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THE ORCHID REVIEW. [December, 1904 



MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID. 



A meeting of the Manchester and North of England Orchid Society was 

 held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on November 10th, when there 

 was a small display of choice things. 



E. Rogerson, Esq., Didsbury (gr. Mr. Blomley), staged a very fine 

 group, to which a Silver-gilt Medal was awarded. A First-class Certificate 

 was given to Laelio-cattleya X rubens var. Miss Rogerson (La;lia pumila 

 prastans X Cattleya Hardyana alba), a very handsome form, and Awards 

 of Merit to Cattleya X Fabia and C. X fulvescens. 



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

 of Merit for Cattleya labiata var. Lady Duff, a beautiful form with white 

 sepals and petals, and a delicately coloured lip, and an Award of Merit tor 

 Cypripedium X Thalia West Point var. 



Dr. Hodgkinson, Wilmslow (gr. Mr. Woore), received a First-class 

 Certificate for Cattleya X Fabia var. Dorothy. 



T. Statter, Esq., Whitefield (gr. Mr. Johnson), exhibited a small group 

 of Cypripediums, to which a Vote of Thanks was accorded. 



Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, received an Award of Merit for 

 Laeliocattleya X Arderniae (L. Digbyana X L.-c. X callistoglossa), a very 



Messrs. A. J. Keeling & Sons, Bradford, received an Award of Merit for 

 Cypripedium insigne var. aureola, one of a small group exhibited. 



Mr. W. Holmes, Timperley, exhibited a plant of Cymbidium X 

 Holmesii, a form of C. X Winnianum, bearing two spikes. 



IMPORTED ODONTOGLOSSUMS. 



Writing on imported Odontoglossums in a recent issue of the Gardener's 

 Chronicle (p. 322), " Odontoglot " remarks :— " We have recently potted up 

 and grown on some thousands of Odontoglossum crispum of all sizes. As a 

 result I wish to advise my fellow amateurs to be patient, and not to leave 

 more than one flower on unestablished plants. One flower, or rather bud, 

 may possibly mature, but it is scarcely to be hoped that more than fifty per 

 cent, of the plants will produce anything but abortions. This, of course, 

 means an unnecessary weakening of the already weak plants. I remove all 

 but the lowest bud, and find this the best. It is natural for one to try and 

 see what his purchase is likely to produce, but patience is everything, and 

 immediately the flower is sufficiently expanded to be labelled it should be 

 taken off. I am trying oak-leaf mould. It will, I fear, mean more frequent 

 disturbance for repotting than when using peat." We would suggest the 

 advisability of trying a mixture of the two materials, as well as of using 

 them separately. 



