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To Mr, J. Lupton, for Cymbidum Parishii Sandere, carrying five flower 
spikes, 
To Mr. S. Davenport, for Sophronitis grandiflora. 
Large Silver Medals were awarded to R. Ashworth, Esq., Newchurch 
(gt. Mr. S. Davenport), for a fine general group; to H. H. Bolton, Esq., 
Newchurch (gr. Mr. W. Eastwood), for an excellent group of Dendrobiums, 
in which varieties and hybrids of D. nobile were finely represented; and to 
W. R. Lee, Esq., Heywood (gr. Mr. C. Branch), for a fine group of Cattleyas, 
Odontoglossums, and Cypripediums. 
Silver Medals were awarded to Col. Sir John Rutherford, Bart., M.P., 
Blackburn (gr. Mr. J. Lupton), for a fine general group; and to Messrs. 
Cypher & Sons, Cheltenham, for another fine lot, in which Dendrobiums, 
and Cymbidiums, with a few others, were prominent. 
Interesting exhibits were staged by S. Gratrix, Esq., Whalley Range 
(gr. Mr. J. Howes); the Exors. of the late O. O. Wrigley, Esq., Bury, 
(gr. Mr. E. Rogers); Messrs J. & A. McBean, Cooksbridge; and Messrs. 
Charlesworth & Co., Haywards Heath, several of which are included in the 
above list of awards. 
ge O meetings of the Royal. Horticultural Society will be held at the 
London Scottish Drill Hall, Buckingham Gate, Westminster, during 
April, on the gth and 23rd, when the Orchid Committee will meet at the 
usual hour, 11.45 a.m. The following meeting is fixed for May 7th. 
ORCHID NOTES AND NEWS. 
The Manchester and North of England Orchid Society will hold 
meetings at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on April 4th and 18th. The 
Committee meets at noon, and the exhibits are open to inspection from 1 to 
4pm. The following meeting is fixed for May gth, when the annual 
meeting will be held in the afternoon. It is suggested that the nomination 
forms for candidates for seats on the Committee shall, for this season at 
least, be discontinued, and that at the annual meeting the whole of the 
retiring members (some of whom are serving in His Majesty's Forces) be 
re-elected. In the event of any member wishing to make any other 
nomination (which must be with the nominee’s consent), the same must be 
forwarded to the Secretary prior to the annual meeting on May gth. 
J. Harrison Dicx.—We greatly regret to hear of the death of 
Mr. J. Harrison Dick, who has been for some years Editor of our 
American contemporary, the Florists’ Exchange. He was previously Editor 
of the Journal of Horticulture, and at an earlier date Assistant Editor of the 
