24 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [JANUARY, 1910, 
(First-class Certificate), and O. c. Empress of India (Award of Merit). I 
noted Cypripedium x Thalia giganteum, C. insigne Harefield Hall var., &c. 
Ed. Rogerson, Esq., Didsbury (gr. Mr. Price), received Awards of Merit 
for Odontoglossum crispum Maurice Preston, O. c. var. Thos. E. Preston, 
Cattleya x Frederickie var. Mrs. Parker, and Cypripedium xX E. C. 
Rogerson. I noted alsoC. xX Thalia giganteum. 
S. Gratrix, Esq., West Point, Whalley Range (gr. Mr. Shill), sent 
Cypripedium X Thalia Mrs. Francis Wellesley. 
H. J. Craven, Esq., The Beeches, Keighley (gr. Mr. Corney), sent 
Cypripedium x Mrs. Cary Batten. 
W.R. Lee, Esq., Plumpton Hall, Heywood, gained an.Award of Merit 
for Cypripedium xX Hitchinsiz var. W. R. Lee. I noted C. x Thalia 
Mrs. Francis Wellesley, C. xX triumphans, C. x Leeanum Clinkaberry- 
anum, and C. * Simonii Rubens. 
Messrs. Cypher & Sons, Cheltenham, gained a Silver Medal for a group 
of good things, in which I noted the best types of Cypripedium insigne, 
_yellow and spotted, a fine C. i. Laura Kimball, Cattleya xX Massaiana, &c. 
Messrs. A. J. Keeling & Sons, Westgate Hill, Bradford, sent a nice 
group, including Cypripedium insigne Harefield Hall var., C. i. Sandere, 
C. X Milo, Pilumne nobilis, and plants of Odontoglossum crispum of 
excellent type, with enormous bulbs. Cypripedium X Leeanum Westgate 
Hill var. gained an Award of Merit. 
The Liverpool Orchid and Nursery Co., Gateacre, gained a Bronze 
Medal for a small group, including some good Cattleyas, Cypripediums, &c. 
Mr. J. Birchenall, Alderley Edge, showed several plants, including 
Oncidium abortivum, Chondrorhyncha Chestertoni, &c. 
Mr. W. Bolton, Wilderspool, Warrington, sent Cypripedium x Niobe 
Westonbirt var., C. X aureum, and a good variety of C. X Hitchinsiz. 
Messrs. Stuart Low & Co., Enfield, sent Cattleya x Maggie Raphael, the 
pure yellow Oncidium varicosum concolor, and Sophrocattleya Saxa, the 
two latter gaining Awards of Merit. 
Messrs. McBean, Cooksbridge, sent Odontoglossum crispum xanthotes 
White’s var. 
Mr. W. Shackleton, Great Horton, Bradford, staged a small group of 
plants of good type. 
The high quality and quantity of exhibits were fully maintained at the 
meeting held on December 2nd, the Committee present being :—Messrs. E. 
Ashworth (Chairman), Thorp, Cowan, Ward, Arthur, Sander, Warburton, 
- Shill, Keeling, Holmes, Ashton, Cypher, Parker, and Weathers (Hon. Sec.). 
_ Mrs. Wood, Moorfield, Glossop (gr. Mr. Gould), staged a fine mixed 
group (Silver-gilt Medal), and a detached group of Cattleyas, species and 
