312 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [OcToBER, 1906. 
Messrs. Linden and Co., Brussels, scnt a flower of Odontoglossum 
crispum illustratum, said to be from O. c. Vinicius xX O. c. Per- 
fection. It is a very handsome thing, the greater part of the sepals and 
petals of which was blotched with rose purple. 
Mr. H. Schuster, Brussels, showed a small group of hybrids, containing 
Lelio-cattleya bellula (pumila Xx. maxima), Cattleya xX Vulcani var. 
Elisabethe, C. x Fallieri (Rex X Triane), C. xX Capartiana (Rex X 
Warscewiczii), and the very fine C. X Le Czar var. fortissima (granulosa 
Dubuyssoniana X labiata), a light rose-tinted flower, with rose-purple front 
lobe to the lip, which was very broad. 
DIPLOMA AWARDS. 
The following Awards were made in the special competition on this 
date :— 
CypRIPEDIUM ROTHSCHILDIANUM HYBRIDS.—First Diploma to Cypri- 
pedium xX Fletcherianum, from Messrs. Hugh Low and Co. Second 
Diploma to C. x A. de Lairesse, Westfield var., from Francis Wellesley, 
Esq.. 
MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID. 
A MEETING of this Society was held at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Old 
Trafford, on September 7th, when the display of Orchids was not large, 
though a number of choice things were staged. The following members of 
the Committee were present:—E. Ashworth (Chairman), W. Duckworth, 
Z. A. Ward, J. E. Williamson, H. Smith, W. Stevens, H. Thorp, C. 
Parker, A. J. Keeling, F. W. Ashton, E. Rogers, J. C. Cowan, and P. 
Weathers. : 
E. Bostock, Esq., Stone, Staff., received a First-class Certificate for 
Cypripedium niveum Bostock’s var., a particularly fine form, and an Award 
of Merit for Cypripedium Charlesworthii Holly House var. 
N. J. Bromilow, Esq., Rainhill, received a First-class Certificate for 
Cattleya X Iris var. Marjorie, and an Award of Merit for C. X Iris var. 
Mrs. James Bromilow. | 
W. Thompson, Esq., Stone (gr. Mr. Stevens), received Awards of Merit 
for Cypripedium x I’Ansoni inversum, and for a new hybrid Odonto- 
glossum, obtained from O. Harryanum and O. luteopurpureum var. 
Vuylstekeanum. 
Dr. Hodgkinson, The Grange, Wilmslow (gr. Mr. Woore), exhibited 4 
plant of the rare Zygopetatum xX Roeblingianum, and a good form q 
Cattleya x Iris. 
E. Rogerson, Esq., Didsbury (gr. Mr. Price), exhibited Cypripedium es 
Mrs. G. Fletcher. 
