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form (Award of Merit), and a good plant of the pretty Oncidium onustum 
(Lindl.) with clear yellow flowers (Cultural Commendation). 
T. Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield (gr. Mr. Johnson), sent a 
well-grown plant of the magnificent Cypripedium x Mabelie var. Lord 
Derby (First-class Certificate), Lelio-cattleya x Nysa superba (Award of 
Merit) the handsome Lelia purpurata blenheimensis (Award of Merit), 
and Cattleya Warscewiczii delicata (Award of Merit). 
A. Warburton, Esq., Vine House, Haslingden (gr. Mr. Lofthouse), sent 
the beautiful Cypripedium Lawrenceanum Hyeanum, to which a First-class 
Certificate was given. 
E. J. Sidebotham, Esq., Erlesdene, Bowdon (gr. Mr. Shiner), sent a 
Jarge-flowered form of Cattleya Leopoldi, which also received a First-class 
Certificate. 
H. Greenwood, Esq., Highfield House, Haslingden (gr. Mr. Spurr), 
exhibited a good Miltonia spectabilis atrorubens, and Zygopetalum maxillare 
Gautieri growing on a tree-fern stem, whose fronds set off the flowers to 
great advantage. Each of. these exhibits received an Award of Merit. 
S. Gratrix, Esq., Whalley Range (gr. Mr. McLeod), sent Cypripedium 
X Chapmanii, Gratrix’s variety (Award of Merit), C. x calloso- 
Rothschildianum, and Cattleya x Mary Gratrix (C. Harrisoniana 2 X 
C. granulosa Schofieldiana ¢), a pretty hybrid in which the colour of 
the former and the spotting of the latter were conspicuous. 
W. H. Almond, Esq., Alumscar, Blackburn, sent several blooms of 
Cattleya Leopoldi and a fine C. Gaskelliana, bearing over a dozen flowers. 
J. Leemann, Esq., West Bank House, Heaton Mersey (gr. Mr. Edge), 
sent the new Dendrobium Victoria-Regine, Lycaste leucantha, an old 
but not common species which the Committee wished to see again, 
Cattleya Dowiana, and other good things. 
Mr. James Anderson, Wallace Avenue, chewed Cattleya superba, a good 
light-coloured C. granulosa, C. Loddigesii regularly spotted on the sepals 
and petals as in the original, and other showy Cattleyas. 
At the meeting held on September gth, the exhibits were again fewer in 
number, but of excellent quality, the awards including two First-class 
Certificates, ten Awards of Merit, and one Cultural Commendation. 
The President, W. Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange, Stone (gr. Mr. 
Stevens), exhibited a small but choice group, to which a Silver Medal 
was given. It consisted of some good light and also spotted forms of 
Odontoglossum crispum, O. triumphans, some good Masdevallia Veitchiana, 
and a splendid plant of Lelio-cattleya X elegans Cauwenbergiana, to 
which both an Award of Merit and a Cultural Commendation were given. 
S. Gratrix, Esq., Whalley Range (gr. Mr. McLeod), sent the beautiful 
Cypripedium bellatulum album in excellent condition (First-class Certificate), 
