160 “THE ORCHID REVIEW. [May, 1913. 
Mr. C. F. Waters, Balcombe, staged a good group of Lycaste Skinneri, 
showing much variation, with Cattleya Mossiz, C. Mendelii, and a few 
Odontoglossums (Bronze Banksian Medal). 
Messrs. J. & A. A. McBean, Cooksbridge, sent the pretty. Lzliocattleya 
Trimyra, Miltonia Bleuana and M. vexillaria memoria G. D. Owen, and 
two very richly-coloured forms of Odontioda Vuylstekez. 
FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATES. 
BrAssOcATLZLIA KiNG EMPEROR (L.-c. callistoglossa x B.-c. Veitchii). 
—A remarkably fine hybrid, eight inches across, the sepals and petals white 
tinged with rose, and the lip deep mauve purple with paler margin, and a 
yellow disc with some purple at the base. Exhibited by W. R. Lee, Esq. 
L&LIOCATTLEYA LUMINOSA Ho.trForp’s var. (L. tenebrosa Walton 
Grange var. X C. Dowiana aurea).—A superb form, with the sepals and 
petals deep yellow, and the lip uniformly deep purple. Exhibited by 
Lt.-Col. Sir G. L. Holford. 
OpDoNTOGLossuM PrscaTorREI Lapy HoLrorp.—A large and very 
beautiful variety, with flowers 34 inches across, the sepals tinged with lilac, 
the petals with an occasional purple spot, and the lip white with the usual 
markings on the crest. Exhibited by Lt.-Col. Sir G. L. Holford. 
AWARDS OF MERIT. 
"MAxILarra FLETCHERIANA.—A fine Peruvian species allied to M. 
Hubschii, and having short and broad white segments, with narrow lighter 
purple lines, and the lip with some purple markings, and a yellow disc. 
Exhibited by Messrs. Sander and Sons. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM Mrs. THOMPSON (parentage unknown).—A beautiful 
hybrid, having the flowers deeply blotched with violet on a white ground, 
and the front of the lip and margin of the fringed petals white. Exhibited 
by Wm. Thompson, Esq. 
_ CULTURAL COMMENDATION 
OponToGLossum Dixoni# (Edwardii x luteopurpureum).—To Mr. 
Wm. Balmforth, gr. to F. M. Ogilvie, Esq., The Shrubbery, Oxford, for a 
finely-grown plant, having a branched spike over five feet long. It was 
exhibited as Odontioda Devossiana, under which name it was purchased. 
MANCHESTER & NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID. 
At the meeting held on March 2oth, the members of Committe present 
were: Rev. J. Crombleholme (in the Chair), Messrs. R. Ashworth, Dr. 
Hartley, F. A. Hindley, A. J. Keeling, D. McLeod, C. Parker, H. Thorp, 
Z. A. Ward, A. Warburton, and H. Arthur (Secretary). 
A Gold Medal was awarded to Z. A. Ward, Esq., Northenden (gr. Mr. 
Weatherby), for an excellent group of Se Miltonias, Brassia 
brachiata, and others. 
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