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sepals and petals, Odontioda Royal Gem, 

 Odontoglossum ardentissimum var. Pinta- 

 deau, with a spike of 8 reddish-purple 

 flowers, Laelio-Cattleya Appam, brightly 

 coloured, and Brasso-Cattleya Moneta, with 

 large whitish flowers and deeply fringed 

 labellum. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co. received a 

 Silver Banksian Medal for an exhibit in the 

 centre of which was a superb plant of Cattleya 

 Warscewiczii with five spikes and 20 large 

 flowers ; another plant of this species carried 

 a spike of 7 flowers. There were also good 

 varieties of Cattleya Atalanta, C. fulvescens, 

 C. aurea and C. Wavriniana. An unusually 

 large variety of Oncidium crispum and several 

 good forms of O. Kramerianum were also 

 noticed. 



Messrs. Hassall and Co. received a Silver 

 Banksian Medal for an attractive exhibit of 

 their new strain of Cattleya Adula, the plants 

 being four years old and exhibiting superb 

 qualities. C. Sybil (iridescens x aurea) was 

 also well shown, the variety Lord French 

 having an unusually fine labellum, the isthmus 

 bright orange-yellow, the front ruby-crimson. 

 A pleasing variety of Cattleya Hardyana 

 added another point of attraction to this 

 meritorious group. 



Dr. Lacroze, Bryndir, Roehampton, 

 exhibited Laelio-Cattleya Colmaniana var. 

 Bryndir, a fine form with 3 large flowers, the 

 sepals and petals deep rose-purple, the 

 labellum ruby-crimson. 



Messrs. Armstrong and Brown staged the 

 new Laelio-Cattleya Lemberg (tenebrosa x 

 Germania), with bronzy-buff flowers, the 

 elongated labellum crimson-purple. Also 

 Odontioda Cooksoniae, with a spike of 12 

 round flowers of scarlet-red colour, and L.-C. 

 Maqueda, with a dark purple labellum. 



Fred. J. Hanbury, Esq., Brockhurst, East 

 Grinstead, exhibited Cypripedium Miss Faith 

 Hanbury (niveum x glaucophyllum), the plant 

 carried two spikes on the same growth, with 3 

 flowers in all, these being china white with 

 slight rose flush and minute spotting arranged 

 in lines. 



Mr. C. F. Waters, staged a good variety of 

 Vanda coerulea. 



MANCHESTER ORCHID 

 SOCIETY. 



July 6th, 1916. 

 Members of the Committee present : Messrs. 

 A. Hanmer (in the chair), J. C. Cowan, J. 

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

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

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

 (Secretary). 



A Silver Medal was awarded to R. Ash- 

 worth, Esq., for a good group of various 

 Orchids. Other exhibitors included O. O. 

 Wrigley, Esq., T. Worsley, Esq., Col. Sir 

 John Rutherford, Messrs. Keeling and Sons 

 and Messrs. Hassall and Co. 



Awards of Merit. 



Cattleya Naidia var. Mary Worsley, and 

 Odontoglossum plumptonense var. Carter 

 Place. Both from Tom Worsley, Esq. 



Miltonia Sanderas " Beardwood var." From 

 Col. Sir John Rutherford, Bart., M.P. 



Miltonia Hyeana " Ashlands var.," a home- 

 raised seedling. From R. Ashworth, Esq. 



First-class Cultural Certificate 



To Mr. E. Rogers, for Phalaenopsis 

 Rimestadiana. 



The Secretary regrets to record the death, 

 after a rather long illness, of Mr. Ziba A. 

 Ward, one of the earliest and most enthu- 

 siastic members of the Society, who passed 

 away peacefully on the evening of Tuesday, 

 July 4th, igi6. The Society was represented 

 at the interment by Messrs. H. Arthur, A. R. 

 Handley and D. McLeod. 



July 20th, 1916. 

 Members of the Committee present : Rev. 

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

 Ashworth, A. G. Ellwood, J. Evans, P. Foster, 

 A. R. Handley, A. Hanmer, A. J. Keehng, 

 J. Lupton, D. McLeod, S. Swift, H. Thorp 

 and H. Arthur (Secretary). 



A Silver Medal was awarded to Tom 

 Worsley, Esq. ; other exhibitors included 

 Philip Smith, Esq., O. O. Wrigley, Esq., and 

 Col. Sir John Rutherford, Bart. 



