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class Certificate. Dendrobium Phalznopsis constituted a very pretty 
feature in this group, being shown in quantity and great variety. 
W. Thompson, Esq., of Stone, was awarded a Silver Medal for a 
choice and well grown lot, amongst which the Odontoglossums stood out 
conspicuously as specimens of good cultivation. A First-class Certificate 
was awarded to Dendrobium Xx Backhousei (D. thrysiflorum x nobile) a 
very interesting hybrid which was described in our last volume (pp. 76, r10). 
S. Gratrix, Esq., Whalley Range, obtained a Silver Medal for a small 
but choice group. Dendrobium x Rubens grandiflorum was shewn in 
excellent form and obtained a First-class Certificate, and Odontoglossum 
x Wilckeanum with a very strong spike received both a Cultural Certificate 
and an Award of Merit. Other noticeable plants in this exhibit were 
Cypripedium X Thompsoni (A. M.) C. xX Harrisianum albens, and 
Dendrobium crassinode album. 
S. Hinchcliffe, Esq., Altrincham, received a Silver Medal for a good 
miscellaneous collection. 
Mr. John Robson, of Altrincham, was also awarded a Silver Medal 
for a large and creditable exhibit, amongst which a very good form of 
Dendrobium nobile named Robsonz stood out conspicuously and ob- 
tained a First-class Certificate. 
Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., of Bradford, obtained a Silver Medal 
for a very interesting group of clean and well grown plants, in which forms 
of Phaius X Norman were the principal feature, and obtained a First- 
class Certificate. Dendrobium xX Owenianum was noticeable and received 
an Award of Merit, and there were several good Odontoglossums. 
A. Warburton, Esq:, Haslingden, staged a small collection, strong in 
Odontoglossums, for one of which, a heavily spotted variety of O. crispum, 
he was awarded a First-class Certificate. 
Fred Hardy, Esq., Ashton-on-Mersey, also contributed a small group, 
obtaining a First-class Certificate for Cattleya Mendelii, and an Award of 
Merit for Dendrobium xX Clio. 
MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND 
ORCHID SOCIETY, 
THERE was a very good display of Orchids at the meeting held at the 
Manchester Coal Exchange on March roth. Present: Messrs. G. Shorland 
Ball (in the chair), G. W. Law-Schofield, Rappart, Greenwood, Sidebotham, 
Warburton, Cypher, Gratrix, Johnson, Weathers, and Gent (Hon. Sec.). 
G. Shorland Ball, Esq., Ashford, Wilmslow (gr. Mr. Hay), showed a 
very fine form of Cattleya Lueddemanniana (speciosissima) Ernestii (First- 
class Certificate), Dendrobium fimbriatum, and two forms of D. xX 
Schneiderianum. 
