188 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [JuNE, rort. 
MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID SOCIETY. 
At the meeting held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on April 13th, a 
few good Orchids were staged. 
S. Gratrix, Esq., Whalley Range (gr. Mr. Brown), received a First- 
class Certificate for Cattleya Harrisoniana alba Gratrixie, and an Award of 
Merit for Odontioda Gratrixiz. 
O. O. Wrigley, Esq., Bridge Hall, Bury (gr. Mr. Rogers), sent a fine 
specimen of Lycaste Skinneri alba, to which a Silver Medal was awarded. 
W. R. Lee, Esq., Heywood (gr. Mr. Woodhouse), received Awards of 
Merit for Odontoglossum heywoodiense and O. Lambeauianum var. Mrs. 
F. Peeters. 
A. Warburton, Esq., Haslingden (gr. Mr. Dalgleish), sent Odontoglossum 
crispum var. Kathleen Warburton. 
At the meeting held on April 27th a Silver-gilt Medal was awarded to 
Z. A. Ward, Esq., Northenden (gr. Mr. Weatherby), for a fine group of 
Odontoglossums, and a First-class Certificate for O. Wilckeanum var. Mrs. 
Ward, a remarkably fine hybrid. 
W.R. Lee, Esq., Heywood, received a First-class Certificate for Odonto- 
glossum Pluto, and an Award of Merit for O. percultum purpurascens. 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Haywards Heath, received an Award of 
Merit for Leliocattleya Dominiana alba, a beautiful variety with white sepals 
and petals and a rich crimson lip. 
Messrs. A. J. Keeling & Sons, Bradford, received an Award of Merit for 
Dendrobium acuminatum superbum. 
_ At the meeting held on May 11th, R. Ashworth, Esq., Newchurch (gr. 
Mr. Gilden), received Awards of Merit for Miltonia Phalznopsis and 
Odontoglossum amabile var. Milky Way. 
ORCHIDS AT THE FLORENCE INTERNATIONAL 
EXHIBITION. 
A GREAT International Horticultural Exhibition was held at Florence, early 
in May, to celebrate the fiftieth year of Italian Independence, and brought 
together a very fine series of exhibits, though the two first days were 
marred by exceptionally heavy rainfall for the season. The Show was 
opened on May 7th by their Majesties the King and Queen of Italy, who 
made a tour of the buildings, and greatly admired the fine horticultural 
display. _ 
There was a very good show of Orchids, the majority, however, being 
from England and Belgium, in the shape of fine collections from Messrs. 
