THE ORCHID REVIEW. 165 
MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID 
SOCIETY. 
A MEETING of this Society was held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, 
on May roth, 1900, when there was again a very fine display of Orchids. 
The Members of the Committee present were :—Messrs. G. Shorland 
Ball (in the chair), Leemann, Thompson, Duckworth, Lovell, Warburton, 
Parker, Bolton, Cypher, Robson, Upjohn, Stevens, Holmes, and Weathers 
(Hon. Sec.) 
G. Shorland Ball, Esq., Wilmslow (gr. Mr. Gibbons), showed a very 
fine specimen of the beautiful and curious Coelogyne pandurata (F.C. and 
Cult. Cert.), a well-grown plant of Oncidium concolor, two very pretty 
forms of Odontoglossum crispum, nearly white, to one of which an Award 
of Merit was given, and Dendrobium densiflorum Schreederi. 
John Leemann, Esq., Heaton Mersey (gr. Mr. Edge), showed a 
wonderful lot of Odontoglossums, and a fine selection of mixed Orchids, 
for which he received a Gold Medal. The following were noticeable as 
being of special merit ree aca crispum Magister, a very 
heavily spotted form (A.M.), O.c. Rodigasianum (A.M.), O. crispum Mont 
Blanc (A.M.), O.c. mirabile (A. nee y, Oo. Pescatorei grande, O. P. ]'mpress 
Frederick (A.M.), O. triumphans, O.'x Andersonianum decorum, O. X A. 
Canarie (A.M. ), O. X Ruckerianum elegans (A.M.), O. X Adriane spectabile 
(A. M.), O. x A. picturatum, O. X A. delicatum, Cattleya Mendelii 
illustre (A.M.), and Léelio-cattleya Xx Marie Speransky (purpurata 
x Skinner). 
W. Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange (gr. Mr. Stevens), ical an 
effective group, for whichhe received a Vote of Thanks, and Odontoglossum 
X cirro-Hallii, a very pretty hybrid, quite intermediate in character (A.M). 
. Thomas Baxter, Esq., Morecambe (gr. Mr. Roberts), showed Odonto- 
glossum crispum Thomas Baxter (A.M.), O. x Adriane morecambiense 
(A.M.), O. xX A. Little Gem, and a small group for which he was 
awarded a Vote of Thanks. 
‘W. Duckworth, Esq., Flixton (gr. Mr. Jae), showed the beautiful 
Cypripedium Lawrenceanum Hyeanum (F.C.). 
Samuel Gratrix, Esq., Whalley Range (gr. Mr. McLeod), showed 
Cypripedium Lawrenceanum Gratrixianum, very much in the way of 
Hyeanum, but with the radiations on the outsides of the dorsal sepal and 
the lower part of the lip tinged with red (A.M.), C. X palawanense, 
Odontoglossum X Wilckeanum (A.M.), Cattleya Lawrenceana, and 
Lelio-cattleya X Ascania (A.M.). 
‘Richard Ashworth, Esq., Newchurch (gr. Mr. Pidsley), showed 
Dendrobium nobile Amesiz (A.M.), D. n. Richard Ashworth, a new 
