218, THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
THE MANCHESTER SHOW. 
THE annual Whitsuntide Show of the Manchester Royal Botanical and 
Horticultural Society was held at the Gardens, Old Trafford, from May 
21st to 27th, when Orchids were exhibited in large numbers, the Show 
House being, as usual, nearly filled with them, making a brilliant display. 
The first prize for a collection of Orchids in bloom, limited to amateurs, 
was secured by E. Ashworth, Esq., Harefield Hall, Wilmslow (gr. Mn 
Holbrook), with a rich and varied group, containing, among other things, 
many good forms of Lelia purpurata, L. tenebrosa, Cattleya x calummata, 
the fine C. Lueddemanniana nobilior, some good C. Schroeder, Mendel, 
Mossiz and others, many good Odontoglossum crispum and Miltonia 
vexillaria, Schomburgkia tibicinis, Dendrobium Dearei and others, various 
Cypripediums, &c. Be 
F. Hardy, Esq., Tyntesfield, Ashton-on-Mersey (gr. Mr. Stafford), was 
second with a fine group, including some good Dendrobium pulchellum 
(Dalhousi ), D. thyrsifl , D. fimbriatum oculatum, Diacrium 
, Cyprip bellatum, a fine dark form of C. villosum, and @ 
good selection of the usual showy Cattleyas, Odontoglossums, &e. or 
A group exhibited by S. Hinchcliffe, Esq., Hale, Altrincham, included 
Anguloa Clowesii, Cattleya Schilleriana, Oncidium sphacelatum and others, 
with some good Cattleyas, Lelias, &c. 
In the Nurserymen’s class, Mr. James Cypher, Cheltenham, was first 
with a splendid group, including some fine Lelia purpurata, Cattleya 
Skinneri, and other showy forms, Oncidium concolor, O. macranthum ae | 
O. serratum, Vanda suavis, Epidendrum x O’Brienianum, some g0% 
Cypripediums, &c. The group was very effectively arranged. 
Messrs. Heath & Son, of Cheltenham, were third with a group in 
Bee ee good Miltonia vexillaria, together with Cattleya Skinneri, Aerides 
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Mr. John Kitson, of Bowden, secured the second prize with @ i 
group, containing some good Cattleya Warneri, a very fine C. ee 
Epidendrum vitellinum, Dendrobium X Cassiope, Odontoglossum ; . 
Selenipedium x grande atratum, &c. = 
For the best collection of Cattleyas and Lelias the first prize weal 
7. Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield (gr. Mr. Johnson), with er 
lot, including Cattleya Mendelii leucoglossa, Laelia grandis, sone = 
Lelia purpurata, Lelio-cattleya x Pallas superba, &c. 2 
The second prize went to F. Hardy, Esq., whose group conta 
brilliant Cattleya Schrederiana, C. Skinneri alba, C. dolosa, C. S¢ i se 
Gy — Venus, a beautiful Laelia purpurata Schroeder, and 0 ioe 
or the best collection of Cypripediums in bloom the first priz€ 
