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To Messrs. Sander, for hybrids, Dendrobiums, &c. 

 To Messrs. Charlesworth, for a group which included the rare 

 Neomoorea irrorata. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To G. Hamilton Smith, Esq., Finchley (gr. Mr. Coningsley), for 

 Lycaste Skinneri, Cymbidiums, &c. 



To Messrs. Hassall, Southgate, for a group with several good 

 Angraecum sesquiyedale. 



To Messrs. Stuart Low, for a group. 



To Messrs. McBean, for a group. 



First-class Certificate. 

 To Odontoglossum crispum * Samuel Gratrix ' (votes, 15 for, 

 2 against), from Samuel Gratrix, Esq., Whalley Eange, Manchester 

 (gr. Mr. Brown). A superb variety said to have been home-raised. 

 Flowers large and of fine shape, pure white, with light violet markings 

 cn the inner parts of the segments. (Fig. 57.) 



Award of Merit. 



To Cattleya x ' Dirce, ' Westonbirt variety (' Miss Harris ' var. 

 ' Vulcan ' X Warscewiczii) (votes, 11 for, 2 against), from Lieut. - 

 Col. Sir George L. Holford, K.O.V.O., Westonbirt (gr. Mr. H. G. 

 Alexander). A large-flowered hybrid, rosy-lilac veined with purple 

 and bearing strong indications of C. Schilleriana, derived through 

 C. X ' Miss Harris ' {Schilleriana x Mossiae). 



To Odontoglossum x * Queen of Gatton ' {trium'phans x per- 

 cultum) (votes, unanimous), from Sir Jeremiah Golman, Bart., 

 Gatton Park (gr. Mr. Collier). Flowers, large and of good shape, pale 

 yellow, blotched with red-brown; lip with some reddish blotches in 

 front of the yellow crest. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. H. G. Alexander, gr. to Lieut. -Col. Sir George L. Hol- 

 ford, K.C.V.O., for a magnificent specimen of SopJironitis grandiflora, 

 with nearly 100 flowers. 



Other Exhibits. 



Lieut. -Col. Sir George L. Holford, K.C.V.O. : hybrids. 



Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., V.M.H. : rare species. 



H. T. Pitt, Esq.: Cymbidiums. 



Mr. E. V. Low : a group. 



Messrs. Jas Veitch : new hybrid Laeliocattleya. 



B. G. Thwaites, Esq. : Odontiodas. 



E. H. Davidson, Esq. : Odontoglossum crispum. 



J. H. Hill, Esq. : Dendrohium x Austinii. 



J. T. Bennett-Poe, Esq. : Cymhidium Colmanae, Holmwood 

 variety. 



Monsieur Mertens : Odontoglossums. 



