162 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [ May, 1913. 
Silver-gilt Medals were awarded to A. Warburton, Esq., Haslingden 
(gr. Mr. Dalgleish); S. Gratrix, Esq., Whalley Range (gr. Mr. Brown); 
Wm. Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange (gr. Mr. Howes), and Col. ds 
Rutherford, M.P., Blackburn (gr. Mr. Lupton), for very fine groups. 
A large Silver Medal was awarded to R. Ashworth, Esq., Newchurch 
(gr. Mr. Gilden), for a fine miscellaneous group. 
Silver Medals were awarded to W. R. Lee, Esq., Heywood (gr. Mr. 
Branch), for some well-flowered plants of Dendrobium Wardianum ; to S. 
Gratrix, Esq., tor the handsome Odontoglossum crispum Samuel Gratrix, 
and to Messrs. J. Cypher & Sons, Cheltenham, for a good mixed group. 
Bronze Medals were awarded to the Rev. J. Crombleholme, Clayton-le- 
Moors (gr. Mr. Marshall), for a group of Cypripediums, and to Messrs. 
A. J. Keeling & Sons, Bradford, for a mixed group. 
Interesting exhibits were staged by H. Arthur, Esq., Blackburn; Mr. 
W. Shackleton, Great Horton, and Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge 
Wells, the latter including a promising hybrid from Dendrobium 
chessingtonense Xx Ainsworthii. 
FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATES. 
Odontoglossum eximium Ilene and O. Princess Mary, the latter of 
unknown parentage, and of almost solid colour; from Wm. Thompson, Esq. 
Brassocattleya Cliftonii magnifica, a magnificent flower of almost perfect 
shape, with brilliantly-coloured lip; from W. R. Lee, Esq. 
Odontoglossum Harlequin West Point var., a flower with brilliantly- 
coloured markings; from S. Gratrix, Esq. 
Odontoglossum amabile Fairlight, one of the largest flowers ever placed. 
before the Society, fully four inches across, with broad flat lip ; from Col. J. 
Rutherford, M.P. 
AWARDS OF MERIT. 
Cattleya Gratrixie, Lycaste Fairy Footsteps, Brassocattleya Maronie 
West Point var., and Odontoglossum Royal Purple ; all from S. Gratrix, Esq, 
Odontoglossum Walton Gem, O. eximium Violetta, O. Wm. Stevens. 
O. amabile His Majesty, and O. a. Dorothy; all from Wm. Thompson, Esq- 
Leliocattleya Lady Blanche and Odontoglossum Yellow Prince ; both 
from Col. J. Rutherford, M.P. 
Odontoglossum Purple Queen ; from Z. A. Ward, Esq. 
Odontoglossum Thompsonianum Vine House var.; from A. Warburton, 
Esq., Haslingden. 
GHENT QUINQUENNIAL. 
The seventeenth Quinquennial . Horticultural. Exhibition brought 
together a magnificent display of Orchids, over half the eighty-nine 
classes being filled, though in a good many cases there was only a single 
