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and rosy buds ; Spathoglottis Kimbaliana, Dendrobium Lowi, tbe white 
D. Deari, and the rare D. Devonianum album. These with choice forms 
of Masdevallias and Odontoglossums were much admired. A curious 
little Orchid named Bulbophyllum barbigerum has a fringed labellum 
continually moving about. This plant came in for a greater share of 
attention from the general public than any other Orchid in the Show. 
A.H.Sniee, Esq .—The Cattleyas from The Grange, Wallington, were 
a magnificent collection, and beyond doubt one of the features of 
the Orchid c’asses. It is well known that for some time Mr. Smee has 
devoted special attention to this gorgeous class, and his collection is now 
was a very pleasing pale form. Dr. Duke’s variety is a fine form, the 
sepals very broad and spreading, the lip edged and flushed with soft 
rose. There were good pieces of Mendeli, a beautiful variety of labiata, 
sceptrum, and various other forms of Mossire. Amongst the miscel¬ 
laneous Orchids were Dendrobium macrophyllum, Cypripedium Law- 
rencianum, Hackbridge variety, C. ciliolare, C. barbatum nigrum, 
C. Hookerae, Coelogyne Parishi,the diminutive Hexisia crucigera, Odonto- 
glossum nasvium majus, Thunia Bensonire, T. Marshalliana, and Lselia 
purpurata Brysiana. A silver Flora medal was awarded to this exhibit. 
Messrs. Sander fy Co .—The St. Albans firm occupied the whole of 
rich in numbers and quality. Though the group shown consisted 
almost entirely of Cattleyas interspersed with Ferns, a few miscel¬ 
laneous Orchids were introduced to impart diversity. Of Mrs. Smee’s 
variety of C. Mossise there was a piece bearing fourteen blooms. This 
is a magnificent form, the huge fringed sepals delicate satiny rose; the 
lip, beautifully fringed, is deeply suffused with rich purplish crimson, and 
the throat flushed with yellow. C. M. londoniensis is another excellent 
form, with a broader and more flattened lip than Mrs. Smee’s variety, 
and more deeply coloured, the throat veined with bronzy yellow. C. M. 
Southgatei has a fine lip, but the sepals are weak. C. M. Reineckiana 
the other side of the centre stage with an immense collection of great 
merit. Lselia purpurata formed a group at one end, one large plant 
bearing thirty blooms. L. p. alba, with pure white sepals and petals, 
was also fine. A magnificent bank of Odontoglossum crispum with 
several hundred spikes followed the Lrelias. Miltonia vexillaria occu¬ 
pied a space of nearly 200 square feet in various shades of colour. 
The bank of Cattleyas contained some good varieties of Mossi®, 
Mendeli, and Skinneri, and among these was the handsome C. Bryme- 
riana, which was awarded a first-class certificate. A silver cup was 
given for this collection. 
