192 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [JuNE, 1922. 
MANCHESTER ORCHID SOCIETY. 
April 20th, 1922. 
EMBERS of the Committee present: Rev. J. Crombleholme (in the 
Chair), Messrs. R. Ashworth, Dr. Bedford, J. Birchenall, A. Burns, 
A. Coningsby, D. A. Cowan, J. C. Cowan, J. Ellwood, J. Evans, 
A. Hanmer, J. Howes, A. Keeling, D. McLeod, J. McNab, E. W. 
Thompson, J. Thrower, H. H. Smith, and H. Arthur (secretary). 
A Gold Medal was awarded to S. Gratrix, Esq., for a group of Cattleyas 
and hybrids in great variety, and: to Messrs. Charlesworth & Co. fora 
magnificent exhibit, in which Brassocattleyas were well represented. 
FIrsT-cLass CERTIFICATES, 
Cattleya Tityus var. Royalist, splendid flower, sepals:and petals mauve, 
large lip deep magenta, with bright yellow throat ; Od. crispum var. West 
Point elegance, heavily blotched with reddish brown; Od. St. George var. 
Brilliant, white ground, blotched with claret-red ; from S. Gratrix, Esq. 
_ Od. Duke of Clarence, fine shape, reddish brown; Bc. Jupiter var. Lady 
Mary Cambridge, a large mauve flower; from Mrs. Gratrix. 
Dendrobium Ashworthiz, Bedford’s var., a fine variety of this scarce 
species; Catasetum Trulla, Dovercourt variety, an unusually dark form; 
from Dr. F. Bedford. 
_ Cymbidium Garnet, a dark variety; C. eburneo-giganteum, sepals and 
petals reddish; from Rev. J. Crombleholme. 
Odontoglossum Pescatorei album, Haddon House var., a pure white 
form of fine shape; Od. Doraq, large flower of perfect shape; from 
P. Smith, Esq. 
Lycaste Imschootiana, Bridge Hall var., a very fine variety; from Mrs. 
Bruce and Miss Wrigley. 
Oda. Evelyn, Edgemoor var., bright scarlet flowers of fine shape; from 
A. Hanmer, Esq. 
Oda. Sultan, sepals and petals nearly black, lip reddish; from Messrs. 
Keeling & Sons. 
. AWARDS OF Merit. 
Lycaste Skinneri var. Red Cap; from Mrs. Bruce and Miss Wrigley. 
Sophionitis grandiflora, Bedford’s var.; from Dr. F. Bedford. 
Oda. Hypatia, West Point var.; from S. Gratrix, Esq. 
Od. Amber; from A. Hanmer, Esq. 
AWARDS OF APPRECIATION—FIRST-CLASS. 
Od. crispum var. Royal Beauty; from S, Gratrix, Esq. 
Cypripedium Gloss (Thompsonii. x. Desdemona) ; from P. Smith, isq. 
CULTURAL CERTIFICATES.— Dr. F. Bedford, for Dendrobium Ash- 
worthie; Mr. J. Howes, for Oca. Hypatia, West Point var. 
