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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[December, 191 5. 



Messrs. Armstrong and Brown showed a 

 wide selection of promising hybrids, many 

 flowering for the first time. The best were 

 Cattleya Rhoda var. Primrose Dame, with 

 primrose-yellow segments ; the new B.-C. 

 Apollo (C. Mendelii x B.-C. Digbyano 

 Mossias) ; Odontoglossum Doris, very 

 promising ; a good selection of Cypripediums, 

 and several excellent Laelio-Cattleyas. 

 (To be continued .) 



MANCHESTER ORCHID SOCIETY 



October 21st, 191 5. 

 Members of the Committee present : Rev. 

 J. Crombleholme (in the chair), Messrs. R. 

 Ashworth, J. J. Bolton, J. Cypher, A. G. 

 Ellwood, J. Evans, P. Foster, A. R. Handley, 

 A. Hanmer, J. Lupton, D. McLeod, W. J. 

 Morgan, W. Shackleton, S. Swift, H. Thorp, 

 Z. A. Ward, G. Weatherby and H. Arthur 

 (.Secretary). 



Large Silver Medals were awarded to R. 

 Ashworth, Esq., Newchurch, and Col. J. 

 Rutherford, M.P., Blackburn. Silver Medals 

 were granted to Mrs. R. le Doux, West 

 Derby ; Messrs. Cypher and Sons, Chelten- 

 ham ; and Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. 

 Albans. A Bronze Medal was awarded to 

 Messrs. A. J. Keeling and Sons, Bradford. 



O. O. Wrigley, Esq., Bury, staged a fine 

 batch of over 20 plants of Cypripedium 

 Farrieanum, carrying up to 7 flowers on a 

 plant, some spikes having two. 



H. J. Bromilow, Esq., Rainhill, staged 

 excellent Cypripediums. 



First-class Certificates. 



Odontoglossum percultum var. Mad. R. le 

 Doux, fine flowers, heavily marked. From 

 Mrs. R. le Doux. 



Cattleya Fabia var. Samuel Gratrix, an 

 excellent variety with large flowers of dark 

 colour. From .S. Gratrix, Esq. 



Cattleya labiata var. R. Ashworth, a large 

 well-set flower, white with orange lines in the 

 throat. From R. Ashworth, Esq. 



Awards of Merit. 

 Cattleya Lady Veitch var. Mrs. S. Gratrix 



and Odontoglossum Victory var. Gratrixiae. 

 Both from S. Gratrix, Esq. 



Laelio-Cattleya Mrs. Geoffrey Taite (L.-C. 

 Orion X L.-C. Golden Oriole). From Mrs. le 

 Doux. 



Cattleya labiata Lowiae. From R. 

 Ashworth, Esq. 



Sophro-Cattleya November. From Messrs. 

 J. and A. McBean. 



Award of Appreciation. 



Odontioda Leopardina (Oda. beechensis x 

 Odm. Vuylstekei). From R. Ashworth, Esq. 



First-class Cultural Certificate 



To Mr. S. Rogers, gr. to O. O. Wrigley, 

 Esq., for Cypripedium Fairrieanum. 



November 4th, 191 5. 

 Members of the Committee present : Rev. 

 J. Crombleholme (in the chair), Messrs. R. 

 Ashworth, A. R. Handley, A. Hanmer, J. 

 Lupton, D. McLeod, W. J. Morgan, W. 

 Shackleton, S. Swift, H. Thorp and H. 

 Arthur (Secretary). 



A Large Silver Medal was awarded to R. 

 Ashworth, Esq., Newchurch, for a fine exhibit 

 of Cattleyas, Odontoglossums and Cypri- 

 pediums. A Silver Medal was granted to 

 Col. J. Rutherford, M.P., Blackburn. 



Other exhibitors included H. J. Bromilow, 

 Esq., Rainhill ; O. O. Wrigley, Esq., Bury ; 

 Mrs. R. le Doux, West Derby; P. Smith, 

 Esq., Ashton-on-Mersey ; Messrs. A. J. 

 Keeling and Sons, Bradford ; Mr. W^ 

 Shackleton, Bradford ; and Messrs. Sander 

 and Sons, who were awarded a Special Vote 

 of Thanks for an exhibit of fine varieties of 

 Cattleya Fabia. 



Awards of Merit. 



Cypripedium Acta^us var. Arthur Oakshott, 

 From Mrs. le Doux. 



Brasso-Cattleya The Czar. From R. 

 Ashworth, Esq. 



Cypripedium Aurobe (aureum x Niobe). 

 From P. Smith, Esq. 



First-class Cultural Certificate 

 To Mr. E. Rogers, gr. to O. O. Wrigley, 



Esq., for about 30 plants of Epidendrum 



vitellinum autumnale. 



