244 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [AUGUST, 1903. 
Messrs. T. Rochford & Co. showed a form of C. Gaskelliana having the 
flower white with a small rose blotch on the lip, and C. Mendelii 
King Edward VII., a white variety, with the disc of the lip chrome- 
yellow. 
MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID. 
A MEETING of this Society was held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, om 
July 17th, when there was a small but interesting display of Orchids. 
W. Duckworth, Esq., Shawe Hall, Flixton (gr. Mr. Tindall), staged a 
good group, for which a- Bronze Medal was awarded. A Fitst-class 
Certificate was given to the fine white Miltonia vexillaria var. Queen 
Alexandra. 
S. Gratrix, Esq., Whalley Range (gr. Mr. Cypher), exhibited two fine 
and distinct things in Lelio-cattleya % Martinetii West Point var., and 
L.-c. X Ingrami Gratrix’s variety, each of which gained a First-class. 
Certificate. 
C. Parker, Esq., Ashton-on-Ribble, gained an Award of Merit for the 
interesting Cypripedium x Cassandra (C. * Goweri X Sanderianum). 
Messrs. Sander and Sons staged a small group of Miltonia vexillaria and 
some Leelio-cattleyas, a Bronze Medal being awarded. 
Messrs. J. Cypher & Son, Cheltenham, showed Cypripedium X 
Transvaal (C. x Rothschildianum x C. Chamberlainianum) and C. X 
Phoebe Cypher’s variety (C. bellatulum x C. levigatum), each of which 
received an Award of Merit. 
Mr. A. J. Keeling, Westgate Hill, Bradford, staged a small group of 
plants, to which a Vote of Thanks was given, 
BRASSAVOLA RETUSA. 
FURTHER information about the above rare species has at last 
come to hand, a plant having flowered in the collection of J. W. Arkle, 
Esq., Holly Mount, West Derby, Liverpool, that proves identical with 
Lindley’s type. Mr. Arkle states that it was imported with Epidendrum 
dichromum, which supplies a second habitat for the species, the 
Epidendrum named being a native of Brazil, while Lindley’s type came 
from Maracaybo, in Venezuela. This is the third time that Mr. Arkle’s 
plant has flowered within twelve months. The flowers are solitary, and 
rather sma!l, with the sepals and petals light green, and the lip cuneate- 
obovate, truncate, and white, with a little green at the: base. The species: 
was described by Lindley in 1847 (Bot. Reg., xxxiii., sub t. 20), from 4 
specimen sent to the Gardener's Chronicle for determination. ie 
kk. Acs 
