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Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells, sent Cattleya x radiata 
(Dowiana aurea X Pittiana), with cream yellow sepals and petals, and the 
front lobe of the lip rosy crimson, with some yellow in the throat, C. 
Rothschildiana, Orchidhurst var., a good light form, and Leeliocattleya 
Purple Empress (L.-c. & Fournieree X C. x Hardyana). 
Mr. James Douglas, Edenside, Great Bookham, sent a fine dark Leelio- 
cattleya Gottoiana. 
Mr. A. W. Jensen, Lindfield, Haywards Heath, sent a fine Odonto- 
glossum crispum and a very brilliant O. Harryanum. 
Mr. E. V. Low, Vale Bridge Nursery, Haywards Heath, sent Odonto- 
glossum grande Pittianum, Cypripedium x Rossetti, and the fine C. x 
Germaine Opoix. 
M. Maurice Mertens, Mont St. Amand, Ghent, showed a few good hybrid 
Odontoglossums. 
Mr. Charles Turner, Slough, sent two good plants of Lelia pumila, one 
with blush white, the other with rosy flowers. 
MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID. 
At the meeting held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on October 7th, 
there was an excellent show of plants, the room being well filled. The 
Committee sat as follows :—Messrs. E. Ashworth (Chairman), R. Ashworth, 
Thorp, Cowan, Ward, Arthur, Warburton, Keeling, Ball, Shill, Holmes, 
Ashton, Smith, Parker, and Weathers (Hon. Sec.). 
J. T. Clifton, Esq., Lytham Hall (gr. Mr. Float), staged a specially 
fine group of plants, full of interest and variety, many rare botanical species 
being represented. A central group of Cattleyas, Lelias, &c., received a 
Silver Medal, the whole group gaining the Society’s Silver-gilt Medal. 
Awards of Merit were given toa fine Lzeliocattleya Ophir, L.-c. lythamensis, 
Catasetum fimbriatum, and Stanhopea oculata Shuttleworthi, and First- 
class Botanical Certificates to the dainty Oncidium Retemeyerianum and to 
Coelogyne Veitchii. Several other botanical curiosities gained Second- 
class Certificates. I noted many varieties of Odontoglossum, Cypripedium, 
Vanda ceerulea and Kimballiana, Stenoglottis longifolia, the richly-tinted 
Cattleya x Iris, and varieties of Brassocattleya, Leliocattleya, &c. 
Mrs. Wood, Moorfield, Glossop (gr. Mr. Gould), staged a fine group, 
composed of hybrid Cattleyas, Lalias, Cypripediums, and several fine 
well-flowered Stenoglottis longifolia. A very bright and effective hybrid 
Leeliocattleya x Wilfred (C. Dowiana aurea X L.-c. Gottoiana), received a 
First-class Certificate, Awards of Merit going to L.-c. Ophir, Cattleya x 
Peetersii and Sophrolalia Penelope. A very fine pan of Odontoglossum 
grande received a Cultural Certificate (Silver and Silver-gilt Medals). 
J. McCartney, Esq., Hey House, Bolton (gr. Mr. Holmes), staged a group 
