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nights begin to get cold it is best if removed to the Intermediate or Cattleya 
house, where it will in due course flower, after which a good long rest 
throughout the winter should be accorded, giving just sufficient water only 
to keep the pseudobulbs moderately plump. Under these conditions O. 
crispum will last for a considerable time in a fairly good and robust condi- 
tion, and especially so if a rest from blooming be given occasionally, by 
pinching off the flower spike whenever the new pseudobulb shows any sign 
of being inferior in size to its predecessor. 
Oncidium varicosum, another lovely autumn blooming species, is also 
rather difficult to keep in a strong, healthy state, and I advise a treatment 
corresponding exactly to that just described for the preceding species. The 
long winter’s rest seems most essential for its well being, also the airy con- 
ditions of the Cool house for a few months in the summer when forming 
new growth. It is a good plan to grow this in small shallow pans, and 
shake out and repan each spring just as new roots are commencing to push, 
using a very light compost of moss alone. Or it can be well grown on teak 
rafts. 
MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID 
SOCIETY. 
A MEETING was held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on April 13th, 
when there was a very fine display of Orchids. The following members of 
the Committee were present :—Messrs. G. Shorland Ball (in the chair), W. 
Thompson, G. W. Law-Schofield, H. Greenwood, P. Weathers, J. Cypher, 
W. Holmes, W. Stevens, R. Johnson, and T. Mills (hon. sec.). 
W. Thompson, Esq., Stone (gr. Mr. Stevens), staged a group of select 
miscellaneous Orchids, to which a Silver Medal was awarded. 
Thomas Statter, Esq., Whitefield (gr. Mr. Johnson), showed Cattleya 
intermedia alba (First-class Certificate), Cypripedium Godefroyz Veitchii, 
an excellent form (Award of Merit), Dendrobium x Rainbow, D. nobile 
Backhouseanum, and Lelio-cattleya x Euterpe. 
Samuel Gratrix, Esq., Whalley Range (gr. Mr. McLeod), showed 
Dendrobium Wardianum Gratrixii, an immense flower of a good dark 
colour, and D. Falconeri giganteum (Award of Merit), Cypripedium insigne, 
Harefield Hall var. (First-class Certificate), a form of C. x Lucie 
(ciliolare xX Lawrenceanum), C. x excellens, Lelio-cattleya x Hon. 
Mrs. Astor (Award of Merit), L.-c. x exoniensis, Cattleya Schroedere 
amabilis, C. S. West Point variety, and Odontoglossum triumphans (Award 
of Merit). 
John Leemann, Esq., Heaton Mersey (gr. Mr. Edge), showed Lezlio- 
cattleya X Pallas, Cattleya Lawrenceana (Award of Merit), C. Schroedere, 
