156 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [Srpr.-Oct., 1919. 
Medal for a choice greup, including Odontioda Hilda (Odm. Dora x Oda. 
Royal Gem), with richly coloured flowers, and a number of promising 
Odontoglossum seedlings. Specially noteworthy was the new Charles- 
worthiara Alpha (Miltonioda Ajax X Oncidioda Cooksoniz), with flowers 
of uniform scarlet colour, a plant which was recommended to the Scientific 
Committee for a Certificate of Appreciation. 
Messrs. Sanders, St. Albans, received a Silver Banksian Medal for an 
interesting group, good plants of Odontioda Thwaitesii and O. Diana, the 
fine O. Bradshawie Cookson’s var., a beautiful example of Leliocattleya 
Isabel Sander, having white sepals and petals somewhat veined with purple 
and a dark purple lip, with several other good things. 
Messrs. Flory & Black, Slough, sent a few interesting hybrids, including 
Brassocattleya grandis (Bc. Thorntonii x C. Mendelii), a fine hybrid, having 
blush white flowers of good shape, with a few purple markings in front of 
the light yellow disc of the lip, Sophrocatlelia Nerissa. 
_ MANCHESTER AND NorTu OF ENGLAND Orcuip. 
At the meeting held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on July 3rd 
the members of Committee present were: Dr. F. T. Paul (in the Chair), 
Messrs. A. Burns, D. A. Cowan, J. C. Cowan, Dr. Craven Moore, 
S. Davenport, J. Evans, J. Howes, A. Keeling, D. McLeod, W. Pickup, 
_ W. Shackleton, E. W. Thompson, J. Thrower, and H. Arthur (Secretary). 
FIRST-CLASS CENTIFICATES. 
Leliocattleya.Canhamiana alba The Premier, Cattleya Mabel var. 
Peace, and Odontoglossum amabile splendens, from S. Gratrix, Esq. 
Cattleya Dupreana Heathfield var., from J. J. Bolton, Esq. 
Miltonia Charlesworthii var. Peerless, from P. Smith, Esq. 
AWARDS OF MERIT. 
Cypripedium niveum var. Colossus, from Mrs. S. Gratrix. 
Cypripedium bellatulum var. Beryl, from Dr. F. T. Paul. 
Odontoglossum crispum var. She, from P. Smith, Esq. 
CULTURAL CERTIFICATES. 
Dr. F. T. Paul, for Cypripedium bellatulum, 
Mr. A. Burns, for Anguloa Cliftonii. 
Mr. E. W. Thompson, for Odontoglossum crispum var. She. 
Mrs. Bruce and Miss Wrigley, Bury (gr. Mr. A. Burns), staged a good 
group, to which a Silver Medal was awarded. It contained Miltonia 
vexillaria var. Rev. W. Wilks, Vanda ccerulea, Renanthera Imschootiana, 
Epidendrum prismatocarpum, Phalenopsis amabilis, Oncidium Wentworth- 
ianum, Cypripedium Rothschildianum, Odontoglossum Pescatorei Ward’s 
var., and others. 
Dr. F. T: Paul, Caldy, Cheshire, staged a few good Cypripediums, and 
