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white margin, with the petals and lip shining brown. Exhibited by 
Lt.-Col. Sir. G. L. Holford. 
CYPRIPEDIUM SCHRGDERI VAR. KENTORE (cenanthum superbum X 
Fairrieanum).—A very pretty dark variety, having the dorsal‘sepal: copiously 
veined with purple on a light ground, and the petals and lip heavily marked 
with chocolate purple. Exhibited by Messrs. Armstrong & Brown. 
DENDRUBIUM LEEANUM LANGLEY VARk.—A fine plant, bearing two 
spikes of bright rose-purple flowers, with an intense claret-purple lip. 
Exhibited by Messrs. Flory & Black. 
L#&LIOCATTLEYA FERONIA CHARLESWORTH’S VAR. (C. Enid xX L.-c- 
Haroldiana).—A remarkably fine hybrid, bearing a spike of five flowers, 
most like the former, and having very broad blush-pink sepals and petals, 
and a bright purple lip, with some yellow in the throat. Exhibited by 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co. 
MILTONIODA HaARWoOoDII SHRUBBERY VAR. (M. vexillaria x C- 
Neetzliana).—A very fine form, bearing a spike of nine large magenta- 
rose flowers, with the crest of the lip yellow. Exhibited by Messrs- 
Armstrong & Brown. 
CULTURAL COMMENDATION. 
CATTLEYA PORTIA WESTONBIRT VAR.—To Mr. H. G. Alexander, Orchid 
grower to Lt.-Col. Sir G. L. Holford, for a very strong plant, bearing three 
spikes, each with seven large bright purple flowers.” 
MANCHESTER & NoRTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID. 
At the meeting held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on October 
30th, 1913, the members of Committee present were: Rev. J. Crombleholme 
(in the Chair), Messrs. R. Ashworth, J. Cypher, A. G. Ellwood, J. Evans, 
A. Hanmer, W. H. Hatcher, J. Howes, J. Lupton, D. McLeod, C. Parker, 
W. Shackleton, H. Thorp, Z. A. Ward, G. Weatherby, A. Warburton, 
and H. Arthur (Secretary). 
R. Ashworth, Esq., Newchurch (gr. Mr. Gilden), staged a very fine 
group, to which a Large Silver-gilt Medal was awarded. It contained 
some good Odontoglossum crispum varieties, Odontioda Charlesworthii, 
numerous Cypripediums and Cattleyas, Brassocattleya Maroniz, Lezelio- 
cattleya luminosa aurea, Dendrobium Phalznopsis, and D. formosum. 
A. Warburton, Esq., Haslingden (gr. Mr. Dalgleish), was awarded a 
Silver-gilt Medal for a fine group, including Cattleya labiata R. I. Measures, 
Mrs. A. Warburton, reedleyensis, alba, and Cooksoniez, C. Fabia 
ardentissima, Brassocattleya Veitchii Queen Alexandra (to which a Silver 
Medal was awarded), with Cypripediums and Odontoglossums in variety. 
W. R. Lee, Esq., Heywood (gr. Mr. Branch), was awarded a Silver-gilt 
Medal for a choice group of Cypripediums, Odontoglossum crispum 
