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To Brasso-Catt-Laelia x Veitchii (L. purpurata x B.-C. x Digbyano- 

 Mossiae) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea. 

 A very fine hybrid, comparable to a good Laelio-Cattleya x callistoglossa, 

 with a fringed lip ; sepals and petals silver- white, tinged with rosy-lilac ; 

 lip large, deep rose-purple, with a chrome-yellow disc ; margin deeply 

 fringed. (Fig. 32.) 



To Odontoglossum x ardentissimum ' Herbert Goodson ' (Pescatorei 

 x crispum) (votes, unanimous), from H. S. Goodson, Esq., Fairlawn, 

 Putney (gr. Mr. Day). Flower large and well formed, white, tinged with 

 rose colour, and heavily blotched with purple. (Fig. 33.) 



Fig. 33. — Odontoglossum ardentissimum 'Herbert Goodson.' 

 {Journal of Horticulture.) 



Award of Merit. 



To Odontoglossum x ' Othello ' {Harry anum x Adrianae) (votes, 

 unanimous), from C. J. Lucas, Esq., Warnham Court, Horsham (gr. Mr. 

 Duncan). Resembling 0. Harry anum in its dark colour, but with larger 

 and more openly expanded flower, yellowish, heavily blotched with 

 chocolate colour. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. H. G. Alexander, orchid-grower to Major G. L. Holford, 

 CLE., C.V.O., for a grand specimen of Cattleya Mendelii, ' Westonbirt 

 variety,' with sixteen flowers. 



To Mr. H. G. Alexander, for Odontoglossum x Adrianae 1 Lady 

 Wantage,' grown from a single pseudo-bulb and now bearing six spikes, 

 having together 105 flowers. 



To Mr. W. H. White, orchid-grower to Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., 

 Burford, for two fine spikes of Phalaenopsis amabilis (grand iflora), the 

 one with twenty-one and the other with three branches, bearing forty-five 

 fine white blooms. 



