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Banksian Medal for a good group of Cattleya Schroedere, Odontoglossum 
crispum, and others. : 
Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Bush Hill Park, Enfield, received a Silver 
Banksian Medal for a choice group, including the dark violet Bollea 
coelestis, Cymbidium insigne, C. x Holfordianum, Odontoglossum cordatum, 
the rare Bulbophyllum miniatum, with feather-like lip, some good Sophronitis 
grandiflora, Dendrobiums, Cypripediums, &c. 
M. Maurice Mertens, Mont-St.-Amand, Ghent, received a Silver Banksian 
Medal for a group of hybrid Odontoglossums, with two plants of the chaste 
white Cattleya x Suzanne Hye de Crom. 
Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, received a Silver Banksian Medal 
for an interesting and pretty group, including some good Dendrobium 
crassinode, D. c. album, Cymbidium Schrcederianum, Phragmopedilum 
caudatum Lindenii, Eria monostachya, a rare Javan species with whitish 
flowers, E. densiflora, Polystachya pubescens, Hexadesmia fasciculata, and 
various other botanical rarities. 
Messrs. A. J. Keeling & Sons, Bradford, sent a good Odontoglossum 
apterum (nebulosum), and examples of glass tubes used for storing Orchid 
pollen. 
MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID. 
ONLY a moderate number of exhibits were staged at the meeting held on 
March 4th. The Committee sat as follows: Messrs. E. Ashworth (Chair- 
man), Thorp, Ward, Cowan, Keeling, Warburton, Holmes, Upjohn, 
Ashton, and Weathers (Sec.). 
Ziba A. Ward, Esq., Northenden (gr. Mr. Weatherby), staged an excel- 
lent group of Odontoglossums, one of which, called O. X Beaute-Celeste 
var. ‘‘ Oxo,”’ gained. an Award of Merit. I noted also many varieties of O. 
crispum, white and rosy types, O. X Phoebe, O. X Adrianz, O. gloriosum, 
O. Hunnewellianum, O. x Rolfez, also several fine plants of Dendrobium 
Wardianum, Oncidium olivaceum, &c. The group was awarded a Silver- 
gilt Medal. 
A.Warburton, Esq., Haslingden (gr. Mr. Dalgleish), staged an interesting 
and varied group which, being divided for ‘‘ Cup” purposes, gained two Silver 
Medals and one Bronze Medal. A fine Cypripedium X Euryades var. King 
Edward VII., gained a First-class Certificate. Other noteworthy plants in 
the group were C. X aureum Hyeanum, C. x Minos: Youngii, C. x 
Leeanum Hercules, C. X Beeckmanii, Phragmopedilum X grande atratum. 
Leliocattleya X Captain Percy Scott, Odontoglossum x harvengtense, O. 
crispum, and various Dendrobiums. 
R. Ashworth, Esq., Ashlands, Newchurch (gr. Mr. Fletcher), sent a 
very pretty group, chiefly Odontoglossums, which gained two Silver Medals. 
