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with yellow markings on the lip, O. X amabile, the prettily-spotted Odon- 
tioda heatonensis, some fine examples of Miltonia Warscewiczii, and others. 
Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, received a Botanical Certificate 
for the pretty little Pleione yunnansis, a Chinese species, which was figured 
at page 81 of our fourteenth volume. 
Messrs. Heath & Son, Cheltenham, showed a pretty little group of 
Dendrobium nobile, D. Wardianum, Ccelogyne cristata alba, Cypripediums, 
Epiphronitis Veitchii, &c. 
M. Mertens, Mont-St.-Amand, Ghent, sent a ‘small group of Cypri- 
pediums and hybrid Odontoglossums. 
The Report of the Scientific Committee on this date contains the 
following (with a note on Albinism which is included in an article devoted 
to that subject) :— 
DoMINANCE AND REVERSION IN DENDROBIUM CrossEs.—Gurney 
Wilson, Esq., of Glenthorne, Haywards Heath, showed pseudo-bulbs of a 
cross-bred Dendrobium, and of its parents, D. nobile Ballianum 2? °x D. 
nobile murrhiniacum g¢. The pseudo-bulb of D. nobile Ballianum is 
straight, while that of the other parent is zig-zag in growth, owing to the 
presence of a very marked projection at the nodes on each side of the 
pseudo-bulb alternately. Of 150 seedlings of this cross all showed in a 
marked manner in their pseudo-bulbs the zig-zag character of the pseudo- 
bulb of D. nobile murrhiniacum. In both parents the flowers are white, 
but have a faint purplish spot in the centre of the throat. In all the 150 
cross-bred plants the flower has reverted to the typical colouration of the 
species, the spot in the centre of the throat being dark, and the other 
perianth pieces being marked with purple. 
MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID. 
At the meeting held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester. on March 5th, 
the following members of the Committee were present : Messrs. E. Ashworth 
(Chairman), R. Ashworth, Ward, Warburton, Cowan, Sander, Keeling, 
Shill, Ashton, Cypher, Leemann, Parker and Walmsley. 
Mr. William Bolton, Wilderspool, showed Cattleya Schreedere Boltoni, 
a very distinct variety, having rosy-red sepals and petals, and a deep 
maroon purple lip with inner stripes of orange yellow, a quite unique form, 
(F.C.C.), also several good spotted Odontoglossums, and O. crispum 
xanthotes. 
Messrs. Keeling & Sons, Bradford, showed Masdevallia floribunda and 
M. Shuttleworthii. 
J. H. Craven, Esq., Keighley (gr. Mr. Corney) showed a nice little group, 
in which I noted a flower of Cypripedium X Euryades New Hall pr var., 
