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(gr. Mr. R. Johnson), sent many rare Orchids, among which 

 were Cattleya x Parthenia, C. bicolor caerulea, C. Alexandra, 

 and Cypripedium x Arthurianum superbum. 



W. Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange, Stone, Staffordshire 

 (gr. Mr. Stevens), sent good cut spikes of Cattleya Alexandras 



Messrs. W. L. Lewis & Co., Chase Side, Southgate, showed 

 two hybrid Cattleyas, both obtained from the same seed-capsule 

 (C. Harrisoniae ? x C. Warscewiczii $ ). That named C. x John- 

 soniana had flowers resembling those of C. Schroderae ; the other, 

 named C. x Ashtoniana, had flowers similar to it in shape, but 

 with a rich crimson front lobe to the labellum. A variety of 

 Cattleya Loddigesii was also shown. 



Messrs. B. S. Williams & Son, Holloway, N., exhibited 

 Cypripedium x Amandum and C. x Cythera. 



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

 Cypripedium x radiosum, Short Hills var. 



W. E. Brymer, Esq., M.P., Ilsington House, Dorchester (gr. 

 Mr. J. Powell), showed a fine spike of Cattleya x Brymeriana. 



Orchid Committee, October 10, 1893. 



Harry J. Veitch, Esq., F.L.S., in the Chair, and ten members 



present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Linden, l'Horticulture Internationale, Pare 

 Leopold, Brussels, for a group of rare and showy Orchids, com- 

 prising Warscewiczella Lindenii (F.C.C. June 1892), five dis- 

 tinct forms of a new strain of Lrelio-Cattleya elegans, several 

 type of Cattleya labiata, three distinct forms of C. Eldorado, 

 Cypripedium Bothschildianum, Linden's var., with four flowers 

 on a spike, Odontoglossums, Cypripediums, &c. 



To Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, Dorking (gr. Mr. 

 W. H. White), for a fine group of the beautiful vermilion 

 Habenaria miliiaris, which has frequently been shown from 

 Burford Gardens. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. P. Sander & Co., St. Albans, for a group of 



