344 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [NOVEMBER, 1907. 
Messrs. J. and A. A. McBean, Cooksbridge, received a Silver Banksian 
Medal for a fine group, including some good Odontoglossum crispum and 
Pescatorei, Miltonias, Cypripedium X alportense, Gratrix’s var. (insigne 
Harefield Hall var. X Boxallii), a noble form, C. insigne Sanderz with six 
flowers and others. 
Messrs. J. W. Moore, Rawdon, received a Silver Banksian Medal for a 
good group of Cypripedes, Odontoglossums, Cattleyas, Brassocattleya 
Madame Hye, Nanodes Medusz, Oncidium bicallosum, Cypripedium Fair- 
rieanum, Lelia majalis, &c. 
Messrs. Stanley & Co., Southgate, also received a Silver Banksian Medal 
for a showy group of Cattleya labiata, Oncidium varicosum, Cypripedium 
X nigratum (Swinburnei x Argus), and others. 
Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells, sent the rare Bulbo- 
phyllum Dayanum with four of its deeply-fringed flowers, and Cattleya X 
Armstrongie magnifica (Loddigesii violacea x Hardyana), a remarkably 
fine form, having magenta-rose flowers, and some deep orange-yellow on 
the lip, the latter gaining an Award of Merit. 
Messrs. J. Cypher & Sons, Cheltenham, sent a small group including a 
selection of Cypripedium Fairrieanum, with various others, a fine pan of 
Zygopetalum rostratum, Cattleya labiata, &c. 
Messrs. Linden, Brussels, sent Odontoglossum crispum Madame Linden 
secundum, heavily blotched with claret-red, and O. c. Rev. d’ Or, blotched 
with yellowish brown. 
MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID SOCIETY. 
AT the meeting held on October 3rd there was a good roomful of plants, 
and many very good things were exhibited. Committee present :—E. Ash- 
worth, Esq. (Chairman), and Messrs. J. Cypher, F. W. Ashton, Z. A 
Ward, F. K. Sander, A. J. Keeling, W. Stevens, J. Cowan, and J. Walmesley- 
J. McCartney, Esq., Hey House, Bolton (gr. Mr. Holmes), showed a 
nice group, which gained a Bronze Medal. Cattleya x Iris Hey House 
var. was given an Award of Merit, also a good Cypripedium x Shillianum, 
one of four plants exhibited. Other good things included in the group. 
were several plants of C. Fairrieanum, Lelio-cattleya Henry Greenwood, 
-and a rather pretty Cattleya granulosa. 
William Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange, Stone (gr. Mr. Stevens), staged 
avery pretty group, which received a Bronze Medal. It was composed 
mainly of Cypripediums, among which I noticed C. x triumphans, C. X 
Maudiz, anda few C. Fairrieanum. C. x waltonense gained a F.C.G, 
and C. x Lord Derby had a F.C.C. confirmed. Four well-flowered plants 
of Oncidium incurvum album produced a very ‘graceful effect, and the 
largest plant was also awarded a F.C.C. 
