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Odontoglossum crispum, Mrs. Humphrey, a good white form, with clusters 
of light brown spots on the lower part of the segments. 
Lieut.-Col. Holford, Westonbirt, Tetbury (gr. Mr. Alexander), sent a 
very fine example of Dendrobium xX Dalhou-nobile, most like D. nobile in 
habit, but having much larger flowers. 
H. Little, Esq., Baronshalt, Twickenham (gr. Mr. Howard), sent Lzlio- 
cattleya epicasta, Little’s var., a large light rosy form with the front of the 
lip crimson purple. 
G. Hamilton-Smith, Esq., Killoran, Finchley (gr. Mr. Coningsby), sent 
Lelia X Pacavia, Mrs. G. Hamilton-Smith, a fine rosy lilac flower, with 
purple veining on the lip. 
Francis Wellesley, Esq., Westfield, Woking (gr. Mr. Hopkins), sent 
Cattleya Mendelii majestica, a large white form, tinged with lavender on 
the petals, and the throat of the lip white, with the front lobe rosy mauve, 
and C. M. Venus, a good white form, with the front of the lip rose-purple, 
and the disc yellow. 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Heaton, Bradford, staged a choice group, 
which received a Silver Flora Medal. It included a fine white form of 
Cattleya Mendelii, slightly tinged with pink on the front of the lip, a fine 
home-raised C. Mossiz Wageneri with four flowers, C. Mossize Mrs. A. Good- 
son, the flower being rose-purple, handsomely flaked with white, some very 
fine forms of Leelio-cattleya Canhamiana, the interesting Ornithocephalus 
grandiflorus, and a number of good Odontoglossums, Phalznopsis, Mil- 
tonias, and other interesting things. Botanical Certificates were given to 
the rare Philippine Phaleznopsis Lindenii, whose history was given at page 
296 of our last volume, and to Bifrenaria tetragona, a species having 
greenish sepals and petals, and a white lip suffused with dark purple inside. 
Messrs. Stanley & Co., Southgate, received a Silver Banksian Medal for 
a fine group of Cattleyas, including many good forms of C. Mossiz, white 
and coloured, C. Mendelii, C. Warneri, and C. Aclandiz. 
Messrs. Moore, Ltd., Rawdon, Leeds, received a Botanical Certificate 
for Vanda pumila, a rare species of the V. cristata group, having cream- 
white flowers, lined with purple on the lip. It was found in the Sikkim 
hills at 2,000 feet elevation. 
M. Mertens, Mont St. Amand, Ghent, sent a small group of six hybrid 
Odontoglossums. 
MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID. 
At the Meeting held on June 4th many evidences of the close of the 
Orchid season were apparent, the groups being fewer and smaller; neverthe- 
less many fine things were exhibited. The following members of the 
Committee were present : Messrs. E. Ashworth (Chairman), Parker, Cowan, 
