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T. W. Thornton, Esq., Brockhall, Weedon, sent cut examples of Catt- 
leya Leopoldi, Lelio-cattleya x Berthe Fournier (C. Dowiana aurea X 
L.-c. x elegans) and L.-c. x Ella (L. grandis x C. intermedia). 
M. Ch. Maron, Brunoy, France, showed Leelio-cattleya x Madame 
Chas. Maron (L. Digbyana x C. Warscewiczii imperialis), a very fine 
hybrid, which received a First-class Certificate. The flower was very large, 
light purple-rose in colour, with a large greenish-yellow disc to the lip, 
which was heavily fringed. 
Messrs. Stanley Ashton & Co., Chase Side, Southgate, were awarded a 
First-class Certificate for Cattleya Lueddemanniana Stanleyi, having a 
beautiful white flower of fine shape, with the disc of the lip yellow and 
the front lobe lined with purple. 
Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Bush Hill Park, received a Silver Flora 
Medal for a fine group, containing Cypripedium X Lucie (Lawrenceanum 
x ciliolare), C. X Nandii (niveum X callosum), C. x Charles Canham, C- 
purpuratum, Cattleya Loddigesii, C. Gaskelliana alba, C. x Minucia Ash- 
toni, Lzlio-cattleya x callistoglossa, L.-c. X Epicasta, Odontoglossum: 
grande, Oncidium ornithorhynchum, O. Papilio, and Miltonia Regnellii 
citrina. 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Heaton, Bradford, showed Lelio-cattleya 
x Haroldiana (L. tenebrosa X C. Hardyana) and three other fine hybrids. 
An Award of Merit was given to L.-c. X Galatea (L. Dayana X C. granu- 
losa Schofieldiana), a pretty flower having the sepals and petals light purple 
in colour, and the lip pale rose at the base, with the tips of the side lobes. 
and the front lobe dark purple. A similar award went to Cattleya X 
flavescens (Forbesii X Dowiana aurea), a handsome thing, having yellow 
flowers tinged with pink, and the disc of the lip a deep orange spotted with 
purple-red in the centre. A third Award of Merit was given to Cattleya x 
Iris (bicolor X Dowiana aurea), a handsome flower having the sepals and 
petals green, tinged with bronze, the short side lobes of the lip blush- 
white, and the front lobe bright rose-purple. 
Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, showed Lzlio-cattleya x 
bletchleyensis Rorania (L. tenebrosa xX C. Warscewiczii), a large flower, 
having the sepals and petals white tinged with rose, and the lip purple. 
Mr. James Douglas, Edenside, Great Bookham, sent Cypripedium xX 
Clytie (Stonei X caudatum) with whitish flowers, the petals spotted with 
purple, and the upper sepal striped. The lip was suffused with purple. 
Cc. x Youngianum superbum was also sent. 
MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID. 
A MEETING was held on September 5th, when there was a fair display of 
Orchids. 
