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sides, while the margin is white and the basal area green, the petals tinged 
with reddish purple, and the lip mahogany brown in front. 
Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells, showed Cattleya labiata 
Amesiana, Neobenthamia gracilis, the fine Cypripedium insigne syhletense 
giganteum, Ccelogyne fuliginosa and Bulbophyllum Careyanum, the two 
latter receiving Botanical Certificates. 
M. Mertens, Mont St. Amand, Ghent, received a Bronze Banksian 
Medal for a small group of hybrid Odontoglossums, among them being O. x 
Vuylstekez and a good dark O. x Vuylstekei. 
MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID. 
AT a meeting of the above Society, held in the Coal Exchange, Manchester, 
on November 5th, a fine display of Orchids of excellent quality was staged. 
Over fifty plants were placed before the Committee, who awarded five 
First-class Certificates and eight Awards of Merit. The following members 
of the Committee were present :—Messrs. E. Ashworth (Chairman), Rd. 
Ashworth, Cowan, Thorp, Ward, Warburton, Ball, Keeling, Holmes, Ashton, 
Parker and Weathers (Secretary). 
Richard Ashworth, Esq., J.P., Ashlands, Newchurch (gr. Mr. Fletcher), 
staged a most interesting group of mixed plants of excellent type, all 
showing evidence of high cultivation. Of the Odontoglossoms I noticed 
several fine blotched O. crispum, O. c. xanthotes, two distinct and well- 
flowered O. X Lambeauianum, Dendrobium Phalznopsis, many fine 
Cattleyas, notably a finely shaped C. x Portia, C. labiata var. Mr. J- 
Bradshaw, and a highly coloured C. x Fabia, R. Ashworth’s var. This last 
had retained a more than usual amount of C. Dowiana in the lip, and was 
given an Award of Merit. I noted also Leelio-cattleya x Alcyone, L.-c. 
bletchleyensis, and a nice lot of Cypripediums, the chief of which were C. 
X memoria-Moensii, C. X Memnon, a good C. Fairrieanum, C. x Aphrodite, 
&c. (Silver-gilt Medal). 
Ziba A. Ward, Esq., Northenden (gr. Mr. Weatherby), staged a most 
beautiful group, the chief feature being well grown plants of Odontoglossum, 
hybrids and species, and well-flowered pans of Cypripediums of choice 
varieties. I noted a very fine Odontoglossum x loochristiense, several fine 
O. crispum with large round flowers, O. X crispo-Harryanum, O. X 
Wilckeanum, while centrally stood a new and beautiful hybrid O. x Wardie 
(O. crispum Lucieniana x O. x Vuylstekei), with flowers of a bright terra 
cotta shade, the lip richer and darker in colour, 
the sepals and petals full at 
the base, slightly 
reflexed and rather pointed, and the whole relieved with a 
bright yellow crest and toothing (First-class Certificate). The Cypripediums 
included strong plants of C. insigne Sandere, C. i. Perfection, C. i. Hare- 
field Hall var., C. xX Baron Schréder, &c. (Silver-gilt Medal). 
