346 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [NOVEMBER, 1908 
E. Ashworth (Chairman), Rd. Ashworth, Thorp, Ward, Sander, Cowan, 
Shill, Keeling, Warburton, Duckworth, Holmes, Cypher, Ashton, Parker, 
and Weathers (Sec.). 
Mrs. Mary Gratrix, West Point, Whalley Range, showed Cypripedium 
insigne Bohnhofianum in good form. 
Messrs. Cypher, Cheltenham, staged a brights and interesting group, which 
gained the Society’s Silver-gilt Medal. At one end were about fifty plants of 
Cypripedium Fairrieanum, several being of good form and well marked, and 
at the other end several good Cypripediums of the best varieties balanced 
the group. I noted C. x triumphans, C. x Tityus,C. X Niobe superbum, 
C.insigne Sander, &c. In the centre stood two or three Cattleya x Fabia, 
C. x Mantinii, Lelia X juvenilis, Phaiocymbidium chardwarense, and 
several well -flowered plants of Dendrobium Phalznopsis, &c. 
Mr. W. Bolton, Warrington, showed a small but select group of 
Cypripediums, the chief of which were C. x triumphans, C. x Baron 
Schréder, C. X Arthurianum pulchellum, C. x Alcibiades superbum, 
C. insigne Chantini Lindeni, C. x Leeanum Corona, &c. 
J. Williamson, Esq., Stretford, staged a nice mixed group, which gained 
a Silver Medal. Cattleya X Wendlandiana Williamson's var. gained an 
Award of Merit. I noted a well-flowered C. x John Baguley, C. labiata 
Williamson’s var., Lzlio-cattleya elegans, Cypripedium insigne Sandere, 
and other well-flowered Leelias and Cattleyas. 
Ed. Rogerson, Esq., Oakdene, Didsbury (gr. Mr. Price), showed Cypri- 
pedium x Hitchinsiz var. Padgeni. 
R. Ashworth, Esq., Ashlands, Newchurch (gr. Mr. Fletcher), staged a 
choice group of good things. A well-flowered plant of Odontoglossum 
Lambeauianum var. Richard Ashworth gained an Award of Merit. There 
were several good spikes of O. crispum of good shape, O. X Fowlerianum 
(Rossii X cirrhosum), Cypripedium X Phoebe, C. Godefroyz leucochilum, 
Cattleya X Mantinii, C. Dowiana aurea, &c. (Silver Medal). 
J. McCartney, Esq., Hey House, Bolton (gr. Mr. Holmes), staged a 
group of Cattleyas and Lelias principally, including C.labiata of many 
varieties, C. Harrisoniana, L. prestans, &c. (Bronze Medal). 
H. Arthur, Esq., Blackburn, showed a curiosity in Oncidium Lucasianum, 
which had thrown out a growth from the top of an old flower spike, had 
ompleted three bulbs, and was flowering from these aerial growths. 
Chas. Parker, Esq., Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston, staged a small group of 
Cypripediums, the chief of which were C. x triumphans, good types of C. 
Charlesworthii, C. X Mahlere, C. Fairrieanum, &c. (Bronze Medal). 
J. H. Craven, Esq., The Beeches, Keighley (gr. Mr. Corney), showed 
Cypripedium xX fulshawense, C. x Adrien Lefrebre, &c. 
Ziba A. Ward, Esq., Cringlewood, Northenden (gr. Mr. Weatherby), 
