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citrosmum, with their pendulous racemes of white and rosy flowers, 

 were shown off extremely well by the green baize partition of 

 the central stage acting as a pleasing background. Cymbidium 

 Lowianum is now a very well known Orchid, but it loses none of 

 its popularity, as it is so easily grown — a fact testified by the six 

 huge specimens in the group, with deep green foliage and long 

 arching racemes of pale yellow and red -streaked flowers. 

 Miltonia vexillaria in numerous shades of colour served to 

 form an attractive edging to the group, in which masses of the 

 golden Oncidium Marshallianum and 0. ampliatum majus at 

 once attracted the eye. Odontoglossums were, of course, 

 represented, among them being 0. polyxanihum splendens, with 

 clear yellow and brown-blotched flowers ; 0. Wilckeanum 

 burfordiense, luteo-purpureum Arnoldianum, trijmdians, 

 Andersonianum, excellens Sander a, crispum, and the beautiful 

 Harry ana, with exquisitely veined lip. 



Several varieties of Cattlcya Mossice were to be seen, their 

 large delicate flowers varying in colour from the snow-white 

 Wagneri to the deep crimson and maroon of Measuresiana. 

 Lc&lia purpurata is a noble Orchid, and will always be sought 

 after on account of its substantial flowers, in which the large 

 lip forms as it were the playground on which nature disports 

 her most beautiful hues of crimson and purple. 



There were many fine examples of Cypripediums, the most 

 noticeable being the rare Juno, the. handsome dwarf bellatulum, 

 the long-tailed caudatum, and the gold and purple Bothschild- 

 ianum with bearded petals spreading out like waxed mustachios. 

 Anguloa Cloivesii, with its large golden yellow tulip-like flowers ; 

 Maxillaria Sander iana, white and blood-red ; Epidendrum 

 vitellinum majus, Ornithocephalus grandiflorus, Cozlogyne 

 pandurata, the inky-brown Gatasetinn callosum, and the 

 white Cattlcya Skinneri alba, all formed a highly pleasing 

 contrast to one another by their great diversity in form and 

 colour. There were also Oncidiums — dasy style, macranthum, 

 Weltoni, cardioclilcena, and loxense, the latter being rarely seen 

 — and also a fine plant of Grammatophyllum Measuresianum , 

 which now flowered for the first time in cultivation. 



Immediately following this group came that of Messrs. B. S. 

 Williams & Son, of Upper Holloway, containing numerous 

 examples of well-grown specimens. Dendrobium Bensonice 



