THE ORCHID REVIEW. 283 
MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID 
SOCIETY. 
AT the meeting of this Society, held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on 
July 29th, there was an exceptionally fine display of Orchids, and with the 
increasing interest shown, the Committee has decided to strike and award 
Medals of three classes, Gold, Silver, and Bronze. 
The President, William Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange, Stone (gr. 
Mr. Stevens), exhibited a very fine Epidendrum vitellinum majus (Award of 
Merit), a fine Odontoglossum Schlieperianum with branching raceme (Award 
of Merit), O. Pescatorei with large, finely-shaped flowers (Cultural Com- 
mendation), and Dendrobium longicornu majus, a fine plant bearing about 
sixty flowers (Cultural Commendation). 
E. J. Sidebotham, Esq., Earlsfield, Bowdon (gr. Mr. Shiner), showed 
the handsome Dendrobium speciosissimum, which has now developed some- 
thing like its true character, and a fine plant of Cattleya Lueddemanniana 
(speciosissima), each of them receiving a First-class Certificate. 
A. Warburton, Esq., Vine House, Haslingden, sent a superb form of 
Cattleya X Hardyana (First-class Certificate), and a good Phaius Humblotii 
(Award of Merit). 
Captain Law-Schofield, New Hall Hey, Rawtenstall (gr. Mr. Schill), 
showed a fine Cypripedium X Massaianum, to which an Award of Merit 
was given. 
H. Greenwood, Esq., Highfield (gr. Mr. Spurr), exhibited a good plant 
of Cypripedium X cenanthum superbum, and a fine form of Dendrobium 
Phalznopsis, each of them receiving an Award of Merit. 
T. Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield (gr. Mr. Johnson), exhibited 
the beautiful Cattleya Rex, with a four-flowered raceme, and the rare and 
beautiful Lzlio-cattleya x Amesiana, each receiving an Award of Merit. 
William Bolton, Esq., Otterspool, sent two plants of Oncidium 
Lanceanum, one a fine plant of the typical form to which a Cultural 
Commendation was given, the other a darker variety, which received an 
Award of Merit. 
G. S. Ball, Esq., Ashford, Wilmslow (gr. Mr. Hay), received a Silver 
Medal for a fine group of about two dozen plants, including a fine Masde- 
vallia Veitchiana, a very good Cypripedium Curtisii, an excellent specimen 
of Dendrobium Dearei, D. Phalenopsis (Award of Merit), &c. 
William Bolton, Esq., exhibited a good form of Cattleya Schilleriana, 
which received an Award of Merit. 
S. Gratrix, Esq., Whalley Range (gr. Mr. McLeod), exhibited Cattleya 
Gaskelliana Fairy Queen, a beautiful variety a of Merit), and Cypri- 
pedium xX selligerum var. Monica. 
