110 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [APRIT., 1916 
Mr. C. F. Waters, Balcombe, staged a small group, including several 
good Odontoglossum crispum and Lycaste Skinneri, with Miltonia Bleuana 
and two or three Cypripediums. 
MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID. 
At the meeting held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on March 2nd, 
1916, the members of Committee present were: Rev. J. Crombleholme 
(in the Chair), Messrs. R. Ashworth, J. C. Cowan, J. Evans, P. Foster, 
A. R. Handley, A. J. Keeling, D. McLeod, W. Shackleton, S. Swift, G. 
Weatherby, and H. Arthur (Sec.). 
FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATES. . 
Odontoglossum plumptonense var. Majestic (Lambeauianum xX amabile), 
a large crimson-purple flower, of excellent form, and the lip slightly darker, 
with a yellow crest, and O. Clyte albens (Edwardii x Pescatorei), a large, 
well-shaped flower, differing from the purple type in having the groundwork 
of French grey, and the lip spotted with purple; from Rd. Ashworth, Esq. 
Cattleya Trianz var. Sunrise, a flower of wonderful form, and Lelio- 
cattleya Nelthorpe Beauclerk Haddon House var. (Lc. Gottoiana x C. Enid), 
a large, well-set flower, with well-fringed lip ; from P. Smith, Esq. 
Cypripedium Tom Worsley (Actus langleyense x Helen II.), a flower 
of pleasing shape, dorsal sepal porcelain white and lightly spotted, and 
C. Commodore (Alcibiades X memoria Jerninghamiz), a large flower, dorsal 
sepal, white, with broad maroon band ; from Tom Worsley, Esq. 
AWARDS OF MERIT. 
Odontoglossum princeps Walton Grange var. (crispum xX Lawrence- 
anum), O. eximium Perfection, and O. e. Moonbeam; from Wm. Thomp- 
son, Esq. 
Odontoglossum eximium var. Purple Gem, and O. crispum var. Haddon 
Glory; from P. Smith, Esq. 
Cypripedium Alcibiades nobilior, and C. Carteri (Earl Tankerville x ?) ; 
from Tom Worsley, Esq. 
Cattleya Schroeder var. Rossendale: from Rd. Ashworth, Esq. 
Odontoglossum crispum var. Dingle; from F. Houghton, Esq. 
Odontoglossum Arthur (parentage ?); from the Hon. Robert James. 
CULTURAL CERTIFICATES. 
To Mr. W. Gilden (gr. to Rd. Ashworth, Esq.), for Odontoglossum 
aspersum, with 15 flowers on a branched spike. 
To Mr. J. Howes (gr. to Wm. Thompson, Esq.), for Dendrobium 
Wardianum, plants in small pots carrying huge trusses of bloom. 
N.B.—The Cypripedium William Rees (Hitchinsiz x Milo), exhibited 
by Tom Worsley, Esq., which gained an Award of Merit on January 6th, 
will be recorded as C. Euphrates var. Wm. Rees. 
