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Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, sent Brassocattleya Thetis 
(B. Digbyana xX C. Aclandiz), having greenish sepals and petals, and a 
broad lip suffused with rose on the front lobe. 
CULTURAL COMMENDATION. 
CypRIPEDIUM W. R. LEE (superbiens x Rothschildianum).—To Mr. 
W. H. White, Orchid grower to Sir Trevor Lawrence, K.C.V.O., Burford, 
for a finely-grown specimen, bearing five spikes and thirteen flowers. 
MANCHESTER AND NortH oF ENGLAND ORCHID. 
THE first meeting of the 1912-1913 Session was held at the Coal Exchange, 
Manchester, on Thursday, July rzth, Ig12, the members of Committee 
present being: Rev. J. Crombleholme (in the Chair), Messrs. R. Ashworth, 
H. Thorp, J. C. Cowan, D. McLeod, J. Bamber, C. Parker, Z. A. Ward, A. 
J. Keeling, W. Holmes, A. Warburton, and H. Arthur (Secretary). 
R. Ashworth, Esq., Newchurch (gr. Mr. Gilden), was awarded a Large 
Silver Medal for a mixed group of Odontoglossums in variety, including O. 
crispum xanthotes, armainvillierense, and several fine seedlings ; Miltonia 
vexillaria Sunbeam and Fairy Queen, Cypripedium niveum, Godefroye, 
and callosum Sandere, Cattleya Gaskelliana and Mendelii, and the rare 
Oncidium abortivum. 
Col. J. Rutherford, M.P., Blackburn (gr. Mr. Lupton), was awarded a 
Silver Medal fora group of Cattleya Gaskelliana, including alba, C. Mendelii 
Duchess of York, C. gigas, C. Maronii, Leliocattleya callistoglossa, 
Epidendrum vitellinum, and Odontoglossum Masereelianum. 
J. McCartney, Esq., Bolton, was awarded a Silver Medal for a group, 
composed principally of Cattleya Gaskelliana, including delicata and alba, 
several forms of C. gigas, Miltonia vexillaria, the variety chelseiensis being 
good, and Oncidium Papilio. 
Rev. J. Crombleholme, Clayton-le-Moors, was awarded a Bronze Medal 
for a group of Cypripediums, including Curtisii giganteum, Stanley 
Rogerson, tixallense, Gowerianum, Burtonii, Lawrenceanum, and Argus X 
Mastersianum. 
R. le Doux, Esq., West Derby (gr. Mr. Fletcher), staged Cattleya 
Thurgoodiana Marlfield var. and Leliocattleya Pauline. 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Haywards Heath, staged Cypripedium 
Alfred Sladden, and Odontoglossum Lambeauianum, O. amabile x 
percultum, and two good seedlings. 
Messrs. Stuart Low & Co., Enfield, staged Miltonia Hyeana, M. 
vexillaria Queen Alexandra alba, and Cattleya Thurgoodiana grandis. 
FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATE. 
Leliocattleya callistoglossa splendens Marlfield var., a large well-set 
flower with brilliantly-coloured lip; exhibited by R. le Doux, Esq. 
