12¢ THE ORCHID REVIEW. [Aprit, 1916. 
Mr. W. H. Young, Mercury Nursery, Romford, sent a light form of 
Cypripedium villosum annamense, with a white margin to the dorsal sepal. 
MANCHESTER AND NorTH oF ENGLAND ORCHID. 
A meeting of this Society, held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on 
March 3rd, brought together several beautiful exhibits and specimens. 
Committee present: Messrs. E. Ashworth (Chairman), Thorp, Cowan, 
Ward, Arthur, Chapman, Shill, Warburton, Keeling, Holmes, Ashton, 
Parker, Cypher, and Weathers (Hon. Sec.). 
J. McCartney, Esq., Hey House, Bolton (gr. Mr. Holmes), staged a 
fine group of Cattleyas and Lelias, intermixed with Lycaste Skinneri, anda 
few choice Cypripediums, &c. A magnificent Leliocattleya x Dread- 
nought (L.-c. Greenwoodii x C. Mossiz) of fine proportions and colouring, 
gained a First-class Certificate and a Silver Medal. Brassocattleya Pluto, 
Cattleya Triane alba violacea, and L.-c. x Hypatia each received an Award 
of Merit. The group, being divided for competition, received two Silver- 
gilt Medals. ; 
J. Talbot Clifton, Esq., Lytham Hall (gr. Mr. Float), staged a fine 
group, of great variety, and including a well-flowered plant of Lycaste 
fulvescens, Restrepia elegans finely flowered, a highly coloured Lzliocattleya 
Dominiana, and many rare botanical specimens (Silver-gilt Medal). Leelio- 
cattleya X Ivernia received an Award of Merit. 
Clive Cookson, Esq., Wylam-on-Tyne (gr. Mr. Chapman), staged a very 
interesting group, which included two small batches of Odontoglossum 
seedlings, each batch from a separate seed pod, and showing great diversity 
ofcharacter. One seedling O. x percultum might easily be taken for a white 
O. Pescatorei, while another sister plant was heavily marked with reddish 
brown markings. O. crispum var. Mr. J. McBean, O. X_ percultum 
splendens, and O. x p- var. Clive, gained Awards of Merit, the two latter 
being sister plants but quite distinct. Cypripedium x Mary Amelia 
Godefroye x W.R. Lee) and C. x Zampa superbum also gained Awards of 
Merit (Silver Medal for group). 
H. J. Bromilow, Esq., Rainhill (gr. Mr. Morgan), gained a Silver 
Medal for a group of choice Cypripediums, which included a specially fine 
C. X Beeckmanii, good examples of C. x chrysotoxum var. Victor, C. x 
Dora Crawshay, C. x aureum Pomone, C. X Euryades New Hall Hey 
var., &c. 
A. Warburton, Esq., Haslingden (gr. Mr. Dalgleish), sent a small group 
of Odontoglossums of excellent quality. O. crispum Her Majesty and O. 
c. Albert Warburton, both heavily blotched varieties of good shape, gained 
First-class Certificates, and O. c. x Princess Henry of Prussia received an 
Award of Merit. 
