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Cooksoniz, Brassocattleya Doris, Odontoglossum Alicia, some good 
scedling O. crispum, and others (Silver Flora Medal). 
Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, staged a fine group, including some’ 
well-flowered Lelia anceps and L. Gouldiana, the rare L. Lundii,. 
Cymbidium Cooperi, C. Albatross (Gottianum x grandiflorum), a well- 
bloomed Lycaste mesochlena, Odontoglossum brevifolium, and some good 
hybrids, Eria paniculata, Oncidioda Cooksoniz, a selection of Cypri- 
pediums, and some Dendrobium Wardianum at the back (Silver Flora 
Medal). 
Messrs. Flory & Black, Slough, showed a good Odontoglossum armain- 
villierense, Masdevallia macrura, M. polysticta, Scaphosepalum pulvinare, 
and Brassocatlelia Simone (Lc. Hippolyta x Bc. Sedenii) with flame- 
coloured flowers and the front lobe of the lip ruby-red, fringed and undulate. 
Messrs. Hassall & Co., Southgate, sent a good Cattleya Maggie- 
Raphael alba, Cymbidium Diana (Pauwelsii x Veitchii), and Cypripedium 
Moira (Priam X bingleyense), a brilliant claret-red flower of good shape, 
and the leaves tesselated. 
Messrs. Stuart Low & Co., Jarvisbrook, Sussex, sent Cattleya Trianz 
The Baron, a large and handsome form, C. Percivaliana alba, and Cypri- 
pedium Aisne (Leeanum Clinkaberryanum x Mrs. Wm. Mostyn). 
Mr. G. W. Miller, Wisbech, showed a seedling Cypripedium of good 
shape, with a heavily blotched dorsal sepal. 
Mr. C. F. Waters, Balcombe, staged a good group, including forms of 
Odontoglossum crispum, Lycaste Skinneri, Lelia anceps, Vanda ccerulea, 
Dendrobium Wardianum, and a few Cypripediums. 
AWARD OF MERIT. 
CATTLEYA TRIAN2 ROEBLING’S VAR.—A very fine form, with very broad, 
rosy-lilac segments, the petals having a broad purple band at the apex, and 
the lip rose-purple with a deep yellow throat. 
SEEDLING COMMENDATION. 
OpONTOGLOssuUM ANzac (eximium X Colossus).—A handsome seedling 
bearing its first flower, which has broad segments, heavily blotched with 
reddish claret on a blush white ground, and the lip white, with red-brown 
blotches in front of the yellow crest. 
MANCHESTER AND NorTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID. 
At the meeting held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on Thursday, 
January 6th, 1916, the members of Committee present were: Rev. J. 
Crombleholme (in the Chair), Messrs. R. Ashworth, J. Cypher, J. Evans, 
P. Foster, A. R. Handley, A. Hanmer, D. McLeod, W. Shackleton, 
S. Swift, H. Thorp, and H. Arthur (Sec.). 
Large Silver Medals were awarded to R. Ashworth, Esq., Newchurch 
