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xX Breauteana, C. x leucoglossa, the scarlet form of Epidendrum xX 
‘O’Brienianum, E. x Wallisio-ciliare, Cypripedium X Tityus, X Bruno, 
x Lathamianum, x Leeanum giganteum, X Euryades, X Actzus, X 
cenanthum superbum, and many other good hybrid Cypripediums. Lelia 
x Mrs. M. Gratrix grandis, a large variety, of a straw-yellow colour with 
well-fringed flowers, was awarded a First-class Certificate, and Leelio-cattleya 
xX Cassiope major (L.-c. x exoniensis X L. pumila), a very fine variety 
with light rose flowers, and the front of the lip crimson, an Award of Merit. 
M. Chas. Maron, Brunoy, France, sent Cattleya Dowiana Rosita, a 
handsome variety, sent from Costa Rica by the late Richard Pfau, to which 
an Award of Merit was given. The sepals are cream white, tinged with 
purple, the petals mostly rose-purple, tinged with yellow at the base, and 
veined with whitish throughout, and the lip crimson-purple with golden 
veining. He also showed Lelio-cattleya x leucasta, and another hybrid of 
unrecorded parentage. 
Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, exhibited a collection of their 
seedling Epidendrum x Endresio-Wallisii, showing a remarkable range of 
variation of colour. 
MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID. 
A meeting of this Society was held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, 
on December 13th, when there was a very good display of Orchids, and the 
awards included eight First-class Certificates, eleven Awards of Merit, and 
two Cultural Commendations. 
Mrs. Briggs-Bury, Bank House, Accrington (gr. Mr. Wilkinson), exhibited 
Odontoglossum crispum Queen Helene, a finely shaped flower heavily 
blotched in the centre (F. C.), Cypripedium x Queen Mab (A. M.), a fine 
plant of C. insigne Harefield Hall var., and a yellow variety thought to be 
identical with that called C. i. Chantini Lindeni he ery 
J. Leemann, Esq., West Bank House, Heaton Mersey (gr. Mr. Edge), 
exhibited Cypripedium insigne Luciani, a bright yellow unspotted form 
(F. C.), C. x. Statterianum Pickering Lodge var., a very dark form (A. M.), 
C. X J. Howes (A. M.), C. X Leeanum giganteum, and one called C. x L. 
magnificum Ball’s var. 
T. Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield (gr. Mr. Johnson), sent the 
beautiful Cypripedium x Maudizx (F. C.), C. X triumphans Stand Hall 
var., a richly coloured form, and C. xX Francesiz (Curtisii x callosum), 
which gained an Award of Merit. 
O. O. Wrigley, Esq., Bridge Hall, Bury (gr. Mr. Rogers), exhibited 
Cypripedium insigne Berryanum, a very large form (F. C.), C. x Spicero- 
nitens (A. M.), and a fine well-flowered plant of C. x Niobe. 
T, Baxter, Esq., Morecambe (gr. Mr. Roberts), exhibited a neat group 
