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a splendid specimen of Renanthera Storiei ; a fine plant of Rhyn- 

 costylis retusa, with twelve spikes ; large specimens of Miltonia 

 vexillaria, Masdevallias, Epidendrum Frederici-Gulielmi, &c. 



To Messrs. Jas. Veitch & Sons, King's Road, Chelsea, for a 

 very fine group of Orchids, including Laelio-Cattleya x Can- 

 hamiana alba, L.-C. x Eudora (C. Mendelii x L. purpurata), 

 Cypripediums, Phalaenopsis, &c 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To His Grace the Duke of Sutherland, Trentham (gr. Mr. P. 

 Blair), for a very fine plant of Odontoglossum crispum, 1 Duke of 

 Sutherland,' a noble form, with three spikes of very large white 

 flowers. The plant had been cultivated at Trentham for over 

 twenty years. 



First Class Certificate. 

 To Cypripedium superbiens (votes, unanimous), from Sir 

 Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, Dorking (gr. Mr. W. H. White). 

 A fine plant with nine flowers. 



Award of Merit. 

 To Cypripedium x Neptune (C. x Io grande $ x C. Roth- 

 schildianum £ ) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. F. Sander & 

 Co., St. Albans. A fine hybrid with a resemblance to C. x 

 Massaianum. 



Botanical Certificate. 



To Cirrhopetalum nutans, from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. (gr. 

 Mr. W. H. White). A compact-growing species with numerous 

 umbels of small white flowers. 



To Gongora maculata, from W. G. Soper, Esq., Harestone, 

 Caterham Valley, Surrey. 



Other Exhibits. 



W. J. Thomson, Esq., Ghyllbank, St. Helen's, showed 

 Renanthera Storiei. 



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

 (gr. Mr. W. Stevens), sent the large and richly coloured L<elia 

 tenebrosa gigantea and Odontoglossum x Coradinei expansum. 



Sir Frederick Wigan, Clare Lawn, East Sheen, Richmond 

 (gr. Mr. W. H. Young), showed Miltonia vexillaria Chelsoniana, 

 a variety very much resembling Baron Schroder's M. v. radiata. 



