44 THE ORCHID REVIEW [FEBRUARY, 1917. 
Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells, staged a small group of 
sixteen seedling Odontoglossums, including forms of eximium, gandavense, 
ardentillus, promerens, and O. Peerless var. rotunda, a very promising: 
seedling, with broad rounded segments and a very broad lip, the ground 
colour being white, with a broad zone of cinnamon-brown blotches on the 
segments; also two distinct forms of Odontioda Madeline, and a pretty 
light yellow O. Amethyst (Odm. Hallio-crispum x Oda. Bradshawiz), with 
a narrow zone of red below the middle of the segments. 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Haywards Heath, sent a few choice things, 
including the brilliantly-coloured Odontioda Florence var. amabilis (Oda. 
Cooksonie xX Odm. Dora), a finely-shaped form of Cattleya Trianz, 
tichly-coloured forms of C. Clotho and Leliocattleya Serbia, a very fine 
form of Odontoglossum crispum bearing a panicle of 21 model flowers, 
and a good example of O. crispum xanthotes. 
Messrs. Hassall & Co., Southgate, staged a group of eleven seedling 
Cymbidiums, including C. Beatrice and C. Alexanderi, with distinct 
forms of C. Capella and C. Sybil, the latter varying from white to light 
yellow in the ground colour, one of the latter colour being called C. Sybil 
var. sulphureum. 
Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, staged a small group, including 
Cattleya Trianz and C. Freda-Sander (Mossize Wageneri x Myra-Peeters), 
the latter clear white with a yellow disc to the lip, Cymbidium Chaffinch 
(Gottianum xX Doris), very prettily spotted with red on all the segments, 
the ground colour being blush, Cypripedium Actzeus var. Radium, a well- 
blotched form, and C. Lord Wolmer. 
MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID. 
At the meeting held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on December 2ist, 
the members of Committee present were: The Rev. J. Crombleholme (in 
the chair), Messrs. R. Ashworth, A. G. Ellwood, P. Foster, A. R. Handley, 
J. Lupton, D. McLeod, W. Shackleton, S. Swift, H. Thorp, and H. Arthur 
(Secretary). 
Owing to the severe weather there were few exhibits, but eight choice 
things received certificates. 
FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATES. 
Leliocattleya amabilis var. Ashlandie (Le. Fascinator albens X C- 
Warscewiczii Stanleyi), a large, well-set flower, with white sepals and 
petals, and well-marked lip; from R. Ashworth, Esq., Newchurch (gr. Mr- 
S. Davenport). 
Cypripedium Alethea (Gaston Bultel x Euryades), a flower of excellent 
shape, and reddish crimson in colour, the dorsal sepal very flat ; from A. 
Warburton, Esq., Haslingden (gr. Mr. A. Dalgleish). 
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