252 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
In the Class for six, B. Howson, Esq., Newcastle, was a good first with 
Lelia purpurata bearing four spikes, Cattleya Gaskelliana, C. Mossie, C. 
Warscewiczii, C. Warneri, and a good Epidendrum prismatocarpum. J. C. 
Waterhouse, Esq., Prestbury, was a very good second. 
Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Bradford, had a very fine collection, 
not for competition, to which the judges awarded a Gold Medal. It 
contained a splendid plant of Ceelogyne Dayana with eight or nine spikes, the 
pretty Oncidium spilopterum, O. Phalznopsis, Lzlio-cattleya x Iolanthe, 
L.-c. X Lady Wigan, Epidendrum Wallisii, and various other good 
Orchids. 
This show bids fair to outstrip most of the others in the neighbourhood, 
especially in the Orchids and plant groups, and the Committee and 
Secretary (Mr. Kent) deserve the warmest thanks and support of the 
Pottery district for their enterprise, and it seemed to be appreciated by the 
enormous numbers that attended the show. 
The Secretary, having in mind the late loss of plants at the Temple 
show, adopted a badge, which was distributed in the afternoon of the 
closing day to exhibitors and assistants, and, at the closing of the tents, only 
those with this badge on were allowed to stay in, the others being all turned 
out, and two policemen were placed at the entrance of every tent, who 
allowed no one to pass in or out without this emblem of authority. In 
addition, the tents were lit up with powerful electric lights, so that packing 
could be done with comfort. When will the R. H. S. do likewise ? 
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MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND 
ORCHID SOCIETY, 
A MEETING of this Society was held at the Manchester Coal Exchange on 
July 14th, 1898, when the following members of the committee were 
present :—Messrs. G. Shorland Ball (in the chair), Law-Schofield, 
Leemann, Greenwood, Weathers, Johnson, Holmes, and Mills (hon. 
secretary). 
Samuel Gratrix, Esq., Whalley Range (gr. Mr. McLeod), showed a very 
fine and well-grown plant of Cypripedium X callo-Rothschildianum, which 
was awarded both a First-class Certificate and a Cultural Certificate. 
C. xX selligero-Rothschildianum (Award of Merit), and Cattleya Mossiz 
Gratrix’s variety (Award of Merit). 
E. Stanley Clark, Esq., Wrexham (gr. Mr. Edwards), showed a fine 
plant of Oncidium macranthum, Cattleya superba, and Odontoglossum 
Pescatorei. 
