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group of choice Cattleyas, Cypripediums in 

 great variety, and the rare Odontoglossum 

 greinde aureum. 



Messrs. W. B. Hartland and Sons, Balhn- 

 temple, Cork, were awarded a Silver Banksian 

 Medal for a good group of Orchids. 



Messrs. Hassall and Co., Southgate, N., 

 obtained a Bronze Banksian Medal for a well- 

 arranged group cf Cattleya bicolor hybrids, 

 the elegant Angrascum infundibulare, and 

 some cunous botanical species. 



Messrs. J. and A. A. McBean, Cooksbridge, 

 staged a very effective group of well-grown 

 Orchids, the Cattleya Fabias being specially 

 fine. A new Laelio-Cattleya was also shown. 



Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, 

 staged a very pretty group of the pure-white 

 Calanthe Harrisii, and Cypripedium James 

 O'Brien, an improvement on insigne Harefield 

 Hall. 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O., 

 Burford, Dorking (gr. Mr. White), exhibited 

 the elegant Zygopetalum Ballii. 



St. Whitlaw, Esq., Amerden, Taplow, 

 Bucks (gr. Mr. Mitchell), exhibited Cypri- 

 pedium amerdense. 



Mrs. T. B. Hay-\vood, Woodhatch, Reigate 

 (gr. Mr. Barrett), sent a good shaped C)'pri- 

 pedium hybrid between Euryades and 

 Harrisianum. 



F. Wellesley, Esq., V\'estfield, Woking (gr. 

 Mr. Hopkins), staged Cattleya labiata Her 

 Majesty The Queen, a large white flower. 



Capt. J. F. Laycock, Wiseton, Bawtry (gr. 

 Mr. Musk), sent a well-grown plant of Laelio- 

 Cattleya Henry Greenwood. 



Messrs. Mansell and Hatcher, Rawdon, 

 Yorks, exhibited a good i)lant of Angraecum 

 Kotschyi growing on a piece of tree It 

 carried two long spikes of flowers. 



AWARDS. 



First-class Certificates. 



Odontoglossum Thais, from W. R. Lee, 

 Esq., Plumpton Flail, ITeywood (gr. Mr. 

 Woodhouse). A beautiful specimen, having 

 very large, broad sepals and petals heavily 



blotched with reddish-purple, the lip slightly 

 pandurate. 



Odontoglossum Chione, from W. R. Lec, 

 Esq. A very richly-coloured hybrid, resem- 

 bling O. iilustre, A distinctive feature is the 

 white apex of the lip. 



Laelio-Cattleya Prince of Orange (L.-C. 

 Hippolyta X C. aurea), from Lieut.-Col. Sir 

 George Holford, K.C.V.O., Westonbirt, 

 Tetbury (gr. Mr. Alexander). A very beauti- 

 ful hybrid. The sepals and petals orange 

 slightly shaded with red, the lip bright 

 cinnabar-purple. 



Brasso-Cattleya Digbyano-Mossiae Hol- 

 ford's variety, from Lieut.-Col. Sir George 

 Holford, K.CV.O. An extremely large and 

 beautiful flower, the sepals and petals being 

 almost white, the lip deeply fringed. 



Cypripedium Chapmanii Westonbirt var., 

 from Lieut.-Col. Sir George Holford. A very 

 great improvement both in .size and colour on 

 the original variety. 



Awards of Merit. 



Cypripedium Elatior (Leeanum x Baron 

 Schroder), from F. M. Ogilvie, Esq., The 

 Shrubbery, Oxford (gr Mr Balmforth). An 

 attractive hybrid, the broad dorsal is beauti- 

 fully marked and spotted with purple. 



Laelio-Cattleya Denganii (C. Dowiana x 

 L.-C. Cappei), from Francis Wellesley, Esq., 

 Westfield, Woking (gr. Mr. Hopkins). A 

 pleasing hybrid with reddish-copper sepals 

 and jietals, and reddish-purple front lobe to 

 the lip. 



Brasso-Cattleya Leucothea (B. nodosa x 

 C. Schroderae). An almost pure-white flower, 

 the lip expanded and entirely without spots. 

 From Messrs. McBean, Cooksbridge. 



Laelio-Cattleya W. J. Biggs, from Messrs. 

 Wm. J. Biggs and Co., Enfield. A richly- 

 coloured hybrid of unknown parentage. The 

 sepals and petals are copper-colour, the 

 labellum reddish-purple. 



Cultural Commendation 



to Mr. W. H. White, Orchid grower to Sir 

 Trevor Lawrence, for Maxillaria picta. M. 

 phoenicanthera, and Trichosma suavis. 



