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var. Aurora (Veronique X Haroldiana) with coppery rose sepals and petals 
and a claret-purple lip, Lelia tenebrosa, Sophrocatlelia Orpetiana, the 
rare Oncidium maizzfolium, and others. 
Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, also received a Silver Banksian 
Medal for a good group, including Leliocattleya Gottoiana Imperator, a 
brilliant form bearing two spikes of flowers, Lc. General Pershing, a fine 
white Hower with the front of the lip deep purple, Lc. Arras (C. Mossiz X 
Le, Aphrodite), a promising hybrid, Lc. Canhamiana Rex with three 
spikes of flowers, Lc. Martinetii, Lc. Aphrodite Rex, two Cymbidium 
Veitchii var. primulinum, the pretty little Epidendrum organense, Brassia 
verrucosa, and a few others. 
MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID. 
At the meeting held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on June 7th, 
the members of Committee present were: Rev. J. Crombleholme (in the 
chair), Messrs. D. A. Cowan, J. C. Cowan, Dr. Craven Moore, J. Cypher, 
A. G. Ellwood, J. Evans, P. Foster, A. R. Handley, A. Hanmer, A. 
Keeling, J. Lupton, D. McLeod, H. J. McNab, W. Shackleton, H. Thorp, 
and H. Arthur (Sec.). 
FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATES. 
Miltonia Charlesworthii var. Conyngham, a large flower, 3} inches 
across, and M. Isabel-Sander, flushed heliotrope, with a mask of oriental 
purple; from Dr. Craven Moore. 
Cattleya Mossiz Reineckeana var. Ashworthiz, a good form, with white 
sepals and petals, and a lip of brilliant colour; from R. Ashworth, Esq. 
Cypripedium niveum var. Dorothy Clare, a very fine white flower ; from 
the Rev. J. Crombleholme. 
Cattleya Mossiz var. Barlac Snowdrop, a large flower of igen shape 
and colour ; from S. Gratrix, Esq. 
Leliocattleya Domos superba (C. one x Le. Dominiana), a well-set 
flower, with lip of brilliant colour and nearly three inches across; from 
P. Smith, Esq. 
Odontoglossum Phoebe splendens (cirrhosum x crispum), a large, well- 
set flower, with richly-coloured spots ; from Messrs. J. & A. McBean. 
AWARDS OF MERIT. 
Cattleya Mossiz Madge and Odontoglossum Pescatorei grande ; from 
P. Smith, Esq. 
Odontoglossum Minos (harvengtense X Lambeauianum), and Cattleya 
Mossiz Lord Kitchener ; from R. Ashworth, Esq. 
Odontoglossum eximium Conqueror ; from J. J. Bolton, Esq 
Miltonia Lyoth var. Conyngham (chelseiensis x G. D. Owen) ; from 
Dr. Craven Moore. 
