206 THE ORCHID REVIEW. (AUGUST, 1916. 
Messrs. Flory & Black, Slough, staged a small group, including three 
examples of Disa Blackii, a good D. grandiflora, the richly-coloured 
Odontoglossum Smithii, Odontioda Zephyr, and O. Ethel (Oda. chelse- 
iensis X Odm. percultum), a charming lilac flower, well spotted with 
orange brown on the paler centre of the petals. 
Messrs. Hassall & Co., Southgate, sent a good example of Odoto- 
glossum Harryanum bearing a spike of twelve flowers, and two diverse 
forms of Cattleya Sybil (iridescens x Dowiana aurea), one having clear 
_ yellow sepals and petals and a ruby-red lip with orange-yellow throat, the 
other cream-coloured with the centre of the lip orange, and a sharply- 
defined band of ruby purple in front. 
MANCHESTER AND NorTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID. 
At the meeting held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on July 6th, 
the members of Committee present were: Messrs. A. Hanmer (in the 
chair), J. C. Cowan, J. Cypher, P. Foster, W. Gilden, A. R. Handley, 
A. J. Keeling, J. Lupton, D. McLeod, W. Shackleton, S. Swift, H. Thorp, 
and H. Arthur (Sec.). 
R. Ashworth, Esq., Newchurch (gr. Mr. W. Gilden), staged a fine 
group, to which a Silver Medal was awarded. It included Cattleya 
Mendelii in variety, C. Mossize Wageneri Ashlands var., C. intertexta alba, 
and C. Gaskelliana albens, Miltonia Charlesworthii, Odontoglossum 
crispum and Pescatorei, Masdevallia Harryana and Courtauldiana, 
Cochlioda Neetzliana and vulcanica, Oncidium abortivum, and others. 
O. Wrigley, Esq., Bury (gr. Mr. E. Rogers), staged some 
magnificent plants of Phalanopsis amabilis Rimestadiana, Odontioda 
Brewii, chelseiensis, Red Cross, and Lutetia, with Anguloa Cliftonii (see 
Awards). ; 
Interesting exhibits from Tom Worsley, Esq., Haslingden (gr. Mr. T. 
Wood), and Col. Sir J. Rutherford, Bart., M.P., Blackburn (gr. Mr. 
J. Lupton), appear in the list of awards, 
Messrs. Keeling & Sons, Bradford, staged Anguloa Ruckeri and Cypri- 
pedium callosum Sandere. 
Messrs. Hassall & Co., Southgate, London, staged Cattleya Mossiz 
Wageneri. 
AWARDS OF MerIT. 
Cattleya Naidia var. Mary Worsley (iridescens x Hardyana), and Odon- 
toglossum plumptonense Carter Place var. ; both from Tom Worsley, Esq. 
Miltonia Sanderze Beardwood var.; from Col. Sir J. Rutherford, 
Bart.;.M.P. 
Miltonia Hyeana Ashlands var., a good home-raised seedling ; from R. 
Ashworth, Esq. 
