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as the frontispiece of our last volume, a well-flowered plant of Gongora 
quinquenervis, Leelio-cattleya Charlesworthii princeps, &c. 
Messrs. J. and A. A. McBean, Cooksbridge, received a Silver Flora Medal 
fora fine group, consisting largely of Odontoglossum crispum, and including 
O.c. majesticum, a handsome white form, having a few blotches on the 
' sepals, also a heavily blotched variety. There were also some good forms 
of Lelia anceps, L. autumnalis with seven spikes, and a number of good 
Cypripediums. 
Messrs. James Cypher & Sons, Cheltenham, received a Silver Banksian 
Medal for a fine group, including the handsome Cypripedium xX C. F. 
Sander, C. X Minos Youngii, C. X triumphans, C. xX Thompsoni, good 
varieties of C. X Euryades and insigne, &c. 
Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, sent Cypripedium x Thalia 
splendens, C. X Crusader, and C. X elatior (Leeanum X Baron Schréder) | 
the latter, a large and handsome form, with the dorsal sepal white, tinged 
and blotched with deep purple, gaining an Award of Merit. 
Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells, sent Cypripedium xX 
Minos Youngii, and C. xX Helen II. var. Armstrongiz, the pretty light- 
coloured variety figured at page 105 of our last volume. 
Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Enfield, sent a small group, including 
Cypripedium X Tracyanum, C. X Helen II., C. x Minos Youngii, some 
good varieties of C. insigne, &c. 
M. Mertens, Ghent, sent a few good hybrid Odontoglossums. 
Mr. H. A. Tracy, Twickenham, sent the pretty Cypripedium x 
Goodsonianum. 
MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID. 
AT the meeting held in the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on December 3rd, 
a keen disappointment awaited the members, a letter being read from O. 
O. Wrigley, Esq., Bridge Hall, Bury, stating that he had intended to send.a 
large exhibit of his best Cypripediums, but a thick *‘ Lancashire special” 
fog prevailing had deterred him at the last moment. An excellent show, 
however, was provided, and over fifty plants were placed before the Com- 
mittee, who were present as follows: Messrs. E. Ashworth (Chairman), R. 
Ashworth, Thorp, Cowan, Ward, Sander, Warburton, Ball, Shill, Keeling, 
Holmes, Ashton, Cypher, Parker, and Weathers (Secretary). It may be 
interesting to note that the plants known as Cypripedium insigne Francis 
Wellesley and C. i. Baron Schréder were unanimously declared by the 
Committee to be C. i. Harefield Hall var., and must in future be exhibited 
as such at the Society’s meetings. 
Ziba A. Ward, Esq., Northenden (gr. Mr. Weatherby), staged a very 
bright and interesting group, which gained the Society’s Silver-gilt Medal. 
