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ornithorhynchum, some good Masdevallias, Cypripedium xX Maudie, C. 
x Euryades, C. X Leeanum, a very fine series of C. insigne varieties, &c. 
Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells, received a Silver 
Banksian Medal for a fine series of Cypripediums, including C. x 
Armstrongiz (C. X nitens G. S. Ball’s var. &X Charlesworthii), which was 
shown with its two parents. It is a handsome thing, having a large white 
dorsal sepal suffused with pale rose, and shaded with bronze at the base 
and the petals and lip yellowish, suffused with brown. 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Heaton, Bradford, received a Silver 
Banksian Medal for a very interesting group of rare species, including the 
curious green Zygopetalum Murrayanum, the fine yellow Oncidium 
bicallosum, Coelogyne sulphurea, some fine Trichopilia suavis, Gomeza plani- 
folia, Ionopsis paniculata, Platyclinis Cobbiana, Bulbophyllums, Lycastes> 
&c., with Cynorchis X kewensis, and other hybrids. 
Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Enfield, also received a Silver Banksian 
‘Medal for a good group, containing the handsome Odontoglossum crispum 
Lindeni, O. c. Cooksoni, and others, Cymbidium Tracyanum, Lelio-cattleya 
Juminosa, Dendrobium Goldiei, Spathoglottis Lobbii, Oncidium ornith- 
orhynchum album, Gongora quinquenervis, Cypripedium niveum, C. xX 
Mrs. Tautz, C. insigne bisepalum, and other good things. 
Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, received an Award of Merit for 
Cypripedium Fairrieanum Black Prince, a fine form, having unusually ack 
and broad markings to the dorsal sepal. 
Messrs. Edgar & Co., South Woodford, sent a series of Cypripedium 
insigne varieties, and a few hybrids. 
Messrs. Heath & Sons, Cheltenham, sent a number of good Cypri- 
pediums. 
M. Mertens, Mont St. Amand, Ghent, showed some good hybrid 
Odontoglossums. 
MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID. 
AT the meeting held on November 28th the following members of the 
Committee were present: Messrs. E. Ashworth (Chairman), Ward, 
Warburton, Ashton, Chapman, R. Ashworth, Shill, Sander, Cypher, 
H. H. Smith, Ball, and Parker. The hall was more than comfortably 
filled with exhibits, and over 60 plants were submitted for adjudication. 
J. Leemann, Esq., Heaton Mersey (gr. Mr. Smith), put up a fine group 
of Cypripediums of excellent quality, including insigne Harefield Hall var., 
and C. X triumphans, with a nice Odontoglossum xX Lambeauianum 
(Silver Medal). 
Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, received Awards of Merit for 
Cypripedium x Niobe, Sander’s var.,and C. X Rufus, both very fine. C. x 
