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sented by Cissie and Thais, the latter of an unusual buff-yellow colour in 
all the segments. 
Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, Surrey (gr. Mr. J. Collier), 
exhibited Odontioda Brackenhurst, with six flowers of chocolate-red colour, 
also Dendrobium tetragonum, with several spikes of bloom, and a Dendro- 
bium species requiring identification. 
A. M. Gentle, Esq., The Capstan, St. Albans, exhibited Cypripetiitl 
Edith Gentle, with a broad dorsal sepal showing rose suffusion, the wide 
petals veined with mahogany, and having a shining nature. Also Cypri- 
pedium Capstan Gem, a pleasing hybrid of greenish ground colour and 
light brown shading. 
R. Gerrish, Esq., Milford, Salisbury (gr. Mr. W. Sorrell), staged 
Odontoglossum crispum, Gerrish’s variety, a handsome variety carrying 
a spike of eleven flowers, the segments broad, rose-tinted and effectively 
blotched. 
G. W. Bird, Esq., Manor House, West Wickham, Kent (gr. Mr. H. 
Redden), exhibited Odontioda Rufus secundus, a splendid result in which 
the three flowers had all the segments of round formation, of reddish-brown 
colour, stained with a darker tint on the margins. 
Pantia Ralli, Esq., exhibited Cattleya Triane var. Col. H. Carlisle, a 
beautiful form, with round up-standing petals, entirely white in all the 
segments, except for a small rose-coloured blotch on the front lobe of the 
lip; also Odontoglossum Freckles, with a couple of flowers prettily spotted 
with lemon-yellow. 
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MANCHESTER ORCHID SOCIETY. 
December 7th, 1922. 
EMBERS of the Committee present: Rev. J. Crombleholme (in the 
chair), Messrs. R. Ashworth, H. Astley Bell, B. J. Beckton, J- 
Bircheriall, A. Burns, A. Coningsby, A. T. Cussons, D. A. Cowan, J. C. 
Cowan, J. Cypher, A. G. Ellwood, J. Evans, W. Giles, A. Hanmer, J. 
Howes, J. Jackson, W. M. Jackson, A. Keeling, D. Losh Thorpe, D. 
McLeod, F. K. Sander, E. W. Thompson, J. Whitham, and H. Arthur 
(secretary). 
FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATES. - 
Cypripedium Britain’s Monarch (Alcibiades X Earl of Tankerville), a 
flower of perfect shape, dorsal sepal white with green base covered with 
red spots ; Cypripedium The Chancellor, a flower of the Christopher Grand 
Duke Nicholas type, but larger and finer in the colour markings ; 
Cypripedium Minotaur, flat dorsal, white with reddish spots, the green 
base having black spots; from S. Gratrix, Esq. 
Odontoglossum Llewellyn var. Radiant, one of the largest and most 
