DECEMBER, \1915.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 375- 
Owing to the severe weather, the exhibits were not so numerous as 
usual, the attendance.also being greatly. affected. 
R. Ashworth, Esq., Newchurch (gr. Mr..W. Gilden), and P. Smith, 
Esq., Ashton-on-Mersey (gr. Mr. E. Thompson), staged several fine things, 
all of which appear in the Award List. 
Messrs. Cypher & Sons, Cheltenham, staged a nice group, to which a 
Silver Medal was awarded. It included Cypripedium insigne Dorothy and 
Sander, C. Leeanum Corona and Clinkaberryanum, C. Dreadnought, 
elatior, Priam, Niobe Westonbirt var., Mme. Jules Hye, Minos Veitchii, 
Gaston Bultel, Felicity, and Oberon, Cattleyas of the labiata section,. 
Oncidium varicosum Rogersii, and others. 
Messrs. A. J. Keeling & Son, Bradford, staged Cypripedium Charles- 
worthii var. La Milo, C. Oberon, Hoyleanum superbum, Hitchinsize 
magnificum, with a number of unnamed seedlings, a collection of cut flowers. 
of varieties of the insigne section and others. 
FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATE. 
Sophrocattleya Doris Cobb’s var., the largest flower of its kind yet seen, 
and of good form and colour, from R. Ashworth, Esq. 
AWARDS OF MERIT. 
Cattleya labiata var. Mudros, and C. Fabia alba, Ashland’s var., both 
from R. Ashworth, Esq. 
Cypripedium Priam Haddon House var., and Radianshall (radians X 
insigne Harefield Hall var.), both from P. Smith, Esq. 
AWARD OF APPRECIATION. 
Odontoglossum promerens var. Roundhead (eximium X crispum), a 
home-raised seedling with full round flower and evenly blotched, flowering 
from a very small plant, from R. Ashworth, Esq. 
ees ORCHID NOTES AND NEWS. ge | 
HE Royal Horticultural! Sosizty’s last meeting of the year will be held 
at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Vincent Square, Westminster, on 
December 7th, when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual hour, 12 
o’clock noon. 
The Manchester & North of England Horticultural Society will hold 
meetings at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on December 2nd and 16th. 
The Committee meets at noon, and the exhibits are open to inspection 
of members and the public from I to 4 p.m. 
THE Rep Cross Funp.—We have received from an old subscriber an 
appeal for this thoroughly deserving fund. It is suggested that many 
