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var., of rich colour. Among the Leliocattleyas were fine varieties of 
Hassallii, white with a purple lip, and Nanon, of rose-pink colour and the 
mid-rib of the petals deep-purple, and Robertsoniz, produced by crossing 
Lc. luminosa aurea with C. Maggie Raphzl alba, the flowers being yellow 
with rose-purple marking on the lip. Cypripediums were numerous, and 
included Ballyhandy, Moonbeam and the new Clytemnestra (AZson xX 
Gaston Bultel). 
Messrs. J. & A. McBean staged several fine varieties of the new Lc. 
Profusion, a most promising hybrid. Cattleya Brenda, with white flowers, 
and Cattleya Warscewiczii var. Fairy Queen were also shown, the latter 
flowering for the first time, and of a delicate blush colour, the lip marked 
with light purple. Miltonioda Hilda carried a spike of nine crimson-rose 
flowers. 
Messrs. Sanders exhibited Brassocattleya Boadicea var. Verulam, with 
large flowers of rose-pink colour. Also Cypripedium Goldcrest (insigne 
Sanderz X Monte), yellow, with white upper part of the dorsal sepal, the 
petals slightly marked with brown. 
Messrs. Armstrong & Brown staged Leeliocattleya Ensign (Lc. Orion x 
C. Fabia), with flowers of varying rose-pink tints shaded with purple, and 
the labellum reddish. 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co. staged Odontoglossum Fabia, large and 
distinctly marked, Vuylstekeara Edna with a beautiful spike of thirty 
scarlet-red flowers. 
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MANCHESTER ORCHID SOCIETY. 
October 18th, 1923. 
EMBERS of the Committee present :—Rev. J. Crombleholme (in the 
chair), Messrs. R. Ashworth, J. Birchenall, A. Burns, A. Coningsby, 
J. Cypher, J. Evans, J. Howes, W. Morton Jackson, A. Keeling, D. 
McLeod, E. W. Thompson, and H. Arthur (secretary). 
FrirsT-cLASs CERTIFICATES. 
Cattleya Mrs. Gratrix (Lady Veitch X intertexta var. Juliette), flower 
of good form and texture, pure-white, with deep-yellow throat; from S. 
Gratrix, Esq. 
Odontoglossum crispum var. Orestes, full round flower, thick substance, 
and with a deep blotch of colour on the large flat lip; from P. Smith, Esq. 
AWARDS OF MERIT. 
Cattleya Venus, Orchidhurst var., and Leeliocattleya Appam var... 
Golden Crown; from S. Gratrix, Esq. 
Odontioda Helma (parentage unknown) ; from P. Smith, Esq. 
