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Brassocattleya Apollo (C. Mendelii. X B.-c. Veitchii), Sophrocattleya 
Thwaitesii Orchidhurst var., salmon red, with the disc of the lip yellow 
and the front lobe crimson, and a few good Cypripediums. 
Messrs. Flory & Black, Slough, sent Odontioda Nena (Oda. Vuylstekeze 
x Odm. percultum), having brilliant claret-red flowers with some white 
veining in the petals, and Brassocattleya Merlin (B.-c. langleyensis x C. 
Mendelii), with lilac-pink flowers, also the rare Trias disciflora. 
Messrs. Stuart Low & Co., Jarvisbrook, sent Cattleya Boadicea (Gaskel- 
liana X Hardyana), and C. Triane Reineckeana, white with a purple lip. 
Messrs. J. & A. McBean, Cooksbridge, staged a select group, including 
the handsome Sophrocattleya Pearl, a well-flowered Odontonia brugensis, 
two fine Cattleya Fabia, Odontioda Charlesworthii, and a few others. 
FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATE. 
L#&LIOCATTLEYA ALEX (L.-c.. Tunis x C. Dowiana aurea).—A hand- 
some hybrid, having well-shaped flowers, with orange-yellow sepals and 
petals, and a ruby-red lip, with some yellow on the disc. Exhibited by 
Messrs. Stuart Low & Co. 
AWARDS OF MERIT. j 
CATTLEYA MAGGIE-RAPHAEL SANDHURST VAR.—A very fine form of the 
alba type, having white sepals and petals and a richly-coloured lip 
Exhibited by Messrs. Armstrong & Brown. 
CypripepruMm Iona Priory VAR. (bellatulum X Fairrieanum).—A richly- 
coloured variety, the flowers being copiously veined with violet purple on a 
cream-white ground. Exhibited by R. W. Rickards, Esq. 
CypripEpium Priory-BEauTy (Earl of Tankerville x unknown).—A 
very fine hybrid, the broad white dorsal sepal having a light green base, 
and large purple-brown blotches in the centre, while the broad petals and 
lip are honey-yellow, tinged with brown. “From R. W. Rickards, Esq. 
CypRIPEDIUM SWALLOWTAIL (Fairrieanum X M. de Curte).—A fine 
thing, with flowers regularly marked with brown on a light green ground, 
somewhat resembling C. Arthurianum. Exhibited by R. W. Rickards,.Esq. 
L.ELIOCATTLEYA KinG-MANOEL (parentage unrecorded).—A richly- 
coloured hybrid of moderate size, with copper-orange sepals and _ petals, 
and a deeply three-lobed lip, which is ruby purple in front with a yellow 
isthmus. Exhibited by J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. 
MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID. 
At the meeting held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on November 
4th, the members of Committee present were: Rev. J. Crombleholme (in 
the Chair), Messrs. R. Ashworth, A. R. Handley, A. Hanmer, J. Lupton, 
D. McLeod, W.. J. Morgan, W. Shackleton, S. Swift, H. Thorp, and H. 
Arthur (Sec.). 
