28 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [Janvary, 1915. | 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Haywards Heath, staged a fine group, ~ 
including several well-grown Calanthe Veitchii, Miltonia Bleuana and St.- ; 
Andre, Ccelogyne Gardneri, Lzliocattleya bella alba, and L.-c. Cornelia — 
(L. Golden-Oriole x C. Empress-Frederick), a beautiful yellow hybrid — 
(Silver Flora Medal). 4 
Messrs. J. Cypher & Sons, Cheltenham, staged a fine group of ; 
Cypripediums, including forms of C. insigne and C. Leeanum, and choice — 
hybrids, one fine form being derived from C. Beryl and C. Euryades. 
There were also a few good Masdevallias (Silver Flora Medal). q 
Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, staged a fine group, including a row q 
of well-grown Lelia Gouldiana at the back, with Ansellia africana, 
Pleurothallis Roezlii, various Lzliocattleyas and Odontoglossums, and 
several interesting species (Silver Flora Medal). 
Messrs. Stuart Low & Co., Jarvisbrook, showed a pretty little group, 
including Vanda Sanderiana and ccerulea, a fine Cattleya Peetersii, two 
white forms of C. labiata, Brassocattleya Veitchii Queen Alexandra, 
Cypripedium Tracyanum, and others (Silver Banksian Medal). q 
Messrs. Flory & Black, Orchid Nursery, Slough, sent Leliocattleya 
Bola, with white sepals and petals and a dark purple lip, L.-c. Barbarossa, | 
Stanhopea Wardii, and the rare Cirrhopetalum brunnescens. 
Messrs. J. & A. McBean, Cooksbridge, sent a good form of Sophro- — 
cattleya Pearl (S.-c. Doris x C. Portia). 
AWARD OF MERIT. 
L#LIOCATTLEYA SIR DouGtas Hate (L.-c. Greenwoodii x C. Octave- 
Doin).—A beautiful hybrid, having broad white sepals and petals, and the 
lip rich purple in front, with a yellow disc and the side lobes veined with 
rose. Exhibited by Messrs. Sander & Sons. 
CULTURAL COMMENDATION. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM LEONARD PERFECT.—To Mr. J. E. Shill, gr. 
to Baron Bruno Schréder, for a remarkably well-grown specimen, bearing 
two spikes of 14 and 15 flowers. 
MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID. 
At the meeting held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on December 
3rd, 1914, the members of Committee present were: Rev. J. Cromble- 
holme (in the Chair), Messrs. R. Ashworth, J. Bamber, J. J. Bolton, Ti 
Cypher, J. Evans, A. Hanmer, J. Howes, A. J. Keeling, D. McLeod, 
W. J. Morgan, C. Parker, W. Shackleton, P. Smith, Z. A. Ward, G. 
Weatherby, and H. Arthur (Secretary). 
Large Silver Medals were awarded to R. Ashworth, Esq., Newchurch — 
(gr. Mr. Gilden); Z. A. Ward, Esq., Northenden (gr. Mr. Weatherby), 
and Messrs. Cypher & Sons, Cheltenham, for fine miscellaneous groups, in 
