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Mr. A. W. Jensen, Lindfield, Haywards Heath, sent a small group of 
Cattleya Mossiz, C. Mendelii and Odontoglossum crispum. 
M. Maurice Mertens, Mont St. Amand, Ghent, sent a small group of 
hybrid Odontoglossums. 
The late Mr. N. C. Cookson. =The Chairman spoke of the loss sus- 
tained by the Committee in the death of Mr. Norman C. Cookson, one of 
its Vice-Presidents, and a resolution tendering the deep sympathy of the 
Orchid Committee with Mrs. Cookson and the family was passed, on the 
motion of Mr. R. Brooman White, seconded by Mr. J. O’Brien. 
MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID. 
AT the meeting held on April 29th only a moderate number of plants were 
exhibited. The following members of the Committee were present :— 
Messrs. E. Ashworth (Chairman), R. Ashworth, Thorp, Ward, Cowan, 
Upjohn, Warburton, Keeling, Holmes, Ashton, Cypher, Parker, and 
Weathers (Sec.). 
A. Warburton, Esq., Vine House, Haslingden (gr. Mr. Dalgleish), staged 
a fine group of plants, which gained a Silver-gilt Medal. It was composed 
of many rare plants, the principal ones being Cypripedium x Archimedes, 
C. niveum, C. X aureum, Odontoglossum luteopurpureum var. Vuyl- 
stekeanum, O. crispum moortebeekiense, and many fine Leelias and Catt- 
leyas. Awards of Merit were given to Cattleya Mendelii var. Gloria Mundi, 
and Scuticaria Hadwenii. 
H. J. Bromilow, Esq., Rainhill (gr. Mr. Morgan), staged a specially 
fine group of Cypripediums, including the fine C. X majesticum, C. x gigas 
Corndean Hall var., C. bellatulum album and many others (Silver-gilt 
Medal). A fine hybrid from C. x Goweri xX C. Godefroy, named ‘ The 
Caliph,” gained a First-class Certificate, and C. Lawrenceanum var. Juno 
and C. bellatulum var. Amelia both received Awards of Merit. 
R. Ashworth, Esq., Newchurch (gr. Mr. Fletcher), for a group which 
was divided for ‘‘ Cup” purposes, gained three Silver Medals, and I noted a 
small group of well-flowered Cattleya Lawrenceana, Cypripedium Rossetti, 
Cymbidium insigne, Odontoglossum x Andersonianum magnificum, &c. 
J. McCartney, Esq., Hey House, Bolton (gr. Mr. Holmes), showed an 
excellent group of Cattleyas, which gained a Silver Medal. The group 
consisted of many fine forms of C. Mendelii, C. Mossiz, C. Schroederz, 
and two well flowered plants of Dendrobium Falconeri. Cattleya Schroedere 
var. Diadem received an Award of Merit. 
J. H. Craven, Esq., Keighley (gr. Mr. Corney), showed the rare Phrag- 
mopedilum caudatum, Miltonia x Bleuana, and Brassocattleya Veitchii. 
Ed. Rogerson, Esq., Didsbury (gr. Mr. Price), showed a fine form of 
Miltonia X Bleuana, and the albino Cattleya Mendelii Rogersoni. 
