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CyPRIPEDIUM QUEEN ALEXANDRA (Lathamianum xX Charlesworthii).— 
A fine hybrid, having a white dorsal sepal with dark purple base, the lip and 
petals tinged with purple on a greenish yellow ground, and the staminode 
white with a green centre. Exhibited by W. R. Lee, Esq. 
ODONTOGLossUM VIVIEN (parentage unrecorded).—A beautiful hybrid 
of the eximium type, having very round white flowers, and the broad 
segments having a few red-purple blotches about the centre. Exhibited by 
Lt.-Col. Sir George L. Holford. 
ONCIDIUM VARICOSUM WESTONBIRT VAR.—A very large and handsome 
form, with a remarkably broad lip. The plant bore two fine panicles of 
bloom. Exhibited by Lt.-Col. Sir George L. Holford. 
SOPHROCATLALIA Laconia (L.-c. callistoglossa x S.-l. heatonensis).— 
A large and showy hybrid, having purple-rose flowers, with darker markings 
on the lip. Exhibited by Messrs. Charlesworth & Co. 
CULTURAL COMMENDATION 
CYPRIPEDIUM PICTURATUM.—To Mr. W. H. White, Orchid grower to 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, for a very fine specimen, bearing 
about twenty-five scapes, and many of them twin-flowered. 
MANCHESTER & NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID. 
At the meeting held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on September 
25th, the members of Committee present were: Rev. J. Crombleholme (in 
the Chair), Messrs. J. Bamber, J. Cypher, A. G. Ellwood, J, Evans, D. 
McLeod, W. Shackleton, H. Thorp, Z. A. Ward, G. Weatherby, and H. 
Arthur (Secretary). 
Large Silver Medals were awarded to R. Ashworth, Esq., Newchurch 
(gr. Mr. Gilden); A. Warburton, Esq., Haslingden (gr. Mr. Dalgleish) ; 
Messrs. James Cypher & Sons, Cheltenham, and Messrs. J. Charlesworth 
& Co., Haywards Heath, for fine varied groups, in which Cattleyas, 
Lzliocattleyas and Odontoglossums were particularly well represented. 
A Silver Medal was awarded to Wm. Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange 
(gr. Mr. Howes), for a good group of Cypripediums in variety. Silver 
Medals were also awarded to Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, and 
Messrs. Hassall & Co., Southgate, for small choice groups. 
A Special Vote of Thanks was awarded to O. O. Wrigley, Esq., Bury 
(gr. Mr. Rogers), for a fine exhibit, including twenty plants of Cypripedium 
Maudie and thirteen of Epidendrum vitellinum autumnale, a Cultural 
Certificate and Bronze Medal being awarded to the gardener for the 
excellent cultivation of the latter. 
FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATES. 
Cattleya Rhoda var. Queen Alexandra, one of the best of the type. 
From R. Ashworth, Esq. 
