54 THE ORCHID REVIEW. (FEBRUARY, 1910. 
for achoice group, including Odontioda Thwaitesii, Cymbidium longifolium, 
Cypripedium X aureum Surprise, C. x Mrs. Tautz, C. x Thompsoni 
magnificum, C. X Tracyanum, some good C. x Euryades, &c. 
Messrs. Stuart Low & Co., Bush Hill Park, received a Silver Banksian 
Medal for a good group, including some fine Cattleya Triane, Epidendrum 
Cooperianum, Masdevallia cucullata, Bulbophyllum sicyobulbon, B. 
Dayanum, Cypripedium X aureum virginale, with seven flowers, C. xX 
Leeanum Clinkaberryanum, a form of C. concolor having the flowers tinged 
with purple, the rare yellow-flowered Sophronitis grandiflora Lowii, and 
some Dendrochilum glumaceum in front. 
Messrs. J. & A. A. McBean, Cooksbridge, received a Silver Banksian 
Medal for a good group of finely developed Lelia anceps, and various good 
Odontoglossums, with a lot of the brilliant Epiphronitis Veitchii in front. 
Mr. A. W. Jensen, Lindfield, sent Odontoglossum crispum Irene, a 
pretty rosy form. 
M. Maurice Mertens, Mont-St.-Amand, Ghent, sent a small group of 
hybrid Odontoglossums. 
MANCHESTER AND NorTu OF ENGLAND ORCHID. 
A meeting was held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on December 
1gth, 1909, when there was a very fine show of plants, the Committee present 
being :—Messrs. E. Ashworth, R. Ashworth, Thorp, Cowan, Ward, Arthur, 
Shill, Keeling, Holmes, Cypher, Parker, and Weathers (Hon. Sec.). 
S. Gratrix, Esq., West Point, Whalley Range (gr. Mr. Shill), sent a 
magnificent group of Cypripediums, all well grown and showing the flowers 
to great perfection, gaining the Society’s Gold Medal. Every plant was of 
high quality, but only a few can be selected to show the nature of the 
exhibit. The group included C. x Beryl, West Point var., C. x Troilus 
eboriacum, C. xX T. West Point Var. Co %- Lion, Cx alportense, C. X 
Germain Opoix, C. villosum Mrs. Cary Batten, C. x San-ac-dere, C. x 
Priam, C. x Actzeus Miss Cann, C. x Thalia, West Point var., GC. x 3: 
Mrs. F. Wellesley, C. x T. giganteum, C. x Lady Ursula, C. x F. Sander, 
C. insigne var. Bohnhoffianum, and many others of equal merit. C. Xx 
eboriacum, West Point yar. gained a First-class Certificate. 
Mrs, Gratrix received a First-class Certificate for C. Actzus var. A. J. 
Balfour, a flower of nice proportions, with a large concave dorsal sepal, 
irregularly spotted with brown, and the upper portion clear white. 
Clive Cookson, Esq., Wylam-on-Tyne (gr. Mr. Chapman), staged a 
group of plants showing a high degree of culture, three fine specimens 
standing out conspicuously, viz., Cypripedium insigne Sander, carrying 22 
flowers, C. i. punctatum violaceum, with 22, and C. x Leeanum Clinka- 
berryanum, with 17, each of them gaining the Society’s Cultural 
