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excellens, a large-flowered O X mulus, Lycaste costata, profusely flowered, 
Cypripedium x Chapmanii, and others. A First-class Certificate was given 
to Odontoglossum X Prince Edward of Wales (xX Rolfeze x Harryano- 
crispum), a very large and handsome hybrid, bearing a spike of twelve 
flowers, heavily barred with reddish purple on a white ground, and the base 
of the lip yellow; and an Award of Merit to Dendrobium chryseum 
giganteum, with very large golden yellow flowers. 
Messrs. James Veitch & Soris, Chelsea, received a Silver Flora Medal 
for a fine group, containing a lot of good Odontoglossum crispum, O. 
Pescatorei, O. triumphans, O. xX Adriane, O. X ardentissimum Lamus, 
Oncidium sarcedes, Marshallianum, and concolor, Lelia cinnabarina, 
Cypripedium niveum, Lelio-cattleya X Antigone, L.-c. Ithone (purpurata 
x Latona), most like the former in colour, but much smaller, and having 
some buff in the ground colour, &c. The pretty blush-pink Dendrobium 
Wilsoni received a Botanical Certificate. 
Messrs. J. Cypher & Sons, Cheltenham, received a Silver Flora Medal 
for a brilliant group, containing a lot of good Lelia purpurata, Miltonia 
vexillaria, Oncidium concolor, and Odontoglossums, including the charming 
O. nevium, Leptotes bicolor, profusely flowered, Renanthera Imschootiana, 
Maxillaria Turneri, Lelia Jongheana, Epiphronitis Veitchii, Masdevallia 
< Measuresiana, M.caudata, and M. xX Shuttryana Chamberlainil, 
Cypripedium callosum Sandere, &c. 
Messrs. J. W. Moore, Ltd., Rawdon, received a Silver Banksian Medal 
for a very interesting group, containing Angraecum Leonis, Cattleya citrina, 
Phalenopsis Lueddemanniana, Gongora galeata, Dendrobium aureum, 4 
brightly-coloured Zygocolax, Odontoglossum x Andersonianum, O X A. 
hebraicum, Bulbophyllum triste, and various well-known things. 
__ M. Maurice Mertens, Mont-St.-Amand, Ghent, sent Cattleya Schroedere, 
fine examples of Odontoglossum xX excellens and O. x Wilckeanum, 4 
remarkable O. x ardentissimum with an enormous violet-purple blotch on 
each segment, leaving a broad white margin, another fine unnamed hybrid, 
and a good blotched O. crispum. 
MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID. 
A MEETING of this Society was held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, 0” 
March 2ist, when there was a very bright display, and the awards consisted 
of four Medals, three First-class Certificates, and ten Awards of Merit. 
The members of the Committee present were:—E. Ashworth, Esq 
Chairman, and Messrs. Ashton, Cowan, Cypher, Keeling, Leemann, Parker, 
Sander, Shill, P. Smith, Thorp, Upjohn, Walmsley, Warburton, and 
Williamson. . 
A. Warburton, Esq., Haslingden (gr. Mr. Raven), received a Silver-gilt 2 
