3i2 . THE ORCHID REVIEW. (Octoser, 1914. 
cattleya Maronie, Cypripedium Lairessei with four flowers, and C. Bryan 
x C. callosum, with dark-spotted Argus-like petals. 
Messrs. J. & A. McBean, Cooksbridge, sent a very fine Cattleya 
Hardyana with five flowers on the spike, some forms of C. Dowiana alba, 
C. Rothschildiana alba, Leliocattleya Thyone, Odontioda Diana and 
Bradshawiz, and the interesting Peristeria elata, the Dove Orchid. 
AWARD OF MERIT. 
CATTLEYA AMABILIS FOWLER’S VAR. (labiata x W icil).—A large 
and handsome hybrid, bearing a spike of three flowers of good shape, and 
having rosy-mauve sepals and petals, and a deep purple lip, with two large 
yellow eyes in the throat, and some yellow veining on the disc. Exhibited 
by J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. 
MANCHESTER & NorTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID. 
At the meeting held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on Thursday, 
August 13th, the members of Committee present. were: Z. A. Ward, Esq- 
{in the Chair); Messrs. D. McLeod, H. Thorp, A. Hanmer, J. J. Bolton, 
A. J. Keeling, J.. Lupton, .R. Ashworth, W. Shackleton, G. Weatherby, 
and H. Arthur (Secretary).. . 
R. Ashworth, Esq., Ashlands, Newchurch (gr. Mr. Gilden), was 
awarded a Silver-gilt Medal for a mixed group, including Cattleya Caduceus, 
Hardyana, Germania, Macznas, Dowiana aurea, and Gaskelliana alba vat- 
R. Ashworth, Odontoglossum crispum virginale, O. c. xanthotes Ashlands 
var., and O. Pescatorei Ashlandii, Miltonia Bleuana. and Reeulil, 
Cypripedium Rolfei var. R. Ashworth, C. Daisy Barclay, C. Godefroy# 
var. Sunset, and C. Transvaal, Masdevallia Harryana splendens, Cycnoches 
peruvianum, and others. : 
Z. A. Ward, Esq., Northenden (gr..Mr.. Weatherby), staged ae 
a feature being the excellent culture shown in the long-bulbed section © 
hybrid Cattleyas, one plant of C. x Atalanta carrying 17 good flowers 0? 
one spike (a Cultural Certificate with Bronze Medal being awarded us ” 
Gardener) ; several varieties of C. x Iris, including St. Giles and Wille, 
Cypripedium Rossetti, C. tixallense, C. Maudie magnificum, C. St 
Alban, and others, a Large Silver Medal being awarded. ded 
Col. J. Rutherford, M.P., Blackburn (gr. Mr. Lupton), was awarde : 
Silver Medal for a small choice group, composed principally of Cattleyas, 
including the Beardwood var. of C. Gaskelliana alba, C. Dowiana autre 
and C. Ella, a few Cypripediums, the rare Odontoglossum Rossian, ee 
Messrs. A. J. Keeling & Sons, Bradford, were also awarded a 5!¥ 
Medal for a group of Cypripediums in variety. ont 
Mr. j. Birchenall, Alderley Edge, staged Chondrorhyncha Chester 
and Oncidium incurvum. 
