

 and Lasha pumila alba Purity, a pure-white 

 flower with a slight tinge of yellow in the 

 throat. 



Samuel Larkin, Esq., The Ridigways, Hasle- 

 mere (gr. Mr. Hales), received a Silver 

 Banksian Medal for an effective group. In- 

 cluded in it were several good Cattleyas of the 

 Iris type, C. Maronii, C. Caduceus, and the 

 pretty Vanda violacea. 



W. Waters Butler, Esq. (gr. Mr. R. H. Jones), 

 exhibited a seedling between Cattleya aurea 

 and Cattleya Hardyana, the result being 

 very similar to Cattleya Hardyana Massaiana. 

 The sepals and petals were marbled with rose 

 colour, and the lip was particularly good and 

 well coloured. 



H. S. Goodson, Esq., Eairlawn, Putney (gr. 

 Mr. G. E. Day), exhibited a few good plants, 

 one being the very fine La^lio- Cattleya St. 

 Gothard, a remarkable hybrid. Others in- 

 cluded S.-L. heatonense, S.-L.-C. Nestor, and 

 Laelia elegans Turneri. 



Messrs. CharTesworth and Co., Haywards 

 Heath, were awarded a Silver Banksian Medal 

 for a group of rare Orchids. The best being 

 their new Odontotflossum Harwoodii, " The 

 Shrubbery variety." Others included Vanda 

 Marguerite Maron (teres x sua\as), Cypripe- 

 dium Daisy Barclay, and a Cypripedium 

 hybrid between Fairrieanum and glauco- 

 phyllum. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, 

 received a Silver Banksian Medal for a large 

 group containing many Cattleyas, Laslio-Catt- 

 leyas, and several rare Orchids. Those of 

 special merit being Catasetum maculatum, the 

 curious Uropedium Lindenii, Vanda Sander- 

 iana, and the singular Sievkingia peruviana. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Bush Hill 

 Park, received a Silver Banksian Medal for 

 a very good group containing a fine form of 

 Cattleya Iris Caesar, with a rich crimson lip, 

 Cattleya Gaskelliana The Princess, a fine 

 form of Cattleya Hardyana, the blue flowering 

 Dendrobium Victoria Regina, and, along the 

 back row, many varieties of the autumn flower- 

 ing Oncidiums. 



Messrs. Jas. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, 

 exhibited Laelio-Cattleya Violetta, Cattleya 

 Hardyana, Cypripedium Maudias magnificum, 

 and other excellent plants 



Messrs. Hassall and Co., Southgate, were 

 awarded a Silver Banksian Medal for an effec- 

 tive group of well-grown Orchids. Included 

 in it were the dark-purple flowering Miltonia 

 Moreliana. Cattleya Thurgoodiana, several 

 distinct varieties of LTlio-Cattleya Walter 

 Gott, and the elegant Zygopetalum rostratum. 



Mr. E. V. Low, Va!e Bridge, Haywards 

 Heath, exhibited some rare and interesting 

 Orchids. Those of special merit being a large 

 plant cf Cirrhopetalum ornatissimum, Cypri- 

 pedium Maudias, C. Germaine Opoix, C. Ros- 

 settii Westonbirt var., and Brasso-Laelia 

 Tessopii. 



AWARDS. 



First-Class Certificate. 



Odontoglossum Harwoodii " The Shrub- 

 bery variety " (maculatum auriferum x 

 Wiganianum), from Messrs. Charlesworth and 

 Co. — A very remarkable and distinct flower, 

 being even finer than the one certificated on 

 January 31st, igi i. The flowers are some- 

 what flatly arranged, the broad lip being a 

 distinct feature. The whole flower is a bright 

 buttercup yellow with rich dark-purple spot- 

 ting, the hp having several large blotches of 

 the same colour. 



Awards of Merit. 



Cattleya Freya var. Mrs. Frederick Sassoon 

 (Ma,ntinii nigrans x Dowiana aurea), from 

 Francis Wellesley, Esq., Westfield, Woking 

 (gr. Mr. Hopkins). — This large and beautiful 

 hybrid) is far finer than any Mantinii cross 

 previously seen. The sepals and petals are 

 rich rosy-mauve, and the lip ruby-crimson with 

 bright gold veining. 



Epidendrum Laucheanum, from Sir Trevor 

 Lawrence, Bart. (gr. Mr. W. H. White). — A 

 very remarkable species with slender pendu- 

 lous racemes over two feet in length, the 

 numerous small flowers having purplish sepals 

 and petals and a yellow lip. 



