294 THE ORCHID REVIEW. (DECEMBER, 1916. 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Haywards Heath, staged a fine group, 
including good examples of Cattleya Portia and Fabia, two distinct Leelio- 
cattleya Numidia (C. Empress-Frederick X Lc. Golden Oriole), one having 
copper-red sepals and petals, and the front of the lip crimson, with yellow 
veining in the throat, the other lighter in colour, good examples of Lc. 
Serbia, Salonika and Lc. Britannia var. Melanie, two good Brassocattleya 
Veitchii var. Queen Alexandra, Miltonia vexillaria Hesperia, and others 
{Silver Flora Medal). 
Messrs. James Cypher & Sons, Cheltenham, staged a fine group, largely 
consisting of choice Cypripediums, with white and purple forms of 
Dendrobium Phalenopsis, a fine specimen of Miltonia candida purpurea, 
Catleya labiata, Fabia and Bowringiana, Epidendrum vitellinum, and some 
graceful sprays of Oncidium varicosum (Silver Flora Medal). 
Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, staged a brilliant group, the chief 
feature of which was a series of fifty plants of Cattleya Fabia alba (Dowiana 
aurea X labiata alba), all having white sepals and petals and richly-coloured 
lips. We also noted some coloured C. Fabia, C. Maggie-Raphael albo- 
rubens, having white sepals and petals, and the lip rich crimson purple, 
with the disc yellow (a charming thing that appeared in a batch from two 
richly-coloured parents), C. Katie, Cymbidium Hanburyanum, Brasso- 
cattleya Euterpe, a fine plant of Lelia Perrinii, Coelogyne brunnea, and a 
plant called Leliocattleya aurealis, and supposedly derived from Lelia 
autumnalis X C. Dowiana aurea, though the parentage requires confirma- 
tion. This had light rose sepals and petals, and a large, entire lip, veined 
with purple in front, recalling C. Lueddemanniana, while the scape was 
short (Silver Flora Medal). 
Messrs. Stuart Low & Co., Jarvisbrook, sent Cattleya Prince-John 
Low’s var., having white sepals and petals, and a crimson and yellow lip. 
Mr. C. F. Waters, Balcombe, sent a dark-coloured Cypripedium of 
- unrecorded parentage. 
MANCHESTER AND NoRTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID. 
At the meeting held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on November 
2nd, the members of Committee present were: The Rev. J. Crombleholme 
(in the Chair), Messrs. R. Ashworth, J. C. Cowan, Dr. Craven Moore, 
j. Cypher, A. G. Ellwood, J. Evans, P. Foster, W. Gilden, A. R. 
Handley, A. Hanmer, J. Lupton, D. McLeod, W. Shackleton, S. Swift, 
H. Thorp, and H. Arthur (Sec.). “ 
FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATES. 
Cattleya labiata memoria Lord Kitchener, a beautiful white flower of 
good form (a Silver Medal was also awarded), and Leliocattleya luminosa 
aurea var. Ashworthize (L. tenebrosa Walton Grange var. X C. Dowiana 
