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hastilabium, and having elongated crimson red sepals and petals, anda 
four-lobed yellow lip, Zygopetalum Sanderz, several fine Vanda ccerulea, 
Odontoglossum Pheebe, Brassocattleya Maroniz and Moneta, Dendrobium 
Phalznopsis, Miltonia Roezlii and var. alba, Paphinia cristata, some brilliant 
Lzliocattleyas St.-Gothard, Eurydice, and others (Silver Banksian Medal). 
Messrs. Hassall & Co., Southgate, staged a good group of Cattleyas and 
others, in which we noted examples of Cattleya Gaskelliana and var. alba, 
several C. Dowiana aurea, Leopoldii, Thurgoodiana and Hardyana, C. 
McMastersiz, a fine plant of Cypripedium A. de Lairesse, Leliocattleya 
rubens and bletchleyensis, and others (Silver Banksian Medal). 
FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATES. 
BRASSOCATLELIA THE BARONESS (B.-c. Leemannize X L.-c. Ophir.—A 
very beautiful hybrid, having well-expanded, light yellow flowers of great 
substance, with some crimson markings on the lip. Exhibited by Baron 
Bruno Schréder, The Dell, Englefield Green (gr. Mr. Shill). 
ODONTONIA BRUGENSIS VAR. EILEEN (M. vexillaria x O. Edwardii).—A 
beautiful hybrid, bearing an inflorescence of six well-expanded purple 
flowers, with a yellow crest to the lip. Exhibited by J. Gurney Fowler, 
Esq., Glebelands, S. Woodford (gr. Mr. Davis). 
AWARDS OF MERIT. 
CATTLEYA HARDYANA VAR. Mrs. WATERS BUTLER (Dowiana aurea X 
Warscewiczii).-—A large and handsome form, having the sepals and petals 
well mottled, and a very large amount of clear yellow on the sides of the 
lip. Exhibited by Waters Butler, Esq. (gr. Mr. Jones). 
LA&LIOCATTLEYA EtTRICckK (L.-c. bletchleyensis X C. Dowiana aurea).— 
A large and handsome hybrid, having lilac-purple sepals and petals, and an 
intense purple lip. Exhibited by Messrs. James Veitch & Sons. 
L#LIOCATTLEYA MARQUIS DE WAVRIN ORCHIDHURST VAR..—A large 
and handsome form, bearing two purple flowers with a darker lip 
Exhibited by Messrs. Armstrong & Brown. 
CULTURAL COMMENDATION. 
ORNITHIDIUM SoOpHRONITIS.—To Mr. J. Collier, gardener to. Sir 
Jeremiah Colman, Bart., for a very fine plant, about a foot across, and 
covered with its brilliant orange-scarlet flowers. 
MANCHESTER & NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID. 
AT the meeting held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on June 5th, 1913, 
the members of Committee present were:—Messrs. Z. A. Ward (in the 
Chair), H. Thorp, J. Evans, D. McLeod, Dr. Hartley, J. Bamber, C. 
Parker, G. Weatherby, A. J. Keeling, W. Shackleton, A. G. Ellwood, J. 
Lupton, J. Cypher, and H. Arthur (Secretary). 
R. Ashworth, Esq., Newchurch (gr. Mr. Gilden), was awarded a Large 
