252 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
“alba,” perfectly white and well-shaped, it would have been worth 
seventy guineas to one hundred and fifty guineas. The plant, however, 
produced a coloured variety which was only worth eight shillings to ten 
shillings. Plaintiff, thinking he was getting a bargain, gave twenty 
guineas for it. Mr. Tweedale, who represented plaintiff, said the action 
had been brought as a test case. Mr. Newman, who appeared for 
defendant, contended that the plant was described as a something that 
never had been, and never would be, and the witnesses present at the 
sale admitted that they didn’t bid for it because they doubted the accuracy 
of the description. A public auction would, he asserted, afford the best 
proof of the value of the plant. His Honour said that as they had waited 
for two years for the plant to bloom, he thought they ought to wait for 
his decision, and reserved judgment.—Manchester Evening Mail, July 
28, 1897. 
MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID 
SOCIETY. 
AT the meeting of the above Society held on July rst, at the Coal Exchange, 
Manchester, there was a fine display of Orchids, remarkable alike for quality 
and good culture. 
The Chairman, W. Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange, Stone (gr. Mr. 
Stevens), exhibited several sterling plants:—Odontoglossum crispum 
giganteum, a large, white, well-blotched form, carrying a spike of a dozen 
flowers (Award of Merit), O. x Coradinei waltonense, with a spike of 
fifteen flowers, unusually broad in the segments (Award of Merit), Lelia 
tenebrosa Charlesworthii, a fine form with cinnamon-coloured segments 
(Award of Merit), a good form of L. purpurata with a dozen flowers, ahd a 
cut bloom of a singular form of Cattleya Rex, with greenish white sepals 
. and petals, and saffron-coloured side lobes to the lip, quite distinct from 
the typical form. 
A. Warburton, Esq., Vine House, Haslingden (gr. Mr. Lofthouse), sent 
four superb plants :—Lzlia tenebrosa Victor Warburton, a beautiful form 
with pale saffron-coloured sepals and petals, and the lip rich purple in the 
throat with same purple veins, and a broad white margin (First-class 
Certificate), Cattleya Mossiz bellissima, a very beautiful albino near C. M. 
Wageneri, but with a slight flush of pink in front of the lip (First-class 
Certificate), another albino, called C. M. Warburtoni (Award of Merit), and 
C. M. Reineckeana, with six fine flowers (Award of Merit). 
T. Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield (gr. Mr. Johnson) sent a 
splendidly-grown Cattleya Warscemiezii, with large flowers and _typical,, 
