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R. Tunstill, Esq., Monkholme, Brusfield, Burnley, showed a good form 
of Cattleya Eldorado. 
Sir F. Wigan, Bart., Clare Lawn, East Sheen (gr. Mr. Young), 
exhibited Cypripedium concolor, C. niveum, C. X Godefroy, Cattleya 
x Atalanta, C. x Whitei, C. x F. W. Wigan, C. x porphyrophlebia, and 
Lezlio-cattleya x Hy. Greenwood. 
Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, staged a fine showy group, for which 
a Silver Flora Medal was awarded. Included were Lelio-cattleya x 
callistoglossa, and four plants of the brilliant variety ignescens, L.-c X 
Ascania, L.-c X Clonia, L.-c X Duvaliana (C. Lueddemanniana 2? x L. 
purpurata 3), and Cattleya X Atalanta. 
MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID. 
A MEETING of this Society was held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on 
June 2oth, when the exhibits were very few, as is usual about this time of 
the year. 
S. Gratrix, Esq., West Point, Whalley Range (gr. Mr. Cypher), received 
a First-class Certificate for a fine example of Cattleya Gaskelliana formosa, 
and Awards of Merit for C. Mendelii West Point var., a finely shaped and 
richly coloured flower, C. Mossiz Arnoldiana, and Odontoglossum crispum. 
West Point var. 
A. Warburton, Esq., Haslingden (gr. Mr. Lofthouse), received a First- 
class Certificate for Cypripedium Curtisii x Morganie, a handsome hybrid 
intermediate in character. 
Mr. A. J. Keeling, Cottingley, Bingley, received a Bronze Medal for a. 
good group of Orchids containing some showy Cattleyas, Lelias, and 
Cypripediums. 
CATTLEYA ROEZLII. 
Tue Moniteur d Horticole for July 25th contains a note on Cattleya Roezlii 
by M. Otto Ballif (p. 162), from a plant in the collection of M. J. Ragot, 
Villenoy, near Meaux, France. It is said to have been described by 
Reichenbach as a natural hybrid between C. Mossize and C. speciosissima,,. 
but I do not find such a remark, and it may be interesting to repeat Reichen- 
bach’s original description, which is as follows :— 
“ CaTTLEYA (labiata) R6EzLu, Rchb. f., 1874. This turns out to be 
merely a catalogue name, and I have earned many reproaches on account of 
it from excellent Orchidic acquaintances iu England who were a little inter- 
ested in the trade. I spoke about Cattleya Mossie without having Sir 
William Hooker’s table, Bot. Mag., 3669,in my memory. The feeling 
against Don Benito was, however, quite pardonable—even justified. Panno- 
