174 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [JuNE, 1908. 
MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID. 
A MEETING of this Society was held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on 
April 16th, when there was a good display of Orchids, and the awards con- 
sisted of five Medals, one First-class Certificate, and nine Awards of Merit. 
R. Ashworth, Esq., Ashlands, Newchurch (gr. Mr. Fletcher), received a 
Silver Medal for a choice group, consisting largely of Odontoglossums, and 
Awards of Merit for O. crispum Queen of the Snows, a beautiful white form, 
O. x Lambeauianum vivicans, O. x L. Britannia, and Cypripedium X 
Britannia (X Goweri X ciliolare). 
H. J. Bromilow, Esq., Rainhill, Lanc. (gr. Mr. Morgan), received a 
Silver Medal for a fine collection of Cypripediums, an Award of Merit for 
C. x Baron Schréder, and a First-class Certificate for C. x majesticum 
(parentage unrecorded). C. X triumphans, Bank House var., Cate 
bingleyense magnificum, and C. X Wottoni were also noteworthy. 
J. McCartney, Esq., Hey House, Bolton (gr. Mr. Holmes), received a 
Silver Medal for a good miscellaneous collection of Orchids, a Bronze 
Medal fora group of Cattleyas and Lzlias, and an Award of Merit for a 
good form of Cattleya Harrisoniana. 
A. Warburton, Esq., Haslingden (gr. Mr. Dalgleish), received a Bronze 
Medal for a good group of Cypripediums, another for a good group of 
Cattleyas and Lelias, and Awards of Merit for Cattleya Schroedere var. 
His Majesty and Cypripedium villosum var. The Premier. 
J. J. Holden, Esq., Southport (gr. Mr. Johnson), received an Award of 
Merit for Brassocattleya Dorothy, a pretty hybrid having Cattleya Warneri 
alba as one of the parents. 
H. Arthur, Esq., Blackburn, exhibited well-grown plants of Cymbidium 
x eburneo-Lowianum and the reverse cross. 
G. S. Ball, Esq., Burton, Westmoreland (gr. Mr. Herdman), sent a 
good Brassocattleya Queen Alexandra. 
J. H. Craven, Esq., Keighley (gr. Mr. Corney), staged a group of the 
beautiful Miltonia x Bleuana, in well-flowered examples. 
E. Rogerson, Esq., Didsbury (gr. Mr. Price), sent a plant of the pretty 
Dendrobium X Dalhou-nobile. 
Mr. J. Robson, Altrincham, sent Dendrobium nobile Hardy’s var. and 
D. Wardianum ochroleucum. 
Mr. E. G. Mitchell, Sale, staged a small group of Dendrobiums. 
At the meeting held on April 30th there was again a very fine display 
and the awards consisted of nine Medals, six Awards of Merit, one First- 
class Certificate, and one Cultural Certificate. 
J. McCartney, Esq., Bolton (gr. Mr. Holmes), received a Silver Medal 
for a good group of miscellaneous Orchids, a Bronze Medal for a group of 
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