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nobile virginale, the centre being tastefully arranged with the best coloured 
varieties, overhung with palms and arching sprays of Odontoglossums. The 
D.n. virginale were about six years old, and I understand were all raised 
from one seed pod, and reflected the highest credit on the firm. The group, 
besides being very effective, contained many excellent things, as the follow- 
ing awards will show. Cymbidium x Holfordianum, a fine flower with greeny 
yellow sepals and petals and spotted lip, gained a First-class Certificate, as did 
also Dendrobium nobile virginale magnificum, a flower with very broad lip, 
and Brassocattleya Thorntoni var. Boydiz. Awardsof Merit were given to 
Dendrobium x Alice Bound var. giganteum (D. xX Cassiope x _ nobile 
virginale), D. xX Geo. Woodhams (Rolfe x Cybele), Lycaste Skinneri 
var. amcena, Lycaste gigantea, Cypripedium Braceyanum, and Cypripedium 
hirsutissimum var. giganteum. The group was voted a Gold Medal and an 
illuminated address. 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Heaton, Bradford, staged a beautiful 
exhibit of mixed plants of their usual high excellence, and gained the 
Society’s Gold Medal. A fine Odontoglossum, named ‘ His Majesty,” 
probably a hybrid between O. X amabile and O. X ardentissimum, created 
great interest, and gained a well-deserved First-class Certificate. It was a 
flower of excellent shape and substance, with a big solid blotch of rich 
claret on the sepals, petals, and lip. I understand that it passed into the 
collection of Mrs. Mary Gratrix, of Whalley Range. Another remarkable 
flower was Brassocattleya Bradshawiz (C. Schroeder x B. Digbyana), the 
flower being pure white, with all the green of the latter parent eliminated. 
This and Phalenopsis Sanderiana, Wigan’s var., received First-class 
Certificates. I noted also a fine Lelio-cattleya luminosa var. Golden Glory, 
also a good Odontoglossum X Gladys, Bulbophyllum Reinwardtii, &c. 
M. Mertens, Ghent, showed a small group of Odontoglossums, in 
which I noted a good Odontoglossum X Gladys, O. crispum xanthotes, O. 
X Wilckeanum, &c. 
Mr. William Bolton, Warrington, showed some very good forms of 
Cattleya Schroederee and Odontoglossums. I noted O. crispum 
Lindeni, Cypripedium x Wilderspool, &c. (Silver Medal). 
Mr. A.W. Jensen, Linfield, Sussex, stageda fine lot of Cattleya Schroederz 
and Odontoglossum crispum of the true Pacho type, both of excellent 
quality and of his own importing. 
Messrs. Moore & Co., Rawdon, Leeds, had many botanical and curious 
plants in their group, and I noted Dendrobium macrophyllum Veitchii, 
Masdevallia Peristeria, Epidendrum X elegantulum, Pleurothallis scapha, &c. 
Ziba A. Ward, Northenden (gr. Mr. Weatherby), staged a charming 
group of plants, in which Odontoglossums predominated, a fine piece 
of O. x ardentissimum album gaining a First-class Certificate. I noted 
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