124 THE ORCHID REVIEW. _ [Jutry-Avucust, 1920. 
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RCHIDS were finely represented at the Yorkshire Floral Féte and 
Gala, held at Bootham Park, York, on July 16th, 17th and 18th, 
this being the fifty-eigth annual Exhibition. 
COMPETITIVE CLASSEs. 
Messrs. James Cypher & Sons, Cheltenham, gained the prize for a 
group 12 by 5 feet, with a very effective arrangement of Miltonia vexillaria 
and Bleuana, Odontoglossums, Oncidiums, Lzeliocattleyas, Masdevallias, 
Thunias, Vanda teres and others, in well grown-examples. They also 
gained the prizes for twelve, six and one, the latter a beautiful white 
Cattleya Queen Mary. Other noteworthy specimens were Leeliocattleya 
Aphrodite, Brassocattleya Veitchii, Lelia cinnabrosa, Thunia Majoriana 
and a profusely flowered Miltonia vexillaria. 
n the amateur’s classes Mr. A. J. Francois, Axholme House, 
Doncaster (gr. Mr. D. Pitts), gained the prizes for six, three, and for a 
single specimen, his best exhibits being specimens of Ccelogyne pandurata, 
Oncidium hastilabium, Odontioda chelseiensis and Leliocattleya Violetta. 
Other prizes were won by Mr. James Sunley, South Milford. 
Orchids were also represented in groups of plants staged for effect, 
Messrs. Cypher including some graceful Oncidiums in their first prize 
group of 15 by 6 feet, while cut flowers exhibited by Messrs. Fenton & Sons, 
Hanover Square, London, included bridal bouquets of white Cattleyas, and 
of white Odontoglossums, and bouquets of Odontiodas, and of mauve and 
purple Cattleyas, and a hand basket of mauve Cattleyas and blotched 
Odontoglossums, an extremely beautiful series. 
NON-COMPETITIVE GROUPS. 
Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park (gr. Mr. J. Collier), staged a 
magnificient group of Orchids, with a background of moss and small ferns, 
to which a Large Gold Medal was awarded. Leliocattleyas, Odonto- 
glossums and other showy things were used in profusion, while noteworthy 
exhibits included Odontoglossum Gatton Emperor, O. memoria -J. Gurney 
Fowler, Leliocattleya Phoebe, Cypripedium callosum Sanderze, the curious 
Nanodes Meduse, and the dainty little Bulbophyllum barbigerum. 
Messrs. Mansell & Hatcher, Rawdon, E. Yorks, also received a Large 
Gold Medal for a beautiftl group, artistically staged on a background of 
green, noteworthy plants including Cattleya Mossiz Wageneri, and C. 
Hesta magnifica, LzliocattleyasCanhamii and Cowanii, Odontoglossum 
Doreen magnificum, Anguloa Rolfei, and Odontioda Alcantara. 
Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells, were awarded a Gold 
