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blotches, Vanda teres alba, the rare Catasetum Randii, Odontioda Charles- 
worthii and O. Bradshawie (Silver Banksian Medal). 
Messrs. J. Cypher & Sons, Cheltenham, sent forms of Lelia anceps, 
Masdevallia triangularis, Hincksiana and Schrcederiana, Leeliocattleya 
callistoglossa, Cypripedium Bridgesii, Alcibiades, Beeckmanii, aureum 
Hyeanum, Vandyke, and others (Silver Banksian Medal). 
Messrs. Stuart Low & Co., Bush Hill Park, sent a good Gomeza crispa 
with three spikes, a well-flowered Oncidium cheirophorum, Vanda Amesiana, 
Masdevallia tovarensis, Pleurothallis Roezlii with ten spikes, Saccolabium 
bellinum, Dendrochilum glumaceum, and a few good Cypripediums, Calan- 
thes and Odontoglossums (Silver Banksian Medal). 
Messrs. J. & A. A. McBean, Cooksbridge, sent Cymbidium Veitchii, 
Odontioda Charlesworthii, white and coloured forms of Lelia anceps, 
Odontoglossum crispum, Cattleya Trianze, C. chocoensis alba, Lycaste 
Skinneri, and a well-coloured Brassocatlelia from L.-c. Eudora splendens 
x B. Digbyana (Silver Banksian Medal). 
Messrs. Hassall & Co., Southgate, sent Lycaste Skinneri alba, Odonto- 
glossum percultum, O. Lawrenceanum, O. Solon (Adriane X armain- 
villierense), and three Cypripediums. 
Mr. W. A. Manda, St. Albans, sent Cattleya Trianz, American Beauty, 
with a broad purple band at the apex of the petals, and two others. 
Messrs. Tracy, Twickenham, sent the rare Oncidium anthocrene. 
A tew Orchid drawings were included in a group of paintings of garden 
plants exhibited by Miss Ivy Massee, Kew Gardens (Silver Flora Medal). 
FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATE. 
ODONTOGLOssUM MERLIN (parentage unknown).—A beautiful white 
flower, of round shape, with clusters of brown blotches on the centre of the 
sepals and petals. The spikes bore thirteen beautiful flowers. Exhibited 
by Lt.-Col. Sir George L. Holford, K.C.V.O. 
AWARD OF MERIT. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM MEMORIA Lity NEUMANN (parentage unknown).—A 
handsome hybrid, having the lower two-thirds of the segments claret-purple, 
with a few white lines, and the upper part white tinged with rose. Exhibited 
by J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. 
MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID. 
At the meeting held on December 28th, 1911, the members of Com- 
mittee present were :—Rey. J. Crombleholme (in the Chair), R. Ashworth 
C. Parker, Z. A. Ward, }. C. Cowan, J. Cypher, J. Evans, W. Holmes, 
A. J. Keeling, D. McLeod, and H. Arthur (Secretary). 
W. R. Lee, Esq., Heywood (gr. Mr. Branch), staged a group, principally 
Cypripediums of good quality, including C. Antinous, Minos Youngii, Priam, 
