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good substance, and white with a tinge of purple in the throat of the lip. 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Haywards Heath, also received a Silver 
Flora Medal fora fine group, including some good Phaius X Norman, 
Leeliocattleya Larissa (L. flava x C. Mendelii), a bright yellow hybrid, the 
dark L.-c. Dominiana magnifica, L.-c. Doris, some good Cattleya Mendelii, 
Odontoglossum x hibernicum, O. x Eleanor, some good O. X armain- 
villierense, and other hybrids, Warscewiczella discolor and marginata, the 
beautiful Trichopilia Backhouseana, Dendrobium Bronckhartii, Coelogyne 
chloroptera, Cyrtopodium Andersoni, Brassia brachiata, and other good 
things. 
Messrs. J. & A. A. McBean, Cooksbridge, received an Award of Merit 
for Miltonia Phalenopsis McBean’s variety, a very beautiful form, having an 
exceptionally large rose-coloured blotch on the lip, and contrasting strongly 
with the ordinary form. They also sent some good forms of Cattleya 
Schroeder and Mendelii, Odontoglossum Pescatorei, crispum and X 
Rolfez, with a home-raised O. x Wilckeanum. 
Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells, staged a small group, 
including some good forms of Cymbidium x Woodhamsianum, a fine plant 
of Odontoglossum nzvium, Masdevallia Chestertoni, Phaius x Norman, 
Lycaste Skinneri, L. gigantea, Cypripedium x Helen II., and a hybrid 
from C. Chamberlainianum x ciliolare. 
Mr. E. V. Low, Vale Bridge, Haywards Heath, sent a good Cattleya 
Schroedere and C. Triane Empress of India, a good white form, with 
some purple mottling in front of the yellow disc of the lip. 
M. Maurice Mertens, Mont-St.-Amand, Ghent, sent Miltonia X Bleuana 
a good Odontioda, and about ten handsome hybrid Odontoglossums, of 
which the names were not given. 
MANCHESTER AND NorRTH oF ENGLAND ORCHID. 
At the meeting of this Society, held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, 
on April 7th, the quality of exhibits was again very high. The members of 
the Committee present were: Messrs. E. Ashworth (Chairman), R. 
Ashworth, Thorp, Ward, Sander, Arthur, Warburton, Parker, Keeling, 
Holmes, Cowan, Weathers (Hon. Sec.), and, by invitation, Ed. Roehrs, 
U.S.A. 
J. T.-Clifton, Esq., Lytham Hall (gr. Mr. Float), staged a very fine 
miscellaneous group, which gained a Silver-gilt Medal. The group included 
many rare and choice Botanical specimens, the best being two very fine 
plants of Cyrtopodium, viz., punctatum and Andersoni, which gained First- 
class Botanical Certificates. A magnificent plant of the rare Vanda suavis 
var. pallida, carrying several spikes, gained a First-class Certificate and 
Silver Medal. Sophrocatlelia Hon. Mrs. Barbara Wilson and Cattleya x 
