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white, while others were rose -purple. There were some fine 

 specimens of Saccolabium cceleste in the group. 



Silver Banhsian Medal. 

 To Thos. Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield, Manchester 

 (gr. Mr. R. Johnson), for a collection of cut Orchids, including 

 six distinct forms of Laelio-Cattleya x elegans, L.-C. x Amesiana, 

 Cattleya Gaskelliana alba, C. Rex, &c. 



First Class Certificate. 

 To Laelio-Cattleya x broomfieldiensis (Laelia pumila prae- 

 stans $ x Cattleya aurea chrysotoxa c?) (votes unanimous), from 

 M. Wells, Esq., Broomfield, Sale, Manchester (gr. Mr. Hinds). 

 This fine hybrid had the sepals and petals rose-colour, the broad 

 crimped lip rich violet-purple with darker veining. The interior 

 of the tube was yellow with red-brown markings. 



A iuard of Merit. 

 To Cypripedium x W. R. Lee (C. superbiens $ x C. Roth- 

 schildianum #) (votes unanimous), from W. R. Lee, Esq., Beech 

 Lawn, Audenshaw, Manchester (gr. Mr. Billington). The flower 

 resembled C. x Morganiae, but the petals were much broader and 

 more horizontally extended, the ground colour being white with 

 dark purple spots ; the upper sepal white, green at the base, 

 and with numerous fine purple lines ; lip resembling C. superbiens, 

 but larger. 



To Cypripedium Godefroyae leucochilum aureum (votes 

 unanimous), from R. I. Measures, Esq., Cambridge Lodge, 

 Camberwell (gr. Mr. H. J. Chapman). A yellow-tinted form of 

 the unspotted-lipped variety of C. Godefroyae. 



To Cypripedium Godefroyae, Cambridge Lodge var. (votes 

 unanimous), from R. I. Measures, Esq., Camberwell (gr. Mr. 

 H. J. Chapman). A fine form, in which the whole flower has 

 heavy purple markings. 



To Cypripedium x Excelsius (C. Rothschildianum ? x C. 

 x Harrisianum <?) (votes unanimous), from Thos. Statter, Esq., 

 Stand Hall, Whitefield, Manchester (gr. Mr. R. Johnson). This 

 fine hybrid had a greenish dorsal sepal with chocolate -coloured 

 lines, whitish petals spotted with purple, and lip greenish- white 

 with a bronze face. 



To Cattleya x Ashtoni (C. Harrisoniae? xC. Warscewiczii £ ) 

 (votes unanimous), from Messrs. W. L. Lewis & Co., Chase Side, 



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