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Mrs. Norman Cookson, Oakwood, Wylam (gr. Mr. H. J. Chapman), 
sent Odontoglossum Solon var. Roland, and a finely blotched O. crispum. 
Mr. S. Flory, Orchid Nursery, Twickenham, staged a fine group, 
including Cattleya Mossie# and Mendelii, C. intermedia Parthenia, C. 
Skinneri alba, C. dolosa, some good Leliocattleyas. Lelia purpurata, and 
Odontoglossum crispum, Restrepia guttulata and trichoglossa, Masdeval- 
lias, &c. (Silver Flora Medal). 
Messrs. Hassall & Co., Southgate, staged a gocd group of Odonto- 
glossums, Odontioda Charlesworthii and chelseiensis, Cypripedium niveum, 
and Cattleya Mossiz, with plants of the charming little Oncidium pulchellum 
in front (Silver Banksian Medal). 
Messrs. J. & A. A. McBean, Cooksbridge, staged a choice group of 
Odontoglossum crispum, Odontioda Charlesworthii, and some good Cattleya 
Mossiz and Mendelii (Silver Banksian Medal). 
First-class CERTIFICATE. 
CYPRIPEDIUM WooDHAMSIANUM FOWLER’S VAR. (Veitchii x Lowianum). 
—A very fine form, having apricot-yellow flowers with faint bronzy lines, 
and the front of the lip chestnut-red with some spots on the side lobes. 
Exhibited by J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., S. Woodford (gr. Mr. J. Davis). 
AWARD OF MERIT. 
L#LIOCATTLEYA APOLLO (C. Schreedere x L.-c. warnhamiensis).—A. 
very pretty flower, having pale nankeen yellow sepals and petals, and the 
lip pink in front, with some rosy veining, and the disc orange-coloured. Ex- 
hibited by C. J. Lucas, Esq., Warnham Court, Horsham (gr. Mr. Duncan). 
CULTURAL COMMENDATION 
DENDROBIUM LoppiIGEsII.—To Mr. W. H. White, Orchid grower to 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, for a fine plant of this pretty little 
Chinese species, which is the D. pulchellum of Loddiges, but not the 
original one of Roxburgh. 
MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID. 
At the meeting held on Thursday, April 4th, the members of Committee 
present were :—Rev. J. Crombleholme (in the Chair), Messrs. R. Ashworth, 
C. Parker, H. Thorp, Z. A. Ward, J. Evans, W. Holmes, A. J. Keeling, 
D. McLeod, and H. Arthur (Secretary). Owing to the restricted railway 
service, the exhibits were not so numerous as usual. 
Z. A. Ward, Esq.,. Northenden (gr. Mr. Weatherby), staged a nice group, 
to which a Silver-gilt Medal was awarded. It contained some very fine 
Odontoglossums Vuylstekei, Ossulstonii; Wilckeanum (in variety), Ander- 
sonianum, triumphans, Odontiodas, Cymbidium Lowianum and_ var- 
concolor, Cattleya highburiensis, and Dendrobium chrysotoxum. 
Col. J. Rutherford, M.P., Blackburn (gr. Mr. Lupton), was awarded a 
