August, 1916.] 



sive exhibit containing the elegant ^Erides 

 1 ioulletianuni Sandera?, the rare Miltonia 

 Lambeauiana, with pure white flowers, M. 

 Hyeana CoUosus, with large rose-coloured 

 flowers, Sophro-Cattleya Dons var. Atalanta, 

 rich red, Maxillaria venusta with many 

 flowers, Anguloa Cliftonii and A. brevilabris 

 punctata, the latter having much spotting on 

 the inner side of the segments. The Cattleyas 

 included fine varieties of Mendelii and 

 Zenobia, while Lselio-Cattleyas were repre- 

 sented by Roger Sander and Aphrodite. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co. were awarded 

 a Gold Williams Memorial Medal for an 

 attractive exhibit, in which the choice Brasso- 

 Cattleya Ilene occupied a prominent position. 

 Albino Cattleyas were well represented, the 

 varieties of C. Mossias being specially fine. 

 Cattleya Warscewiczii was seen in many 

 specimens, and Laelio-Cattleya Teucra 

 gloriosa had an immense ruby-purple 

 labellum. The pretty Dendrobium Victoria 

 Regina, Platyclinis filiformis and Cattleya 

 Parthenia var. Prince of Wales were also 

 noted. Three choice Cattleyas were C. 

 Mendelii Blush Queen, C. Warneri alba and 

 C. Mossias Luna, the latter a pure white 

 flower with slight rose spotting on the disc of 

 the labellum. 



Messrs. Mansell and Hatcher received a 

 Gold Williams Memorial Medal for a well- 

 staged exhibit, in which were several fine 

 forms of Laelio-Cattleya Canhamiana and 

 L.-C. Aphrodite, as well as L.-C. Cora (C. 

 Mendelii x L. Latona) with yellowish flowers, 

 and some fine plants of Cattleya Warscewiczii. 

 Odontiodas were best represented by the 

 pretty O. Sunbeam, also O. Bellona and O. 

 Joan. A promising novelty was seen m 

 Cattleya Helen Langley (Dusseldorfei 

 Undine x Mrs. Myra Peeters), with white 

 flowers. 



Messrs. J. and A. McBean were awarded a 

 Silver-gilt Flora Medal for a selection of 

 choice Odontoglossums, including the large 

 O. Leviathan, O. eximium xanthotes and a 

 fine form of O. cordatum. Miltonia vexillaria 

 Queen Alexandra carried a spike of 7 

 immense flowers, Cattleya Mabel (Mrs. Myra 

 Peeters x Warneri alba) carried a large pure 



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white flower of much promise, while at the 

 back were several si)ecimens of the attractive 

 Oncidium McBeanianum. The handsome 

 Odontoglossum Hye de Crom (Harryanum x 

 luteopurpureum) was seen in perfection, one 

 plant carrying as many as 15 large flowers. 

 Odontiodas were also effectively staged. 



Mr. Harry Dixon was awarded a Silver 

 Flora Medal for a neat exhibit containing 

 some specially fine varieties of Cattleya 

 Warscewiczii, the new Odontioda Buenos 

 Aires, a distinct variety of Masdevallia 

 Chimaera, the handsome Phaius bicolor, 

 Cypripedium Holdenii and L.-C. Cowanii. 



Messrs. Armstrong and Brown staged a 

 selection of their choice hybrids and fine 

 species, the best being Miltonia J. Gurney 

 Fowler, a large whitish flower bearing a 

 blacking mask at the base of the labellum ; 

 Coelogyne pandurata, with a many-flowered 

 spike ; Odontoglossum Dons ; the pretty Od. 

 N^vross, and a white variety of Cattleya 

 Mendelii. 



Messrs. C. F. Waters received a Silver 

 Banksian Medal for a group of Odonto- 

 glossum crispum, Miltonia vexillaria, Anguloa 

 Cliftonii, Vanda teres and L.-C. Canhamiana. 



Sir Mervyn BuUer, Bart., Spratton, 

 Northants, exhibited Vanda ccerulea var. 

 Killarney, with a spike of 1 1 finely developed 

 flowers. 



MANCHESTER ORCHID 

 SOCIETY. 



June 1st, igi6. 



Members of the Committee present : Rev. 

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

 Ashworth, D. A. Cowan, J. C. Cowan, Dr. 

 Craven Moore, J. Cypher, A. G. Ellwood, J. 

 Evans, P. Foster, W. Gilden, A. R. Handley, 

 A. Hanmer, A. J. Keeling, D. McLeod, Dr. 

 F. T. Paul, S. Swift, H. Thorp and H. Arthur 

 (Secretary). 



A Large Silver-gilt Medal was awarded to 

 W. R. Lee, Esq. ; Large Silver Medals to R. 

 Ashworth, Esq., and Dr. Craven Moore ; and 



TH1<: ORCHID WORLD. 



