68 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [ MarcH, 1917. 
Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells, staged a small group 
of choice things, including Sophrocattleya Atreus gloriosa (S. grandiflora X 
C. Lawrenceana), a dark scarlet form, Cattleya Clotho magnifica, Sophro- 
catlelia Iris (Lc. Thyone X Sc. Doris), having cowslip yellow sepals and a_ 
rose-purple lip, with yellow lines in the throat, Brassocattleya Leemanie, 
Odontoglossum eximillus, Odontoda Armstrongii var. Jupiter, with ruby 
crimson flowers, and a few others. 
Messrs. Flory & Black, Slough, sent a good Cattleya Blackii alba 
(Mendelii alba X Gaskelliana alba), and Brassocatlelia Harrisonii (Lc. 
Juno X Bc. Leemaniz), showing some of the influence of Lelia majalis in 
the lip. 
Messrs. Stuart Low & Co., Jarvisbrook, sent Brassocattleya speciosa 
(Bc. Veitchii X C. Schroederze) a blush-white hybrid, with pale yellow lip, 
a good Bc. Menda, and Leliocattleya Calabria (Lc. Myra x C. Schroedere), 
primrose yellow, with the front lobe of the lip orange-coloured. 
MANCHESTER & NORTH OF ENGLAND. 
At the meeting held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on February 
1st, the members of Committee present were: The Rev. J. Crombleholme 
(in the Chair), Messrs. R. Ashworth, D. A. Cowan, Dr. Craven Moore, 
J. Cypher, J. Evans, P. Foster, A. R. Handley, D. McLeod, W. 
Shackleton, and H. Arthur (Sec.). 
FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATES. 
Cypripedium Lloyd-George (aureum Hyeanum xX Beeckmanii), a fine 
well-set flower, with broad petals, and the dorsal sepal with a broad margin 
of white; C. Alcibiades magnificum West Point var., similar in form and 
colour to C. Alcibiades illustre ; from S. Gratrix, Esq. 
Brassocattleya Bianca var. Ashworthiz (Bc. The Baron xX C. Mendelii), 
a large flower, of good form and rich colour, with well-balanced lip; from 
R. Ashworth, Esq. 
AWARDS OF MERIT. 
Odontioda Linda (Oda. Diana X Oda. amabile), Odontoglossum 
waltonense Conyngham var. (polyanthum X crispum), and Cymbidium 
Alexanderi var. Enchantress (eburneo-Lowianum xX insigne); from Dr. 
Craven Moore. 
Odontoglossum crispum aureum superbum, and Odontioda Madeline 
var. superba (Odm. crispum Britannia x Oda. Charlesworthii); from P. 
Smith, Esq. 
Sophrocattleya Ashworthiz (Doris X Blackii); from R. Ashworth, Esq- 
AWARDS OF A ION. 
Odontoglossum Peerless var. The Buff (Ossulstonii x eximium), and O. 
Mersey Star (eximium X King Emperor); from P. Smith, Esq. 
