May-June, 1919.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 9t 
variety, the flowers being of good shape, and the broad, rose-coloured 
margin of the segments separated by a narrow whitish line from the large 
red central area, while the lip is blush white in front, with some purple 
markings round the deep yellow crest. Exhibited by H. T. Pitt, Esq. 
. GENERAL EXuHIBITs. : 
H. T. Pitt, Esq., Stamford Hill (gr. Mr. F. W. Thurgood), was awarded 
a Silver Flora Medal for a select and varied group, including the white 
Cattleya Mary Sander and C. Cowaniz alba, Brassocattleya Princess Mary, 
white with an orange-coloured disc, Cynorchis kewensis, two good Miltonia 
Charlesworthii, Odontoglossum crispum var. Avalanche, the rare O. c.. 
Oakfield Sunrise, O. Wilckeanum, the dark O. General Allenby, O. 
Thompsonianum, the prettily spotted O. Pescatorei Duchess of W estminster, 
Bulbophyllum Lobbii, Lycaste brevispatha, Cypripedium glaucophyllum, 
- Chondrorhyncha fimbriata, and Cymbidium Lowgrinum, with examples of 
Epidendrum radicans, E. Wallisii, the brilliant Renanthera Imschootiana, 
and Dendrobium densiflorum behind. 
A. J. Hollington, Esq., Forty Hill, Enfield (gr. Mr. W. May), sent a 
plant of Leeliocattleya San Juan (C. Mendelii X L.c. Aphrodite), a very 
pretty hybrid, most resembling the latter, and having pale lilac sepals and 
petals, with the front of the lip purple, and some dark lines on the 
yellow disc. 
F. J. Hanbury, Esq., Brockhurst, East Grinstead, showed a bloom of 
Schombolelia tibibrosa (L. tenebrosa X S. tibicinis), having rich brown 
sepals and petals and a purple lip, also Lzliocattleya Aero (Lc. G. G 
Whitelegge x C. Percivaliana). 
In a group of herbaceous plants staged by Mr. G. Reuthe, Fox Hill 
Nurseries, Keston, we noticed three plavts of the purple Orchis mascula. 
MANCHESTER AND NoRTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID. 
A meeting was held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on April 3rd, 
when the members of the Committee present were : The Rev. J. Cromble- 
holme (in the Chair), Messrs. R. Ashworth, A. Burns, J. Evans, A. Hanmer, 
J. Howes, A. J. Keeling, W. Pickup, J. Thrower, and H. Arthur (Secretary). 
Frirst-CLASS CERTIFICATES. 
Odontoglossum crispum var. Perfection (crispum X C. Solum), 0. Ebony 
var. maximum (Thompsonianum X King Arthur), Odontioda illustris var. 
‘Marginata (Odm. illustrissimum X Oda. Charlesworthii), O. albo-rubra 
(Odm. Rawdon Beauty x Oda. Chanticler), and Oncidioda Cooksonie 
superba (C. Neetzliana xX O. macranthum), from P. Smith, Esq. Me 
, Odontoglossum Deliverance (parentage unknown). O. armainvillierense- 
var. Doris, Odontioda Rajah West Point var. (Oda. Lambeauiana x Odm.. 
Rio Tinto), and Cattleya Queen Mary, from S. Gratrix, Esq. 
