188 ' THE ORCHID REVIEW. [Nov.-Dec., 1919. 
P. Smith, Esq., Ashton-on-Mersey (gr. Mr. E. W. Thompson), staged 
Cattleya Lady Veitch Haddon House var. (Lueddemanniana alba x 
Warneri alba) (First-class Certificate), and Lelia Dayana ccerulea. 
S. Gratrix, Esq., Whalley Range (gr. Mr. J. Howes), staged Cattleya 
Adula alba (First-class Certificate). 
At the meeting held on October. 16th, the members of the Committee 
present were: Rev. J. Crombleholme (in the Chair), Messrs. A. Burns, D. 
A.,Cowan, J. Cypher, J. Howes, A. Keeling, D. McLeod, J. McNab, Dr. F. 
T. Paul, E. W. Thompson, and H. Arthur (Secretary). 
_ The First-class Certificates given to the plants, Cattleya Lady Veitch 
Haddon House var., from P. Smith, Esq.,- and Cattleya Adula alba, from 
S. Gratrix, Esq., exhibited at the previous meeting, were confirmed. 
FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATE. 
Brassocattleya Oberon Sanders’ var., from S. Gratrix, Esq. 
AWARDS OF MERIT. 
Odontoglossum illustrissimum Purple Emperor; O. crispum mosaicum ; 
Cattleya Queen of Roumania (parentage unknown); and Cypripedium 
Rossetti Perfection, from S. Gratrix, Esq. 
Cypripedium T. Abbot (Leeanum Clinkaberryanum Xx Harryi-Leeanum), 
from Messrs. A. J. Keeling & Sons. 
CULTURAL CERTIFICATE. 
Mr. A. Burns for a collection of Epidendrum vitellinum autumnale. 
Mr. J. Howes for Brassocattleya Oberon Sanders’ var. 
Mrs. Bruce and Miss Wrigley, Bury (gr. Mr. A. Burns), staged a fine 
group, to which a Silver-gilt Medal was awarded. Leading features were 
twenty beautiful plants of Epidendrum vitellinum autumnale, and ten of 
Cypripedium Maudie, other good things being C. Rossetti Bridge Hall var., 
C. Germaine Opoix Westfield var., C. Gaston Bultel var. King Edward 
VII., Odontoglossum grande aureum, Cymbidium erythrostylum, Vanda 
* coerulea, Cattleya Bowringiana, C. Portia, C. Mantinii nobilior, and others. 
S. Gratrix, Esq., Whalley Range (gr. Mr. J. Howes), was also awarded 
a Silver-gilt Medal for a fine group, including Cattleya Snow Queen, C. 
Ivernia, C. Capella, C. Mantinii nobilior, Lzliocattleya luminosa Golden 
Glow, Lc. Alex West Point var., Lc. bletchleyensis, Sophrocattleya Faboris 
excelsa, Cypripedium Actzeus majesticum, C. Ernest Read, C. Chapmanii, 
some good Odontoglossums, and others. ; 
The Rev. J. Crombleholme, Clayton-le-Moors (gr. Mr. E. Marshall), 
staged a collection of cut flowers of Cypripediums in the following 
varieties :—Lord Ossulston vars. Cherubicum and St: Mary’s, leyburnense 
magnificum, Chapmanii magnificum, Gaston Bultel, Hassallii St. Mary’s 
var., Charlesworthii rawdonense, King Arthur var. Borgoque, Mancunium, 
