﻿THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



[May, 1904. 



MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHIDS. 



A meeting of this Society was held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, 

 •on March 18th last, when there was a good display of plants, several 

 choice groups being staged. 



VV. Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange, Stone (gr. Mr. Stevens), staged 

 a charming group of Odontoglossums, to which a Silver Medal was given. 



W. Duckworth, Esq., Flixton (gr. Mr. Tindall), staged a good group 

 consisting largely of Dendrobiums, and received a Bronze Medal, a Cultural 

 Certificate also going to a fine plant of Cymbidium X eburneo-Lowianum. 



G. W. Law-Schofield, Esq., New Hall Hey, Rawtenstal (gr. Mr. 

 'Schill), received Awards of Merit for three beautiful plants, called Odonto- 

 glossum X Annie Louise (O. sceptrum X O. crispum), O. X Rolfese Mary 

 Beatrice, and Laelio-cattleya X eximia Mary Beatrice. 



S. Gratrix, Esq., Whalley Range (gr. Mr. G. Cypher), gained an Award 

 of Merit for a plant called Laelio-cattleya X ardentissima var. Gratrixise. 



Messrs. J. Cypher & Sons, Cheltenham, staged a very beautiful group, 

 consisting chiefly of finely-grown and profusely-flowered Dendrobiums, in 

 which some good forms of Dendrobium nobile and numerous hybrids 

 were included. A Bronze Medal was awarded. 



Interesting groups were also sent by Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., 

 Messrs. A. J. Keeling & Sons, Mr. S. Allen, and Mr. Thorpe, a Vote of 

 Thanks in each case being accorded. 



ORCHID SHOW AT CALCUTTA. 



Indian Gardening states that Mr. S. P. Chatterji's Orchid and Flower 

 Show, held at Calcutta on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, April 12th to 

 14th, was one of the most beautiful he has ever held. The Orchids were 

 the grandest yet seen at his nurseries, and Mr. Chatterji thinks they have 

 never been seen to better effect. There was a bewildering beauty and 

 variety about the show which elicited exclamations of delight from all. 

 The huge conservatory is described as literally ablaze with Orchid blooms, 

 and " from the conservatory one suddenly came upon the glass house, 

 which was a dream of floral loveliness. The girders were literally swathed 

 in masses of Dendrobium aggregatum. The side benches were resplendent 

 with such beautiful things as Vanda tricolor, the rare Australian Dendrobium 

 superbiens, Renanthera coccinea and Imschootiana, Cattleya Trianae, Mossiae, 

 speciosissima and Leopoldi ; Oncidium splendidum, luridum and ampliatum 

 majus, Cypripedium hirsutissimum and insigne, great spikes of Dendrobium 

 nobile, superbum, primulinum, albo-sanguineum, infundibulum, Farmeri 

 . and the old familiar Pierardi. Phaius Wallichii was in great form." A 



