54 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



Manchester and North of England Orchid. 

 A MEETING was held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on January gth, 

 when there was capital display of Orchids. 



R. Ashworth, Esq., Newchurch (gr. Mr. Pidsley), exhibited a fine 

 group of Odontoglossums which gained a Silver Medal. A First-class 

 Certificate was given to O. crispum magnificum, and Awards of Merit to 

 O. c. Francisci, O. X Wilckeanum, and a plant called O. Lady Primrose. 

 O. crispum Peetersii was good but small, and the Committee requested to 

 see it again. 



O. O. Wrigley, Esq., Bridge Hall, Bury (gr. Mr. Rogers), received a 

 Silver Medal for a very fine group of Cypripediums. A First-class Certifi- 

 cate was given to C. X Mons. de Curte, and Awards of Merit to C. X 

 Lathamianum Bridge Hall var., C. X aureum var. Rogersii, and Cattleya 

 Trianas var. Smiling Morn. 



S. Gratrix, Esq., Whalley Range (gr. Mr. G. Cypher), received First- 

 class Certificates for Cypripedium X Euryades West Point var., and C. 

 X Mons. de Curte, and Awards of Merit for C. X Lathamianum giganteum, 

 C. X nitens superbum Gratrix's var. and Cattleya Percivaliana West 

 Point var. 



W. Thompson, Esq., Stone (gr. Mr. Stevens), received a First-class 

 Certificate for the handsome Cypripedium X Stevensii (Calypso X Albert 

 Hye), and Awards of Merit for C. X Christopher (Leeanum giganteum X 

 Actaeus), Odontoglossum crispum giganteum, and Laelio-cattleya X 

 Charlesworthii (L. cinnabarina X C. Dowiana aurea). 



E. Rogerson, Esq., Didsbury, received an Award of Merit for Cypri- 



T. Statter, Esq., Whitefield (gr. Mr. Johnson), received an Award of 

 Merit for Cypripedium X giganteum (Lawrenceanum X Sallieri 

 Hyeanum). 



R. Tunstill, Esq., Burnley, received an Award of Merit for Odonto- 

 glossum crispum Reedleyense, a fine spotted form. 



Mrs. Gratrix, Whalley Range, exhibited a plant said to be a natural 

 hybrid between Cypripediums insigne and villosum, and thus a form 



W. Bolton, Esq., Warrington, exhibited a peculiar form of Cypripedium 



A. Warburton, Esq., Haslingden, exhibited a well-flowered plant of 

 Odontoglossum X elegans Todd's var. 



Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Enfield, received a Bronze Medal for a nice 

 group, and Awards of Merit for Cypripedium X Euryades Low's var., 

 and for a richly-coloured hybrid derived from C. callosum X C. Charles- 

 worthii. 



