310 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [OcToBER, 1909, | 
Mr. E. V. Low, Orchid Nursery, Vale Bridge, Haywards Heath, received 
a Silver Banksian Medal for a small group of choice things, including forms 
of Cattleya x Iris and C. x Adula, a fine form of C. < conspicua (Grossii 
Xx Gaskelliana), with sepals and petals of a dusky rose tint, and the lip 
rosy lilac with small whitish side lobes, Cypripedium xX Nandi, C. X 
Maudiz, C. * Lord Ossulston, &c. 
Messrs. Stanley & Co., Chase Side, Southgate, sent a very pretty hybrid 
Cattleya, called C. x iridescens, and said to be a hybrid from C. bicolor 
and C. Eldorado. There were seven plants differing greatly in colour, to 
one of which, called var. splendens, an Award of Merit was given. It had 
cream-coloured sepals and petals with a slight suffusion of rose, and the base 
and small side lobes of the lip white, the isthmus deep yellow, and the 
front lobes marbled with purple and margined with white. 
Messrs. J. & A. A. McBean, Cooksbridge, Sussex, sent a pretty little 
group, including a good specimen of Vanda Sanderiana with two spikes, 
two good plants of Oncidium incurvum album, Cattleya Dowiana, C. X 
Iris, Dendrobium Dearei, Cypripedium KRothschildianum, C._ insigne 
Sanderianum, C. x James H. Veitch, &c. 
Mr. H. A. Tracy, Twickenham, sent a good plant of Cir 
guttulatum, bearing several umbels of greenish white flowers, spotted with 
purple. 
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MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID. 
A very fine show of plants and flowers appeared at the Society’s meeting 
held on September gth. The seasonable and beautiful Cattleya x Iris 
was much in evidence, ranging in colour from pure yellow to deep chocolate 
brown. 
J. Talbot-Clifton, Esq., Lytham Hall (gr. Mr. Float), staged a splendid 
group, which included many rare and beautiful hybrids and botanical species. _ 
A particularly fine form of Vanda coerulea, of deep blue colour, stood out 
very prominently, and this was awarded a First-class Certificate, anda fine — 
piece of the rare Dendrobium acuminatum, bearing ten flowers, received a 
similar award. Cattleya X Lytham Hall (Grossii xX Gaskelliana), C. X 
Maroni Clifton’s var.,and C. x Armstrongiz received Awards of Merit, 
also Leeliocattleya Nysa Lythath Hall var., the rare Miltonia Schroederiana 
Houlletia odoratissima, Angreecum Eichlerianum and Phalaenopsis Regnier — 
Coundon Court var., whilst First-class Botanical Certificates went to Pes 
Regnieri, Angrecum Scottianum, and Stenoglottis longifolia. The group 
included many Odontoglossums, Cattleya Gaskelliana alba, C. X 
Wavriniana, C. X suavior, Coslogyne pandurata, Lycaste x Mrs. Rogerson, 
&c. (Silver-gilt Medal). 
Ziba A. Ward, Esq., Northenden (gr. Mr. Weatherby), staged a very 
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