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Mr. S. Cooke). A heavily spotted form of the 0. Andersonianum 

 type, with flowers nearly as large as those of 0. crispum. 



To Dendrobium x Niobe (D. tortile $ x D. nobile ) (votes, 

 unanimous), from Messrs. Jas. Veitch & Sons, King's Road, 

 Chelsea. The growths resembled those of D. tortile, but the 

 flowers were scarcely distinguishable from those of a good 

 D. nobile of the highly coloured class. 



Other Exhibits. 



His Grace the Duke of Northumberland (gr. Mr. G. Wythes) 

 showed a fine nine-spiked plant of Miltonia flavescens. 



The Rev. E. Handley, Royal Crescent, Bath (gr. Mr. Kerslake) 

 showed Cattleya Lawrenceana ornata, a richly coloured variety, 

 in which the petals were tipped with purple, and a spike of a 

 good form of Odontoglossum Andersonianum. 



De B. Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks (gr. Mr. S. 

 Cooke), sent Odontoglossum tentaculatum, Reich, f. 



Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, showed four forms of 

 Cattleya labiata Schrodene, one nearly white ; the new Odonto- 

 glossum Kranzlinii, 0. selwoodense, an 0. Halli hybrid (?) ; Vanda 

 teres, and two specimens of the white-petalled Dendrobium 

 densiflorum Schroderi. 



Messrs. Jas. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, S.W., exhibited Cypri- 

 pedium x Clymene (C. caricinum ? x C. caudatuin Wallisii ), 

 resembling 0. x Dominianum, but with whiter ground ; C. X 

 Melanthus (C. Hookerae $ x C. Stonei c? ), with the colour as in 

 C. x vernixium, but with long petals curved downwards ; and 

 Cymbidium eburneo-Lowianum (C. Lowianum $ x C. ebur- 

 neum cf). 



Messrs. Charlesworth, Shuttleworth & Co., Iieaton, Bradford, 

 showed a light form of Cattleya Warscewiczii, said to have been 

 imported with C. Rex. 



The Right Hon. J. Chamberlain, M.P., sent flowers of 

 Cattleya labiata Schrodene and Dendrobium x Nestor (D. 

 Parishii £ x D. superbum anosmum J). 



Messrs. J. R. Pearson & Son, Chilwell, Notts, staged a spike 

 of a very massive form of Odontoglossum Pescatorei. 



Messrs. Pitcher & Manda, Hextable, Swanley, Kent, sent 

 Cypripedium x grande atratum, the flowers of which are tinged 

 with a much darker red than the original form. 



