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THE ORCHID WOl-iLD. 



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Prki.iminary Commendation. 

 Oduntu'glussum An/.ac (eximium x C'okjs- 

 Hus), from Messrs. Armstrong- and Brown. 

 A very handsome flower with unusually 

 broad petals, the greater part of which arc 

 covered with a solid blotch of reddish-purple. 

 Floweruig for the first time, it only carried a 

 smg'le bloom. 



Other Exhibits. 



Su- Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, 

 Surrey, was awarded a. Silver Flora Medal 

 for an attractive exhibit of specimen Cym- 

 bidium hybrids, all well flowered and effec- 

 tuely .staged. The best were Queen of 

 Gatton (msigne x Lady Colman), in several 

 \ arieties ; Coningsbyanum (grandiflorum x 

 msigne) ; Gattonense, somewhat similar to 

 the imported I'Ansonii ; and Lady Colman, 

 of which the variety Golden Queen was of 

 greenish-gold colour. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co. received a 

 Silver Flora Medal for a group of select 

 plants, including Odontioda Zenobia, O. 

 Joan and O. Royal Gem, all well flowered ; 

 also Cattleya Enid, with white sepals and 

 petals ; the pretty Sophro-Cattleya Saxa ; 

 Cypripedium Tigris and Odontoglossum 

 hybrids. 



Messrs. J. and A. McBean received a 

 Silver Flora Medal for a tastefully arranged 

 exhibit of Cymbidium hybrids, of which 

 Doris, Alexanderi and Schlegelii were spe- 

 cially noteworthy. Other plants included 

 Lycaste Barringtoniae, with no less than 27 

 flowers ; various Odontiodas and Odonto- 

 glossom hybrids, as well as several fine forms 

 of white Laelia anceps. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons were awarded a 

 Silver Flora Medal for an interesting group, 

 in which were Lycaste mesochlasna, with 13 

 flowers ; some good examples of Laslia Goul- 

 diana, many-flowered plants of Dendrobium 

 Wardianum, the scarce Odontoglossum coro- 

 narium brevifolium, Cymbidium Albatross 

 (Gottianum x grandiflorum), and various 

 Laslio-Cattleyas. 



Messrs. Armstrong and Brown obtained a 

 Silver Flora Medal for an exhibit of winter- 

 flowermg Cypripediums, the best being Cupid, 

 floldenii, Boltomi and Niobe ; also Brasso- 



("attleya Vesta, the |)rclly Odontoma 

 brugensis, Miltonia J^leuaiia, Cymbidium 

 hybrids and several jiromising new (3donto- 

 glossums, one of which received a Ih-elimm- 

 ary Commendation. 



Messrs. J. Cyi)her and .Sons were awarded 

 a Silver Flora Medal for a fine group' of 

 Cypripediums, praiseworthy examples being 

 seen m Archie Nield, Lillie Mayall and 

 Priam. Some well-fTowered Calanthes, white 

 \aneties of Laslia anceps and Oncidium 

 divaricatum were also included. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co. staged 

 C}'pripedium Aisne (Leeanum Clmkaberry- 

 anum x Mrs. Mostyn), an attractive flower 

 with bold spotting on the dorsal sepal ; the 

 pure white variety of Cattleya Percivaliana, 

 and Cattleya Frianae The Baron, a magnifi- 

 cent variety which has previously received a 

 First-class Certificate. 



Messrs. Flory and Black staged Brasso- 

 Lseho-Cattleya Simone (L.-C. Flippolyta x 

 B.-C. Digbyano-Trianae), of reddish colour ; 

 also Masdevallia macrura and a pleasing- 

 variety of Odontoglossum ardentissimum. 



Messrs. Hassall and Co. exhibited the new 

 Cymbidium Diana (Pauwelsii x eburneo- 

 Lowianum), with rose-tinted flowers, the lip 

 bordered with red ; also Cypripedium Moira 

 (Priam x bingleyense), of good shape and 

 brig-ht ruby-crimson colour. 



Mr. C. F. Waters staged a group of 

 Odontoglossums, Lycaste Skinneri, Cypri- 

 pedium Maudiae, Vanda coerulea and 

 Dendrobium Wardianum. 



Miss Willmott, Warley Place, Essex, ex- 

 hibited Oncidium Cebolleta, with cylindrical 

 pointed leaves, and carrying an erect spike 

 of 4 flowers and buds, dull \'ellow spotted 

 with brown. 



MANCHESTER ORCHID SOCIETY 



December i6th, 1915. 

 Members of the Committee present : R. 

 Ashworth, Esq. (in the chair), Messrs. H. Bell, 

 J. Cypher, J. Evans, P. Foster, A. R. 

 Handley, D. ' McLeod, W. J. Morgan, W. 

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

 (Secretary). 



