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Certificate, being larger than most and much more densely spotted. C. x 
Alcides var. Harold and C. x Zampa var. hirsuto-Lee both gained Awards 
of Merit. 
W. R. Lee, Esq., Plumpton Hall, Heywood (gr. Mr. Corser), gained a 
First-class Certificate for the fine hybrid Cypripedium x Curtmanii (Mons. 
de Curte X Beeckmanii), and Awards of Merit for C. x Actaus W. R. Lee’s 
var., C. X A. var. Sylvia and C. x Priam Sedeni. Many other fine 
Cypripediums were included in the group, which gained a Silver Medal. 
Samuel Gratrix, Esq., Whalley Range (gr. Mr. Shill), gained a First- 
class Certificate for a handsome Cypripedium X Marquis of Lansdowne 
(Thompsonii X aureum (Edippe). The plant was only in a 3-inch pot, and 
is likely to develop into a very fine thing. The aureum influence has caused 
the flower to lose much of the gloss of Thompsonii, but the dorsal sepal is 
rounder and flatter and the colour deeper, the brown being more evenly 
diffused on the petals. 
J. McCartney, Esq., Hey House, Bolton (gr. Mr. Holmes), showed a 
group of Cattleyas, Lzlias, &c. (Silver Medal). C. Trianz var. W. Holmes, 
and Cypripedium X Mrs. J. McCartney both gained Awards of Merit. 
J. H. Bromilow, Esq., Rann Lea, Rainhill (gr. Mr. Morgan), gained a 
Silver Medal for a choice group of Cypripediums, in which I noted C. 
aureum Pomone, C. X Euryades New Hall Hey var., and C. * Boadicea 
magnificum. ‘C. x Ruby (Baron Schréder x Leeanum Clinkaberryanum) 
gained an Award of Merit. 
Norman Galloway, Esq., Great Horton, Bradford, staged a group ot 
Cypripediums containing many varieties of well-known forms, which gained 
a Silver Medal. 
A. Warburton, Esq., Vine House, Haslingden (gr. Mr. Dalgleish), 
received an Award of Merit for Odontoglossum x Dr. F. W. Walker. 
R. le Doux, Esq.,; West Derby (gr. Mr. Fletcher), sent Odontoglossum 
crispum Mrs. Hutting, which gained an Award of Merit. 
W. J. Hargreaves, Esq., Harbourne Villas, Burnley, sent Cypripedium 
Xx Euryades var. Florence Hargreaves, which received an Award of Merit. 
O. O. Wrigley, Esq., Bridge Hall, Bury (gr. Mr. Rogers), sent a hybrid 
Cypripedium from C. x Lathamianum xX niveum, which showed very little 
trace of the latter. 
Messrs. Muirhead & Wilcox, Ashton-on-Mersey, sent a good group of 
Cypripediums, which included many fine varieties of C. x aureum, C 
insigne, &c. (Special Vote of Thanks). C. x Miss Mason, of unrecorded 
parentage, gained an Award of Merit. 
Mr. W. Shackleton, Great Horton, Bradford, gained an Award of Merit 
for Cypripedium insigne Highfield var. 
Messrs. Cypher, Cheltenham, received a Silver Medal for a good group 
