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creditable itind of Eosea, particularly striking amongst which was 
Empress Alexander of Russia, a new Tariety raised by the firm, being 
of a pretty reddish bronze ; other fine blooms were Clio, Corunna, 
Queen Mab, and Sylph. Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, staged a fine 
collection of Lilac and Rhododendron blooms, amongst the former 
being President Carnot, La Tour d’Auvergne, Madame Lemoine, 
Madame Kreutzer, President Grevy, Virginity, Lemoine flore-pleno, and 
Souvenir de Louis Spathe. Amongst the latter Mrs. Charles Butler 
and others were very fine. Cannas were well represented in the group 
with Tom Thumb, Comet, Progression, Miss Sarah Hill, Cheshunt 
Yellow, Charles Moore, Mrs. Tasker, President Chandre, L. E. Bally, 
and others. 
Messrs. John Peed & Sons staged a compact group of Ferns and 
foliage plants, amongst others being Caladiums William Bull, Triomphe 
de Comte, Reine de Danemark, Linne, Charlemagne, and Mrs. Harry 
Veitch; Begonia Arthur Malet, Strobilanthes Dyerianus, Dracaena 
Sanderiana, and D. Lindeni (silver Banksian medal). 
Messrs. Jas. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, exhibited a magnificent collection 
of Tulips in bloom in great variety of colour. Amongst the Parrot 
variety were lutea major, Constantinople, Perfecta, Mark Graaf, Caf4 
Buren, Preciosa, Coffee Colour, and Rubra major. Amongst the byblcemens 
were Czar Nicholas, Reine deg Fleurs, La Grandesse, Osman Pacha, and 
Graaf Buren; the bizarres being well displayed in Everet Kroschell, 
President Thiers, Wilhelmina, Sir M. Montefiore, and others. Other 
varieties were Picotee, Summer Beauty, Queen of the Reds, and Bouton 
d’Or. The same firm also sent a few choice Caladiums — namely, 
Marquis of Camden, Lord Derby, Sir William Broadbent, and Sir Julian 
Goldsmii (silver Flora medal). 
Messrs. Barr & Son, Covent Garden, staged a large and effective 
group of Tulips and other hardy flowers, the whole of which were of an 
exceedingly high order, the former consisting of such varieties as Yellow 
Rose, Picotee, fulgens, Striped Beauty, Roe Pompone, Yellow Queen, 
elegans alba (award of merit), vitellina, flava, Gesneriana, alba marginata, 
Golden Beauty, Goldflake, macrospeila. Coffee Colour, Crimson Beauty, 
and Perfecta. Among the Darwins were Purple King, The Sultan, 
Dorothy, Gipsy Queen, Bronze King, Queen of the Lilacs, Early Dawn, 
May Queen, and Queen of the Brilliants, all of which were exceptionally 
fine. In a collection of breeder Tulips the principal varieties were 
Music, Lord Frederick Cavendish, Agnes, John Heap, Sulphur, Annie 
McGregor, Excelsior, and Miss Foster. The rectified collection was 
composed chiefly of Duke of Devonshire, Mabel, Dr. Hardy, Aglaia, 
Sir Joseph Paxton, Black Diamond, George Hayward, Lord Denman, 
Gold Cup, Holmes’ King, Princess Royal, Masterpiece, Hero, Charles 
Tait, Adonis, Mrs. Jackson, and Industry. Amongst other flowers were 
Androsace sarmentosa. Phlox setacea atro-purpurea, and nivalis. 
Primula japonica alba, Aubrietia Eyrei and rosea, Arenaria montana. 
Genista Andreana, and several single Paeonies of distinct colour (silver- 
gilt Banksian medal). Mr. Me Ivor, gardener to R. Maitland, Esq., 
Conrie Castle, Dunfermline, Fife, staged a group of Auricula and 
Polyanthus flowers. Messrs. Saltmarsh & Son, Chelmsford, sent flowers 
from a seedling Lilac, Syringa vulgaris rnberrima. Mr. J. F. McLeod, 
Dover House Gardens, Roehampton, sent an exceptionally large plant 
of Medinilla magnifica. A group of Canary Island flowers were sent 
by the Director of Kew Gardens, consisting of Statice Bonegali, 
Ranunculus cortusasfolia. Cineraria cruenta, Cytisus racemosus, and 
Cytisus filipes. 
Competitive Classes. 
In the special class for a group of Daffodils, for which prizes were 
given by Messrs. Barr, the first Ws awarded to Mr. G. Mclvor for 
a collection in which were N. Major, Glory of Leiden, Mrs. Vincent, 
Odorus Rugulosus, Mrs. Langtry, Duchess of Westminster, Queen of 
Spain, poeticus ornatus, Frank Miles, Leedsi, Little Dirk, Duchess of 
Brabant, and others. The second prizes fell to C. J. Backhouse, Esq., 
St. John’s, Walsingham, Darlington, the flowers not being so fine as in 
the former case. 
Mr. Downes, gardener to J. T. Bennett-Pce, Esq., Cheshunt, staged 
some grand Tulips in the class for a collection of English amateurs’ 
varieties. Amongst the best were Mabel, both in the breeder and 
rectified state. Talisman, Dr. Hardy, Sulphur, George Haywood, Queen 
of the North, and Sir J. Paxton (superb). There was no other exhibitor 
in the class. 
Orchid Committee.— Present : H. J. Veitch, Esq. (in the chair) ; 
and Dr. Masters, with Messrs. J. O’Brien, De Barri Crawshay, H. M. 
Pollett, M. Protheroe, H. J. Chapman, J. T. Gabriel, C. Pilcher, 
Ed. Hill, T. W. Bond, W. Cobb, J. Douglas, S. Courtauld, F. Sander, 
T. Statter, T. B. Haywood, and H. Ballantine. 
Mr. W. Stevens, gardener to W. Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange, 
Stone, sent a small but choice collection of Orchids in variety. Par¬ 
ticularly noticeable were Odontoglossums crispum The Bride, very 
fine ; Ruckerianum ocellatum ; Andersonianum, Thompson’s variety ; 
Rossi rutescens, cordatum aureum, and Cattleyas intermedia alba, very 
fine; and Skinneri alba (silver Banksian medal). From De B. Craw¬ 
shay, Esq., Sevenoaks, came a handsome form of Odontoglossum 
crispum named Florrie, 0. Halli xanthoglossum, 0. Andersonianum, 
and a grand Cattleya Mendeli, named by special permission 
Princess of Wales, and which was deservedly accorded an award of 
merit. 
Three Orchids were sent by Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Clapton, com¬ 
prising Laelia purpurata Russelliana, L. p. Schioderae, and a fine hybrid 
Cypripedium called Gertrude Hollington, which is described below. Mr. 
H. J. Chapman, gardener to R. I. Measures, Esq., Camberwell, received 
a first-class certificate for Cypripedium Godefroyae (.^) leucochilum (see 
below). 
A very fine plant of Odontoglossum cirrhosum came from Mr. G. W. 
Cummins, gardener to A. H. Smee, Esq,, The Grange, Wallington ; and 
W. Cobb, Esq,, Tunbridge Wells, sent Cattleya Mossiae, Dulcote’s 
variety, which, though very fine, did not receive an award. Blooms 
of Cattleya Claesiana were exhibited by Mr. Johnson, gardener to Thos. 
Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Manchester. 
Mr. J. Davis, gardener to J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, South 
Woodford, staged Cattleya Mendeli leucoglossa (award of merit), 
C. Mendeli Glebelands variety, and also two flowers of C. Mendeli. 
Mr. J. Pierce, gardener to Mrs. Langton, Hillfield, Reigate, showed a, 
plant of Cirrhopetalum Macraei, and received a botanical certificate, 
while Mr. B. Dunn, gardener to H. Weetman, Esq,, Little Haywood, 
received a cultural commendation for a plant—a species of Phaius. 
Mr. W. Rapley, gardener to H. Giinling, Esq., Harrow Weald House, 
Stanmore, staged Cypripedium tortilis and C. Wallisi, both in excellent 
form. An Odontoglossum, the result of a cross between maculatum 
and cordatum, was shown by Messrs. F. Horsman k. Co., Colchester. 
The largest and finest collection of Orchids was arranged by Messrs. 
Jas. Veitch & Sons, Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea. It was an exceed¬ 
ingly diversified and interesting exhibit, comprising Epidendrum 
O’Brienianum roseum (award of merit), Cypripedium bellatulum, 
Dendrobium thyrsiflorum, Laelia purpurata, Odontoglossum Rucker¬ 
ianum, Cattleya MossiaB, Maxillaria Sanderiana, Chysis chelsoni, 
Cymbidium Lowianum, Cattleya Schrbderae, Oncidium concolor, 
Dendrobium infundibulum, Lycaste cruenta, Oncidium ampliatum 
majus, O. superbiens, Odontoglossum cordatum, O. crispum, 0. trium- 
phans, Dendrobium glomeratum, Cypripedium caudatum Wallisi, 
C. Euryale, C, orphanum, and numerous others (silver Flora medal). 
Certificates and Awards of Merit. 
Cattleya Mendeli leucoglossa (T. Statter).’— This is a handsome 
form of Mendeli with delicately rose-tinted sepals and petals. The outer 
portion of the lip is pure white, the throat being striped and flushed 
yellow. The lip is charmingly fimbriated (award of merit). 
Cattleya Mendeli Princess of Wales (De Barri Crawshay). — The- 
petals of this very beautiful Cattleya are broad, substantial, and of 
a rosy white shade, deeper at the tips, the sepals, which are narrow, 
being of the same colour. The lip is a superb feature, it is splendidly 
fimbriated, and of an exceedingly rich purplish maroon with a pale 
yellow throat striped with crimson (award of merit). 
Cypripedium Godefroyce {?) leucochilum (H. J. Chapman).—This- 
is a superb flower, with a milk-white pouch. The dorsal sepal is broad 
and very substantial, and having a white ground colour, with reddish- 
chocolate markings. The petals have also a white ground, but the 
markings are in this case somewhat duller in hue. They are broad and 
strong. This variety is faithfully pourtrayed in fig. 71 (page 423), 
which was sketched at the Drill Hall (first-class certificate). 
Cypripedium Gertrude Hollington (H. Low & Co.).—This is a 
hybrid, the result of a cross between ciliare and bellatulum. The petals- 
are broad, very heavily spotted brownish-red on a whitish ground. The 
dorsal sepal is white, tinged green, and striped dull red ; the pouch is of 
medium size, and of a dull red colour (first-class certificate). 
Epidendrxim O'Brienianum roseum (J. Veitch & Sons).—The colour 
of this Epidendrum is a very intense, deep rose, that is very pleasing 
(award of merit). 
Lilac La Tour d' Auvergne (Paul & Son) —This is a very handsome- 
variety with large flowers and trusses. The colour is reddish lilac, and 
the blooms are very sweetly scented (award of merit). 
Odontoglossum crispum The Bride (W. Thompson).—The sepals and 
petals are pure white and of perfect form, while the lip, which is edged 
white, has a yellow patch with occasional brown blotches (award of 
merit). 
Sambucus raeemosxis plumosus foliis aureus (R. Wezelenburg and? 
Son).—The leaves of this variety are narrow, very deeply cut, and 
of a pale yellow colour (award of merit). 
Tulipa elegans alba (Barr & Son). — This is a white variety of 
the well-known and popular elegans. It is edged quite in Picotee 
fashion with bright rose (award of merit). 
The Lecture. 
A pleasant episode in the day’s proceedings was an interesting and 
instructive lecture on “ The Plants and Gardens of the Canary Islands,” 
by Dr. Morris of Kew, and illustrated by dissolving views. In speaking 
of the climate of the islands, the lecturer said it was all that could be 
desired, the mean temperature being 60°. A map was displayed showing 
the relative position of each island ; the coasts are all bold and rocky, 
the aspect being singularly grand and majestic. The first knowledge of 
the islands commenced with Humboldt, who wrote graphically of them in 
one of his works. The land is cultivated at a considerable expense, as 
all has to be irrigated with water which comes from the mountainous 
regions and is slowed in large tanks. 
In the lowlands such cultivated plants as Bananas, Vines, and Sugar 
Canes are to be found, while at a high altitude where the atmosphere ia 
naturally cooler. Laurels, Hollies, and such like trees grow profusely, 
and beneath their branches Cinerarias and other charming flowers are 
perfectly at home. In regions higher still, above the cloud level, scarcely 
any plants at all are to be found. Several varieties of English Ferns, 
American Aloes, tree Fuchsias, and Pepper trees are among other 
plants of the Canaries. Views were depicted of many of the native 
plants, amongst which were Euphorbia canariensis, which grows in 
