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well known shape and feathered blotch of D. x Ainsworthii, but the sepals 
and the upper part of the petals and lip are prettily suffused with light-rose 
purple, and thus it differs greatly from the former example, being about 
midway between the type and the variety roseum. It is an interesting 
confirmation of the former record, and Mr. Pattinson writes that there is 
no mistake about the matter, for he had previously no example of 
D. X Ainsworthii in the collection. The other imported pieces are typical 
D. nobile. Since the former note was written. I have been able to discuss 
the matter with Mr. Pantling—one of the authors of that excellent work, 
The Orchids of the Sikkim Himalaya—who tells me that in Sikkim the two 
parents grow intermixed on the branches of the same trees, though he has 
not met with an example of the hybrid. The present example is more 
likely to have come from Upper Burma, whence some of our recent 
importations are known to have been derived. Both parents are known to 
grow there, and it is quite likely that they also occur intermixed. 
It would be interesting to know if other examples have appeared. 
A. R. 
MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID 
SOCIETY. 
A MEETING of this Society was held in the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on 
March 8th, when there was a very fine display of Orchids. The members 
of the Committee present were W. Thompson, Esq., in the Chair, and 
Messrs. A. Warburton, C. Parker, J. Cypher, W. Stevens, R. Johnson, and 
P. Weathers (hon. secretary). 
W. Thompson, Esq., Stone (gr. Mr. Stevens), showed Odontoglossum 
X excellens nobilior (F.C.), O. x King Alfred (F.C.), O. pulchellum 
Stevensii (A.M.), and Dendrobium x Sibyl superbum (F.C.) This exhibitor 
also staged a fine group, for which he was awarded a Silver Medal. 
John Leeman, Esq., Heaton Mersey (gr. Mr. Edge), showed Lelio- 
cattleya x Empress of Russia (C. Mendelii xX L. Digbyana), to which 
both a First-class Certificate and a Silver Medal was given, L.-c. X 
Ernesti (F.C.), Odontoglossum x excellens, O. X Adriane Meteor (A.M.), 
Dendrobium x Sybil (bigibbum X Linawianum) (F.C.), Dendrobium 
nobile Sandere (A.M.), D. X Rubens (nobile nobilius x splendidissimum), 
Cypripedium % Doncasterianum, and C. X Mons. de Curte. a also 
Staged a very fine group, for which he received a Silver-gilt Medal. 
T. Statter, Esq., Stand Hall. (gr. Mr. Johnson), sent Dendrobium x 
Ainsworthii Statter’s var., D. x splendidissimum giganteum (A.M.), D. 
* s. Stand Hall var., and D. Curtisii. 
S. Gratrix, Esq., Whalley Range (gr. Mr. McLeod), sent Lelio-cattleya 
X warnhamensis Charlesworth’s var. (A.M.), and L.-c. x W., West Point 
