204 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
ROYAL BOTANICAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
OF MANCHESTER. 
THE usual Whitsuntide Show of this Society was held at the Botanical 
Gardens, Old Trafford, commencing on Saturday, June 2nd, and brought 
together ‘a fine display of Orchids, which, in many respects, showed a 
marked improvement on the exhibits of last year. 
For the best miscellaneous collection of Orchids, limited to Amateurs, 
the first prize was secured by E. Ashworth, Esq., Ashford, Wilmslow (gr. 
Mr. Holbrook), with a very fine group, in which the usual showy species of 
the season were well represented. It included some fine spotted varieties 
of Odontoglossum crispum, O. Pescatorei, some fine examples of Lelia 
purpurata, Cattleya Mossiz, &c. T. Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield 
(gr. Mr. Johnson), was second with another good group. 
In the corresponding Nurserymen’s class, Mr. J. Cypher, Cheltenham, 
staged a splendid group, which was most artistically arranged at the end of 
the large conservatory, and gained the First Prize, also a Gold Medal from 
the Council. His examples of Lelia purpurata were very fine; there were 
also large, well-bloomed examples of Dendrobium nobile, good forms of 
Cattleya Mossiz, some fine examples of Odontoglossum crispum, O. X. 
loochristiense, and most of the showy things of the season. Mr. 
John Robson was second with a well- arranged group having a frontage 
of forty-two feet, in which a fine example of Cattleya Mendelii bearing 
about twenty flowers was a prominent feature. Messrs. Heath and 
Son, Cheltenham, were third, with another good group. 
For the best collection of Cattleyas and Lelias, the first prize was 
secured by Mr. Cypher, with good examples of Lelia purpurata, Cattleya 
Mendelii, and C. Mossie; the second prize going to Messrs. Heath & Son. 
‘For ten specimen Orchids in flower, Mr. Cypher was again first, 
with fine examples of Dendrobium nobile, Miltonia vexillaria, and Lelia 
purpurata; and Messrs. Heath and Son were second. 
In the non-competitive classes some excellent groups were exhibited. 
Messrs. John:.Cowan and Co., Gateacre, staged an excellent group,. 
which, a correspondent informs us, was the best they have ever staged 
there, and to which a Gold Medal was awarded. Messrs. Charlesworth 
and Co., Bradford, and Messrs. Stanley, Ashton, and Co., Southgate, 
also sd received a Gold Medal for fine groups of. Orchids, and 
Messrs. Hugh Low and Co., Enfield, also received a Silver Medal for a 
good. group. - 
A number of Certificates were also given. E. Ashworth, Esq., 
received First-class Certificates for Odontoglossum x Adriane Ernest 
Ashworth, O. X A. Arthur Ashworth, and Cattleya  Skinneri Temple 
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