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the large group of Cypripediums were to be seen Elliottianum, 

 Bothschildianum, ciliolare, Dayanum, Loivii, Hookeri, Laiv- 

 rcnceanum, caudatum, Wallisii, and others. Dendrobiums were 

 represented by Bensonice, with its clusters of white flowers, and 

 its yellow variety, xanthina ; also D. Jamesianum. TheEpiden- 

 drums were remarkable for the two new hybrids, O'Brienianum x 

 dellense, in addition to good specimens of the showy vitellinum 

 majus. Lcelia grandis purpurata, and its variety rosea striata, 

 were also present, and interspersed throughout the group were 

 about thirty brilliant Masdevallias of the Harry ana, Lindeni and 

 VeitcJiii section, one specimen of Veitchii grandiflora having as 

 many as thirty large flowers ; two plants of Maxilla/ria Sanderiana, 

 and several varieties of Miltonia vexillaria. 



Several excellent Odontoglossums were staged, the most 

 notable being the charming 0. Cervantesii decorum, Pescatorei, 

 and its rare and richly coloured variety Veitchianum ; the white 

 cirrosum, rendered lovely by its heavily spotted sepals and 

 petals ; the blotched cordatum and its near relative maculatum, 

 besides several forms belonging to the lutco-purpureum section. 

 Others to be noted were aspersum, citrosmum, crispum, Bonney- 

 anum, excellens, Halli xanthoglossum, triumphans, Wilckcanum, 

 Schillerianum, and the graceful little Oerstedii. The old and 

 beautiful Saccolabium ampullaceum, with its erect clusters of 

 bright rose-carmine flowers; the peculiar Bulbophy Hum (Saixopo- 

 dium) Dearei, the dwarf and brilliant Sophronitis grandiflora, 

 Vanda cozrulescens Boxalli, Schomburgkia Tibicinis, and the 

 remarkable Spathoglottis aurea (Kimballiana), with its bright 

 canary-yellow flowers, completed this remarkable display. 



T. B. Haywood, Esq., Woodhatch Lodge, Eeigate (gardener, 

 Mr. Salter), had a most tastefully arranged group, consisting of 

 Odontoglossum crispum, 0. Pescatorei with several spikes, several 

 highly coloured varieties of Masdevallia Harryana and 

 M. Veitchii, Dendrobium chrysotoxum, and Miltonia vexillaria, 

 remarkable for the deep colour of its flowers. This group was 

 displayed to great advantage by means of Maidenhair Ferns 

 judiciously intermingled with the plants to serve as a background 

 for the flowers. 



Major- General Berkeley, Bitterne, Southampton (gardener, 

 Mr. Godfrey), contributed a small but remarkably fine collection 

 of Phalsenopses — P. speciosa and its variety Imperatrix, P. 

 Luddemanniana, and P. tetraspis. 



