288 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [SEPTEMBER, 1922, 
Messrs. Hassell & Co. staged Brassocattlelia Muriel, an immense flower 
of a uniform lilac-rose tint, the disc of the labellum yellow. Also fine 
examples of C. Hardyana alba and the handsome Lec. Soulange. 
Richd. G. Thwaites, Esq., Streatham Hill, exhibited Cattleya Prince 
John var. Rosita, a handsome result in which the yellowish ground colour 
is almost covered with a dense mottling of purple, the lip rich purple, and 
the throat veined with gold. 
MANCHESTER ORCHID SOCIETY. 
July 13th, 1922. 
EMBERS of the Committee present :—Rev. J. Crombleholme (in the 
chair), Messrs. R. Ashworth, B. J. Beckton, A. Burns, D. A. Cowan, 
J. C. Cowan, A. Coningsby, A. G. Ellwood, J. Evans, W. Giles, J. Howes, 
W. M. Jackson, A. Keeling, D. McLeod, Dr. F. J. Paul, E. W. Thompson, 
J. Whittam and H. Arthur (secretary). 
S. Gratrix, Esq., West Point, staged a group to which a Silver Gilt 
Medal was awarded. Other exhibitors included A. Hanmer, Esq., Buxton, 
and Messrs. A. J. Keeling & Sons, who staged Odontoglossum hybrids, and 
Messrs. J. Cowan & Co., who exhibited Odontoglossum Penelope with a 
spike of twenty-three flowers. 
First-class CERTIFICATES. 
Odontioda West Point Beauty, of fine shape, deep salmon and scarlet ; 
Oda. Chanticler var. militaris, brilliant in colour; Oda. Ganesa, purple 
blue ; Cattleya Harold var. Mont Blanc, sepals and petals pure white, lip 
white with magenta centre: from S. Gratrix, Esq. 
Odm. eximium var, Joyce Hanmer, of fine shape and stakes dark : 
from A. Hanmer, Esq. 
Bulbophyllum macrobulbum, fleshy flower, cream colour, with reddish 
chocolate spotting : from H. T. Pitt, Esq. 
AWARDS OF MERIT. 
Odm. St. George var. Papilio; Odm. West Point excellens; Odm. 
Conqueror West Point var.; and Oda. Juno: from Mrs. Gratrix. 
Odm. Doraq West Point var.; Odm. Eros magnificum; Cattleya 
Trevella; and Cypripedium nzvium Perfection: from S. Gratrix, Esq. 
Cypripedium bellatulum var. Gay: from Dr. F. T. Paul. 
Oncidium Gardneri Haddon House var. : from P. Smith, Esq. 
CULTURAL CERTIFICATES—FIRST-CLASS. 
Mr. J. Howes, for Cattleya Harold var. Mont Blanc. 
Mr. E. W. Thompson, for Oda. Coronation var. delicata. 
Mr. Thurgood, for Bulbophyllum macrobulbum. 
