122 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [ APRIL, 1909. 
H. Arthur, Esq., Blackburn, sent a small group, which was awarded a 
Bronze Medal. The chief things were Lycaste Skinneri alba, Odonto- 
glossums, Cypripediums, &c. 
R. Ashworth, Esq., Ashlands, Newchurch (gr. Mr. Fletcher), sent 
Odontoglossum x Japonais var. Fletcheri and O. Xx J. ashlandense, both 
gaining Awards of Merit. 
Rev. J. Crombleholme, Clayton-le-Moors (gr. Mr. Marshall), received 
an Award of Merit for Cypripedium X apiculatum var. atratume 
J. Leemann, Esq., West Bank House, Heaton Mersey (gr. Mr. Smith), 
sent the fine Cattleya Trianz West Bank House var., a flower of fine pro- 
portion and highly coloured. 
Messrs. Low & Co., Enfield, sent a nice group, in which I noteda 
richly-coloured form of Cymbidium insigne (Sanderi), C. X Holfordianum, 
Dendrobium crassinode album, D. nobile virginale, D. x Wiganianum, 
and several varieties of Cypripedium X aureum (Silver Medal). 
Messrs. Cypher & Sons, Cheltenham, staged a pretty and effective 
group, in which I noted well-flowered plants of Odontoglossum x Wilcke- 
anum, O. sceptrum, O. luteopurpureum, Dendrobium nobile Ballianum, 
Dendrochilum glumaceum, Sophronitis grandiflora, &c. (Silvér Medal). 
Messrs. Keeling & Sons, Westgate Hill, Bradford, staged a quaint and 
botanically interesting group, including Cypripedium Dayanum, C. Bullen- 
ianum, C. glaucophyllum, C. venustum, Masdevallia Shuttleworthii, 
M. Arminii, &c. 
Mr. Wm. Bolton, Wilderspool, Warrington, sent three good varieties of 
Cattleya Triane. 
Mr. W. Shackleton, Gt. Horton, Bradford, staged a group of Cypri- 
pediums, which gained a Bronze Medal. 
Mr. J. Robson, Altrincham, sent a few choice plants, including a fine 
hybrid Odontoglossum from O. crispum Graireanum xX Rolfe, and 
another from O. c. Madouxianum X Rolfez, O. X ardentissimum albens, 
and Cypripedium x Leonie Highfield var. (Vote of Thanks). 
Mr. J. Birchenall, Alderley Edge, sent the rare and quaint Uropedium 
Lindenti, which was awarded a First-class Botanical Certificate. 
H. THORP. 
OrcHID CULTURE.—On Friday, the 12th inst., Mr. W. P. Bound, late 
of Gatton Park, Reigate, lectured before the Beckenham Horticultural 
Society, on ‘Orchid Culture.” A very full audience eagerly and atten- 
tively followed the lecturer through a splendid extempore discourse, lasting 
for upwards of an hour. If one thing more than another was insisted on, 
it was the constant propagation of Orchids, so that at all times one had 
youth and vigour. It was pointed out how futile it was to expect fine spikes 
