18 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [JANUARY, 1918. 
We noted also examples of Odontioda Cupid, Cattleya O’Brieniana alba 
with four flowers, some fine Odontoglossum crispum and _ seedlings 
flowering for the first time, Masdevallia polysticta, several fine Cypri- 
pediums, and other good things. 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Haywards Heath, received a Silver 
Banksian Medal for a choice group, including Lzliocattleya Selene (Le. 
Fascinator X C. Trianz), a promising hybrid, having white sepals and 
petals tinged with rose, and a broad purple lip, with yellow in the throat, 
Lc. Cappei with seven flowers, a fine Lc. Serbia, a few good Cattleyas, 
Odontoglossum xanthinum (armainvillierense xanthotes x luteopurpureum 
Vuylstekeanum), an interesting seedling prettily blotched with yellow on 
a paler ground. Cypripedium Oberon, and a number of well-grown, 
blotched Odontoglossums at the back. 
Messrs. Sanders, St. Albans, received a Silver Banksian Medal for a 
good group, in which we noted an example of the rare Arachnis Clarkei, 
Cattleya Maggie-Raphael albo-ccerulea, white, with violet-rose front to the 
lip, Cypripedium Hippolyta (Dante x Hera Euryades), C. Antinous, C. 
Corsair (Niobe X Thompsonianum), a well-marked flower of the Niobe 
type, and other interesting things. 
Messrs. E. H. Davidson & Co., Orchid Dene, Twyford, sent Sophro- 
cattleya Dorcas (Sc. Dora X C. Dowiana aurea), a promising thing with 
yellow sepals and petals, and a rosy lip, veined with orange at the base, 
and Sophrocatlelia L. McKenna (Scl. CEdippe X C. Dowiana aurea), a 
dark claret-purple hybrid. 
Messrs. Stuart Low & Co., Jarvisbrook, staged a small group of good 
things, including a fine Sophrocattleya Doris, Leliocattleya Pearl, Le. 
Alex, Le. Soulange, and Cattleya Alcimeda alba. 
MANCHESTER & NorRTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID. 
A highly successful meeting was held at the Coal Exchange, Man- 
chester, on Thursday, November 15th, 1917, when the members of 
Committee present were: The Rev. J. Crombleholme (in the chair), 
Messrs. R. Ashworth, D. A. Cowan, J. C. Cowan, J. Cypher, A. G. 
Ellwood, J. Evans, P. Foster, J. Howes, A. J. Keeling, J. Lupton, D. 
McLeod, F. K. Sander, W. Shackleton, H. Thorpe, and H. Arthur 
(Secretary). 
FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATES. 
Odontoglossum Golden Oriole, a beautiful yellow flower, with deeply- 
coloured lip, and Sophrocattleya Dorea magnifica (C. Dowiana aurea X 
Sc. Doris), a fine, richly-coloured form; from S. Gratrix, Esq. 
Odontoglossum Edna var. Beauty (Rossii x armainvillierense), a large 
white flower, prettily spotted on the sepals and petals, and Leliocattleya 
