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THE ORCHID WORFJ). 



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0dm. excellens), of dark reddish-crimson 

 colour ; and the new Odontioda Armstrongiae. 

 A fine variety of Cattleya Maggie Raphael 

 was a special feature. 



Messrs. Flory and Black, Slough, staged 

 three good varieties of Cypripedium Chris- 

 topher, the handsome C. Pyramus var. 

 Euphemia, with a broad dorsal sepal having 

 large jnirple blotches, and the rare 

 Pleurothallis leptotifolia. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons staged their new 

 Cattleya Evelyn Sander (Dusseldorfei Undine 



X Tnanae alba), with pure white flowers of 

 large size ; C. Snow Queen, a fine white 

 flower ; and C. Sylvia marmorata (Dowiana x 

 Fabia), with an uncommon though pretty 

 purplish marbling on the petals. 



Mr. Harry Dixon, Spencer Park Nursery, 

 Wandsworth Common, exhibited a neat group, 

 containing Cattleya Lord Derby (labiata 



X Percivaliana), C. Octave Doin, L.-C. 

 Mygdon (Trianse x luminosa), the pleasing 

 Odontoglossum ardentissimum xanthotes, as 

 well as several specimen plants of the 

 decorative Oncidium cheirophorum. 



Mr. C. F. Waters, Balcombe, Sussex, staged 

 two good plants of Cypripedium Maudiae, 

 some good varieties of Odontoglossum crispum 

 and a Cypripedium hybrid of Charlesworthii, 

 interesting for being the first of his seedlings 

 to reach the flowering stage. 



MANCHESTER ORCHID SOCIETY 



November i8th, 191 5. 

 Members of the Committee present : Rev. 

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

 Cypher, P. Foster, A. R. Handley, A. Hanmer, 

 H. Thorp and H. Arthur (Secretary). 



Owing to the severe weather the exhibits 

 were not so numerous as usual, the attendance 

 also being greatly affected. 



Messrs. Cypher and Sons, Cheltenham, were 

 awarded a Silver Medal for a fine exhibit of 

 Cypripediums, and Messrs. A. J. Keeling and 

 Sons, Bradford, staged a number of unnamed 

 seedling Cypripediums, as well as a collection 

 of cut flowers of the insigne section. 



First-class Certificate. 



Sophro-Cattleya Doris " Cobb's var.," the 

 largest flower of its kind yet seen, bright 

 scarlet-red colour, from R. Ashworth, Esq. 



Awards of Merit. 



Cattleya labiata " Mudros," and C. Fabia 

 alba " Ashlands' var.," both from R. Ashworth, 

 Esq. 



Cypripedium Pnam " Haddon House var." 

 and C. Radinshall (radians x insigne Harefield 

 Hall), both from P. Smith, Esq. 



Award of Appreciation. 



Odontoglossum promerens var. Roundhead 

 (eximium x crispum), a home-raised seedling, 

 the flower round and evenly blotched, from 

 R. Ashworth, Esq. 



December 2nd, 1915. 

 Members of the Committee present : Rev. 

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

 Cypher, P. Foster, A. R. Handley, A. H anmer, 

 A. J. Keeling, D. McLeod, W. J. Morgan, W. 

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

 (secretary). 



O. O. Wrigley, Esq., Bury, received a 

 Silver-gilt Medal for an extensive exhibit of 

 over 120 plants, principally Cypripediums, of 

 which the yellow forms of insigne were 

 Gladys, Lucianii, Sanderse, Sanderianum, 

 Cobbianum, Ernestii, Chantinii, Lindenii and 

 Laura Kimball. A dozen plants of Cypri- 

 pedium Maudise, 10 well-coloured Vanda 

 coerulea and the same number of Epidendrum 

 vitellinum autumnale were also included. 

 A Cultural Certificate was awarded to 

 the gardener, Mr. E. Rogers, for general 

 excellence and culture. 



R. Ashworth, Esq., Newchurch, obtained a 

 Silver-gilt Medal, and A. Hanmer, Esq., 

 Chester, received a Large Silver Medal, for 

 attractive groups of Cypripediums and other 

 Orchids. 



