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large and compact flower of good shape, was given an Award of Merit. I 
also noted Miltonia X Bluntii Keeling’s var., &c., &c. 
Mr. Stott, Radcliffe, showed two or three well-grown plants of 
Cypripedium x Pollettianum. 
Messrs. Keeling & Sons, Westgate Hill, Bradford, showed Stanhopea 
insignis aurea, a nice unnamed hybrid from Cypripedium Druryi x 
Charlesworthii, C. vexillarium, C. Fairrieanum, and Sophro-cattleya Nydia, 
a small flower of rich deep colouring, which gained an Award of Merit. 
E. Ashworth, Esq., Harefield Hall, Wilmslow (gr. Mr. Holbrook), 
showed Lelia preestans Harefield Hall var., a large flower of good colour, 
and Cattleya x Niobe, both of which gained Awards of Merit. 
Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, staged a very effective group, in 
which I noted a very nice Cattleya Gaskelliana, with white flowers and the 
throat of the lip rich orange, faintly blotched with heliotrope in front, 
Cypripedium xX Hitchinsiz, C. X Olga Bagshawe, and many others of 
good quality. 
Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Enfield, staged a very showy group, com- 
posed of many Cattleya x Iris of different tints, C. Gaskelliana alba, C. 
x St. Gilles (Patrocinii x Dowiana aurea), Bulbophyllum Godseffianum, 
Lelio-cattleya bletchleyensis, Cypripedium X Juno, C. insigne Harefield 
Hall var., &c. The group received a Silver Medal, while Cycnoches 
peruvianum gained an Award of Merit, and Bulbophyllum barbigerum a 
Botanical Certificate. 
Charles Parker, Esq., Ashton-on-Ribble, showed a small group of 
Cypripediums, gaining a Bronze Medal, with Awards of Merit for 
Cypripedium Charlesworthii Fern Bank var. and C. C. Payne’s var. 
J. Williamson, Esq., Stretford, gained an Award of Merit for Cattleya 
Lady Ingram. 
J. McCartney, Esq., Bolton (gr. Mr. Holmes), staged a mixed group 
of Lezlias and Cattleyas. Cattleya x Lord Rothschild, Castle Hill var., C. 
Gaskelliana Ashtoniz, and Leelio-cattleya prastoglossa, with very dark 
flower and intense purple lip, all gained Awards of Merit, and Phalenopsis 
Esmeralda a Botanical Certificate. Odontoglossum grande, Cattleya 
Harrisoniana, &c., completing the group (Silver Medal). 
A. Warburton, Esq., Vine House, Haslingden (gr. Mr. Dalgleish), 
showed a nice group of Cypripediums of excellent quality. C. insigne Col. 
Lumsden and C. i. Dorothy both received Awards of Merit. Included in 
the group were C. i. Sandere, C. x Maudie, C. X Daisy Barclay, C. x 
triumphans Jules Hye’s var., C. Fairrieanum, &c. (Silver Medal). 
At the meeting held on October 22nd the stages were well filled with 
exhibits of good quality. The Committee were present as follows: Messrs. 
