24 . THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
the plants should be encouraged to grow and rest early. The supplies 
of water should be slightly increased as the buds begin to push. 
D. Phalzenopsis being over should receive a good rest before growth 
recommences. Species of Aérides, Saccolabium, and allied genera 
which require top-dressing with sphagnum moss may now receive 
attention, commencing with those which are beginning to grow. Care 
must be used in watering for some time to come, and the majority 
should be kept on the dry side for the present. Due attention should 
be given to keeping the atmosphere in a healthy condition by properly 
regulating the temperatures and the amount of ventilation and damping 
down. And, generally, one should strive to have everything in as 
forward a condition as possible, so that when the season of active 
growth arrives we may be able to utilise it to the fullest extent. 
MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND 
ORCHID SOCIETY, 
THE meeting of this Society on November 25th was again a very good 
one, and no less than fifty-three plants were separately brought before the 
Committee for adjudication. Most ot these plants showed considerable 
merit, and three succeeded in obtaining First-Class Certificates. 
W. Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange, Stone (gr. Mr. Stevens), showed 
Cypripedium X Minos, C. insigne Dorothy, and Cattleya x Victoria- 
Regina, all of which obtained Awards of Merit, also a cut bloom of 
Cypripedium insigne Sandere. 
Samuel Gratrix, Esq., West Point, Whalley Range (gr. Mr. McLeod), 
showed Lycaste Skinneri Mr. F. L. Ames, Cypripedium x Allanianum, C. 
x Ceres,and C. X nitens superbum, all of which obtained Awards of 
Merit ; also C. insigne Sanderianum and Odontoglossum Xx Gratrixianum 
(Hallii X elegans), both of which received First-class Certificates. 
W. A. Gent, Esq., Brooklands, showed Angraecum sesquipedale, for 
which he was awarded a Cultural Certificate. 
A. Warburton, Esq., Vine House, Haslingden (gr. Mr. Lofthouse), 
showed a hybrid Cypripedium derived from C. ‘superbiens X niveum, in 
reality a form of C. X Georgeanum. The flower is in form and colouring 
quite what one would expect from the parentage, and is one of the best 
niveum crosses we have seen. It was awarded a First-Class Certificate. 
_ Thomas Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield (gr. Mr. Johnson), showed 
Cypripedium x Minos, C. X Leeanum giganteum, C. insigne superbum, 
C. X nitens Lucianianum, and Cattleya labiata picta, all of which received 
