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Cattleyas and Lelias, and an Award of Merit for Cattleya Schroedere var. 
Alice McCartney. 
A. Warburton, Esq., Haslingden (gr. Mr. Dalgleish), receiveda Silver 
Medal for a good group of Cattleyas and Lelias, a Bronze Medal for a 
group of Cypripediums, and Awards of Merit for Cattleya Mendelii var. 
The Monarch, and C. Schroedere var. The Don. 
H. J. Bromilow, Esq., Rainhill, Lanc. (gr. Mr. Morgan), received a 
Silver Medal for a fine group, and an Award of Merit for Cypripedium X 
Hopkinsianum var. Bromilowiz. 
Ziba A. Ward, Esq., Northenden (gr. Mr. Weatherby), received a Silver 
Medal for a good group of Odontoglossums, and an Award of Merit for O. 
x Phoebe, Ward’s var. (cirrhosum X crispum punctatissimum). 
S. Gratrix, Esq., Whalley Range (gr. Mr. Shill), received an Award of 
Merit for Dendrobium x Euterpe magnificum, and a First-class Certificate 
for Cattleya Mendelii Mrs. Joynson-Hicks, a good white form, with a little 
colour on the front of the lip. 
E. Rogerson, Esq., Didsbury (gr. Mr. Price), received a Cultural Certi- 
ficate for a fine specimen of Lycaste X Balliz var. Mary Gratrix. 
Messrs. Cypher & Sons, Cheltenham, received a Silver Medal for a Se 
group of Odontoglossums, Cattleyas, Dendrobiums, &c., in which a grand 
plant of Miltonia vexillaria with fifteen racemes was particularly note- 
worthy, and formed quite a picture. 
Messrs. Keeling & Sons, Bradford, received a Bronze Medal for a small 
group of interesting things. 
Mr. W. Shackleton, Great Horton, Bradford, also received a Bronze 
Medal for a small miscellaneous collection. 
Mr. J. Birchenall, Alderley Edge, sent the curious Cycnoches penta- 
dactylon, and a few other interesting plants. 
The meeting held on May 14th being the annual meeting, and the close 
of the season’s working year, a good muster of members were present. 
The following gentlemen constitute the new Committee and officers :— 
E. Ashworth (Chairman), S. Gratrix (Treasurer), R. Ashworth, Ball, 
Thompson, Warburton, Ward, Leemann, Parker, Dr. Hodgkinson, 
Bromilow, Duckworth, Thorp, P. Smith, Ashton, J. Cypher, Sander, Shill, 
H. H. Smith, Stevens, Cowan, Upjohn, Keeling, Holmes, P. Weathers 
(Secretary), and Mr. Pease (Auditor). 
The various ‘ Cup” competitions have lent a new stimulus to the 
Society, the groups and individual plants being much above the average 
quality, as testified by the many certificates awarded during the season, 
whilst the finances of the Society are in a satisfactory condition. The 
following are the winners of the various cups :—The ‘Sander Cup,” for 
