380 THE ORCHID REVIEW. — [Decemarr, 1922. 
Messrs. Cowan & Co., Southgate, were awarded a Silver Flora Medal 
for an attractive exhibit containing a fine variety of Cattleya Tityus, with 
two immense flowers, the handsome Leliocattleya Cornelius, also Le. 
Tamar, of  rose-pink . colour with the lip deeply frilled. Numerous 
Cypripediums, among them being Thalia, Aquila, Joyce Hanmer, and 
albinos of the insigne section, were all in excellent form. A richly-coloured 
variety of Odontioda Beryl and Cymbidium, erythrostylum with a spike — 
of seven flowers, were also noticed, as well as Lc. Robertsoniz, clear yellow 
with a pretty lip, and Le. Ophir, in which the segments were very distinctly 
-veined. ; 
Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, Surrey (gr. Mr. J. Collier), 
exhibited a dozen grand specimens of his blue strain of Cattleyas, including 
Portia coerulea and Ariel coerulea, as well as Blc. Antoinette, obtained 
by crossing BI. Helen with C. Portia coerulea, and in which the bluish tinge 
is more apparent when viewed at a slight distance from the plant. 
Messrs. Flory & Black staged several excellent hybrids, among them 
being Potinara Royal Purple, of deep ruby-crimson in all segments, a bright 
reddish variety of Sophrocattleya S. W. Flory, Leliocattleya Carmencita, 
with yellow sepals and petals, and a pleasing yellow variety of Cattleya 
Our Prince, a companion to the one that received an award. Cypripediums 
were represented by Dainty and Upton Gem. ; 
Messrs. Sanders staged Brassocattleya Crofutiana, of a delicate pink tint, 
and Lzliocattleya Princess Mary (C. King George X Lc. Thyone), with 
buff-yellow segments, the lip deep crimson. 
Messrs Armstrong and Brown exhibited Cattleya Portia, Orchidhurst 
var., with a grand spike of eleven large flowers of rosy-mauve colour. Also 
Cattleya labiata alba var., Princess of Wales, with a spike of three well 
developed flowers. 
H. T. Pitt, Esq., exhibited Odontoglossum St. George, a fine variety 
carrying eight richly-blotched flowers. 
MANCHESTER ORCHID SOCIETY. 
(Continued from p. 352). 
FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATES. 
Oda. Renown, large flower, reddish-brown with light tips, and Lc. J 
Ansaldo magnifica, large well-set flower of even colour with deep-crimson 
‘lip; from S. Gratrix, Esq. 
Brassocattleya British Queen, a grand flower, probably the best of the 
type yet Seen ; and Od. Fabia, very evenly marked, from Mrs. Gratrix. 
> aa Eo Queen, round flower of thick substance, white, — 
iii ons ; and Od. crispum xanthotes Sunstone, good shape W! 
pots on sepals; from A. Hanmer, Esq. 
