﻿November, i 904. j THE ORCHID REVIEW 



The Report of the Scientific Committee of 

 as follows : — 



Bulbophyllum Weddelii. — Mr. Odell sho 

 Orchid, remarkable for the oscillating character of t 



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

 on October 14th, when there was a very fine display of autumn-flowering 

 Orchids. 



E. Rogerson, Esq., Didsbury, staged a good group of Orchids, which 

 gained a Silver Medal, while Awards of Merit were given to Cypripedium 

 X Memnon superbum and C. X Hitchinsiae. Another noteworthy plant 

 exhibited was C. Charlesworthii picturatum. 



S. Gratrix, Esq., Whalley Range (gr. Mr. G. Cypher), sent several 

 handsome Orchids, two of which received Awards of Merit, namely 

 Cypripedium X Baron Schroder and Cattleya X Lottie (Aclandiae X 

 Trianae Backhouseana), a pretty mauve-purple hybrid with a rich purple- 

 crimson lip. Mrs. S. Gratrix exhibited a fine plant of Cattleya X Souvenir 

 de Queen Victoria. 



R. le Doux, Esq., West Derby, Liverpool (gr. Mr. Davenport), received 

 Awards of Merit for Cypripedium X Mrs. Fred Hardy, and Cypripedium 

 Charlesworthii Madame le Doux, the latter being a splendid example of 

 good culture, in recognition of which a Bronze Medal was voted to the 

 gardener. 



T. M. Crook, Esq., Houghton, Lanes, (gr. Mr. Perks), staged a nice group, 

 to which a Vote of Thanks was accorded, the more noteworthy plants being 

 Laslio-cattleya X bletchleyensis, Cattleya Harrisoniana var. Alexandras 

 Cypripedium X Olivia, and C. X Lord Derby. 



T. Statter, Esq., Whitefield, (gr. Mr. Johnson), again exhibited the 

 original plant of Cattleya X Hardyana, in splendid health, a Vote of 

 Thanks being accorded. The plant, which it may be remembered was 

 figured at page 337 of our last volume, originally appeared in the collection 

 of the late George Hardy, Esq., in 1884, and thus has been cultivated for 

 twenty years. 



Dr. Hodgkinson, The Grange, Wilmslow (gr. Mr. Woore), received an 

 Award of Merit for Laelio-Cattleya X Cappei, Grange variety, a handsome 

 form. 



G. W. Law-Schofield, Esq., Rawtenstall (gr. Mr. Shill), sent 

 Cypripedium insigne New Hall Hey variety, a large well-marked form, 

 and C X Elmireanum (insigne X Charlesworthii), the latter receiving an 

 Award of Merit. 



