154 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
W. Runde, Wandsbeck, Hamburg, staged the best five Orchids, a well- 
flowered plant of a very fine form of Cypripedium villosum deserving 
special notice. . 
Frau Etatsrathin Donner (gr. Th. Reimer) exhibited a few Orchids not 
for competition, Phaius grandifolius, Sobralia macrantha, Cattleya Mendelii, 
and several well-flowered Lycaste aromatica. 
Legationsrath Rucker Jenisch (gr. J. Heydon) staged a good many 
_ Orchids, chiefly Vanda suavis, tricolor, and ‘Dendrobium thyrsiflorum, in a 
group of miscellaneous plants. 
Orchids were in evidence in bouquets and floral decorations, and used in 
every instance with great advantage and good taste. 
Periodical shows of different plants are held every fourteen days, but 
the next show of Orchids will take place from August 27th to September 
5th, when, in addition to the prizes in schedule, extra ones to the value of 
4,600 marks are offered. Truly a tempting inducement for a good and 
numerous competition. 
R. EICHEL. 
MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID 
SOCIETY. 
AN adjourned meeting was held in the Memorial Hall, Albert Square, 
Manchester, on April 2 3rd, G. Shorland Ball, Esq., of Ashford, in the chair, 
when the following proposals were agreed to:—That the Society be called 
the Manchester and North of England Orchid Society, with an entrance fee 
of one guinea, and an annual subscription of one guinea; that the Right 
Hon. J. Chamberlain, M.P., be invited to become the first president ; that 
E. Ashworth, Esq., Harefield Hall, Wilmslow, be appointed Chairman of the 
Society and of the Orchid Committee ; W. Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange, 
Stone, Vice-Chairman; G. Shorland Ball, Esq., Ashford, Wilmslow, Hon. 
Treasurer; and W. A. Gent, Esq., 41 Faulkner Street, Manchester, Hon. 
Secretary. The following gentlemen were elected members of the Orchid 
Committee :— Messrs. J. Anderson, W. Bolton, H. Greenwood, D. B. 
Rappart, Capt. G. W. Law-Schofield, T. Statter, E. J. Sidebotham, 
W. Stevens, A. Warburton, and P. Weathers. 
The Hon. Secretary announced that twenty-nine gentlemen had already 
intimated their intention to become members, and it is expected that many 
others will join when the Society becomes properly organised. The object 
of the promoters is to provide a fund from which, after payment of the 
necessary expenses, medals and prizes may be awarded from time to time. 
It is also proposed that prizes shall be given at the Manchester Royal 
Botanic Show to exhibits of sterling merit, rather individual than collective, 
