OCTOBER, 1915.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 3rL 
MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID. 
At the meeting held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on September 
2nd, the members of Committee present were: Rev. J. Crombleholme (in 
the Chair), Messrs. R. Ashworth, J. J. Bolton, J. C. Cowan, J. Evans, 
P. Foster, A. R. Handley, Dr. Hartley, J. Lupton, D. McLeod, W. 
Shackleton, S. Swift, H. Thorp, Z. A. Ward, G. Weatherby, and H. 
Arthur (Sec.). 
A Large Silver Medal was awarded to R. Ashworth, Esq., Newchurch 
(gr. Mr. Gilden), for a very fine miscellaneous group, in which Cattleyas,. 
and Lzliocattleyas were well represeiited. : 
Silver Medals were awarded to Col. J. Rutherford, M.P., Blackburn (gr. 
Mr. J. Lupton), for a fine mixed group, in which home-raised Leliocattleyas- 
and some good examples of Epidendrum vitellinum autumnale were 
conspicuous ; to the Rev. J. Crombleholme, Clayton-le-Moors (gr. Mr. E. 
Marshall), for a fine group of Cypripediums, including ‘some home-raised. 
seedlings, and to Messrs. A. J. Keeling & Sons, Bradford, for a fine group, 
in which Cypripediums were prominent. 
A Special Vote of Thanks was accorded O. O. Wrigley, Esq., Bury 
(gr. Mr. E. Rogers), for a fine group of Cypripediums, a plant of Vanda 
Sanderiana, and several exceptionally fine Vanda ccerulea, the latter 
gaining a First-class Cultural Certificate. 
Interesting exhibits were also sent by Mrs. R. le Doux, West Derby 
(gr. Mr. J. W. Fletcher), and P. Smith, Esq., Ashton-on-Mersey (gr. Mr. 
E. Thompson), several of which appear in the award list. 
FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATES. 
Miltonioda Harwoodii var. Mme. le Doux (M. vexillaria x C. Noetzliana), 
a flower of good form and size, with large flat lip, and the colour rosy 
scarlet, from Mrs. le Doux. 
Odontioda Brewii var. Brunette, a fine flower, with chestnut sepals and 
petals, red, and the lip chrome orange, from R. Ashworth, Esq. 
Cattleya Venus Haddon House var. (Iris X aurea), a large flower, with 
a yellow vein in the centre of the petals, and a well-filled, spreading lip, 
from P. Smith, Esq. 
AWARDS OF MERIT. 
Cattleya Sybil var. aureum and Odontioda Brewii heliotropium, from 
R. Ashworth, Esq. 
Leliocattleya George Woodhams Marlfield var. (L. purpurata x C. 
Hardyana), from Mrs. le Doux. : 
Cypripedium Solon St. Mary’s var. (tonsum X Rothschildianum), from 
the Rey. J. Crombleholme. : 
Leliocattleya Rachael (C. Iris X L.-c. bletchleyensis), a showy thing, 
from P. Smith, Esq. 
