20 THE ORCHID REVIEW. (JANUARY, 1918, 
Interesting exhibits were also staged by the Exors. of the late O. O. 
Wrigley, Esq., Bury (gr. Mr. E. Rogers); S. Gratrix, Esq., Whalley 
Range (gr. Mr. J. Howes); P. Smith, Esq., Ashton-on-Mersey (gr. Mr. 
E. W. Thompson) ; Dr. Craven Moore, Victoria Park, Manchester (gr. Mr. 
T. Arran); Messrs. Hassall & Co., Southgate, and Messrs. J. & A. McBean, 
Cooksbridge, several of them figuring in the above list of Awards. 
The Secretary regrets to record the death of A. J. Oakshott, Esq., of 
Bidston, Cheshire, an enthusiastic member of the Society. 
At the meeting held on December 6th the members of Committee 
present were: The Rev. J. Crombleholme (in the chair), Messrs. R. 
Ashworth, D. A. Cowan, J. Cypher, A. G. Ellwood, A. R. Handley, A. 
Hanmer, J. Howes, A. J. Keeling, J. Lupton, D. McLeod, W. Shackleton, 
H. Thorp, and H. Arthur (Secretary). 
FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATE. 
Cattleya Helen-Langley The Knowle var. (Dusseldorfii Undine X 
Myra-Peeters), a large, well-set flower, white, with purple marking on the 
lip; from John Hartley, Esq. 
AWARDS OF Merit. : 
Brassocattleya Penelope (Bc. Digbyano-gigas x C. Fabia), Odonto- 
glossum Gladys (cirrhosum x crispo-Harryanum), Cymbidium Schlegelii 
Ashworth’s var., Odontioda Mars, and the rare Arachnis Clarkei: from 
R. Ashworth, Esq. 
Cypripedium Formidable (Mastersianum x Alcibiades), C. Alport- 
Alpha), and Leliocattleya Jacinth (C. Triane x Lc. Pizarro); from S. 
Gratrix, Esq. 
Cypripedium Col. Hennah (Leeanum Clinkaberryanum x Antinous) ; 
from the Hon. Robert James. 
Leeliocattleya bella alba Beardwood var.; from Col. Sir J. Rutherford, 
Bart., M.P. 
AWARDS OF APPRECIATION. 
Odontoglossum crispum Noel (Ist class) ; from S. Gratrix, Esq. 
Odontoglossum Heliotrope (2nd class) (Pluto x Black Prince) ; from R. 
Ashworth, Esq. 
A Large Silver Medal was awarded to R. Ashworth, Esq., Newchurch 
(gr. Mr. Davenport), for a very fine group, consisting principally of Odonto- 
glossums and Cypripediums, with examples of Brassocattleya Penelope, 
Arachnis Clarkei, Cymbidium Schlegelii Ashworth’s var., and others. 
A Large Silver Medal was also awarded to W. R. Lee, Esq., Heywood 
(gr. Mr. Branch), for a very fine group of Cypripediums and some choice 
Qdontoglossums of the xanthotes section, 
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