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hackbridgensis, remarkable for its deeply tinted labellura and 

 purple-striped petals. The Hackbridge variety of Cypripcdium 

 Lawrcnceanum, with its substantial flowers, in conjunction 

 with showy Masdevallias and chaste Odontoglossums, pro- 

 duced a pleasing effect. 



T. Statter, Esq., Whiten" eld, Manchester (gardener, Mr. E. 

 Johnson), sent cut blooms of the Mexican " Flor de Mayo," or 

 May Flower (Lcelia majalis), with rosy lilac sepals and petals 

 and a blush lip with a white centre speckled with purple ; Lcelia 

 clegans, and its rare varieties Stclzneriana and Philbrickiana, 

 L. purpurata Schrdderiana, several Odontoglossums, and the 

 almost pure white Cattleya Skinneri alba were also represented, 

 and formed a pretty and interesting group on account of their 

 comparative rarity. 



A select group was exhibited by F. Wigan, Esq., East 

 Sheen (gardener, Mr. W. H. Young). Some uncommon things 

 may always be expected from East Sheen, hence it was not 

 surprising to find a finely coloured form of Cypripedium 

 ■pliilippinense (C. Icevigattim), its relative G. Boebelinii, C. 

 concolor, Pescatorci carina with its waxy pale yellow flowers, 

 the dwarf and pretty Cymbidium tigrinum with its yellowish 

 green flowers tinged with olive and speckled with red, the 

 rare and handsome Sarcochilus Berkeleyi (often called by the 

 generic name of Thrixspermum) with its drooping racemes of 

 creamy white flowers with a conspicuous purple stain on the 

 lip, besides Vanda teres and V. sitavis, and a good specimen 

 of Oncidium Marshallianum. 



We now come to the Orchids staged by trade growers — who 

 were not in such numbers as the amateurs. Their groups 

 were, however, very extensive and extremely important, as show- 

 ing the great extent to which popular taste has made it neccesary 

 for these wonderfully curious flowers to be grown. 



From its extensiveness and the great number of different 

 varieties exhibited, the most important were the Orchids con- 

 tributed by Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans. Almost 

 500 square feet weie covered with plants from this firm alone, 

 and the display was most effective and charming, intermingled 

 as the plants were with such graceful Palms as Areca lutescens, 

 Kentia Belmoreana, Cocos Weddelliana, as well as with Maiden- 

 hair and other Ferns. About sixty plants of Odontoglossum 



