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Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells, staged a good group, 
including plants of Cattleya Kienastiana alba (Lueddemanniana Stanleyi x 
Dowiana aurea), a charming variety, having white sepals, and the lip with: 
large yellow blotches on the sides of the throat and some purple veining 
in front, C, labiata alba, C. 1. Princess of Wales, white with a purple tinge 
on the disc of the lip, Brassocatlelia The Baroness (Le. Ophir X Be. 
Leemaniz), a charming thing with buff sepals and petals and a bright 
yellow fringed lip, a fine form of Brassocattleya The Czar, and Cypripedium 
Princess Elizabeth (Silver Banksian Medal). 
Messrs. Flory & Black, Slough, staged a pretty little group, including 
Cattleya Peetersii excelsior (Hardyana x labiata), a fine form, C. Ruby 
(Vesta X Dowiana aurea), a pretty hybrid, having yellow sepals and petals. 
and a ruby-red lip, with some yellow veining, Leliocattleya Soulange 
Langley var., a very fine variety, and others, noteworthy among them 
being the rare Ione grandiflora, a very dwarf species with large purple: 
flowers, and the rare Trias disciflora (Silver Banksian Medal). 
MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID. 
At the meeting held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on October 
5th, the members of Committee present were: Rev. J. Crombleholme 
(in the chair), Messrs. R. Ashworth, J. C. Cowan, Dr. Craven Moore, A. G. 
Ellwood, J. Evans, P. Foster, W. Gilden, A. R. Handley, A. Hanmer, 
A. J. Keeling, D. McLeod, W. Shackleton, S. Swift, and H. Arthur (Sec.).. 
FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATES. 
Cattleya Hesta var. Conyngham (C. Warscewiczii Frau Melanie 
Beyrodt X Susanne Hye de Crom), a beautiful flower, with broad, pure 
white sepals and petals, with suffused colour in the lip, and Odontoglossum 
Empress Eugenie, a large round flower, white, with light violet shades. 
and spots; from Dr. Craven Moore. 
Cattleya Naidia Haddon House var. (C. iridescens X Hardyana), a 
well-shaped flower, with very round, maroon lip, and well-lined throat, and 
Brassocattleya Veitchii Queen Alexandra Haddon House var., a well-set 
flower, with pure white petals, sepals slightly tinged, and large well-fringed 
lip; from P. Smith, Esq. 
Cattleya Venus var. Mary Gratrix magnifica, a large flower, with bronzy 
yellow sepals and petals, and deep crimson lip; from S. Gratrix, Esq. 
Cattleya Venus var. Rossendale, a fine thing, with dark yellow sepals 
and petals, and deep crimson lip; from R. Ashworth, Esq. 
Cypripedium Rossetti The Knowle var., one of the finest yet seen, the- 
dorsal sepal with broad white margin: from J. Hartley, Esq. 
Leliocattleya Serbia var. Leeana (Le. St. Gothard x C. Enid), a large 
flower, of excellent shape and colour ; from W. R. Lee, Esq. 
