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Lu'lio-Cattlcyii Ncknis, 1..-C'. St. (jothanl and 

 L.-C. Black Prince ; several varieties of 

 Brasso-Cattleya Rutherfordii, with whitish 

 flowers ; pretty varieties of Odontoglossum 

 Dora, the richly coloured Odontioda Brewii, 

 and Cypripedium Gaston Bulteel var. King 

 Edward. The elegant Paphinia cristata was 

 well shown. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, 

 obtained a Silver Flora Medal for an attrac- 

 tive selection of a species and hybrids, the 

 best being- Aerides Lawrenceae, Maxillaria 

 luteo-alba, the rare Coelogyne Mooreana, 

 Cattleya Fabia alba, the new Brassocattlaslia 

 Seaforth Highlander, with large rose 

 coloured flowers, Odontonia MacNabiana, 

 and the new Odontonia Princess Marie Jose 

 with an erect spike of violet-rose flowers, the 

 labellum blotched with brownish scarlet. 



Messrs. Cypher and Sons, Cheltenham, 

 secured a Silver Flora Medal for a well 

 arranged group of Cypripediums, including 

 Gaston Bulteel, the richly coloured Priam, 

 Elatior, Leeanum Corona, the beautiful Bol- 

 t onii and the well-known insigne Harefield Hall. 



Messrs. Stuart Eow and Co., Jarvisbrook, 

 were awarded a Silver Flora Medal for some 

 interesting species and hybrids. Among 

 these were a fine variety of Vanda Sander- 

 iana, the rare Oncidium varicosum citrinum, 

 Coelogyne Veitchii, the distinct Cattleya 

 labiata " R. I. Measures," and a bold variety 

 of Cattleya Dupreana, named Gorgeous. 

 Good examples of Dendrobium Phalaenopsis 

 were also staged. 



Messrs. Hassall and Co., Southgate, 

 exhibited Cattleya Moira magnifica (Mantinii 

 X Fabia), with rich rose-purple flowers and 

 an orange centre to the labellum. Also 

 Laslio-Cattleya Nestor, Brasso-Cattleya Mrs. 

 J. Leemann, and the distinct Cattleya Sylvia 

 var. sulphurea. 



Messrs. J. and A. McBean, Cooksbridge, 

 staged the new Sophro-Cattleya Pearl (Doris 

 X Portia), with crimson-purple flowers. 



Messrs. Flory and Black, Slough, exhibited 

 Zygo-Colax Veitchii, with well-developed 

 flowers, and the elegant Odontoglossum 

 crispum Millie, which obtained an Award of 

 Merit. 



John r. ik-nnett-Poe, lisc]., cxhiljitcd 

 Brasso-Cattleya Mme. Chas. Maron, a well- 

 built flower of bright rose-purple colour. 



William Potter, Esq., Elmside, Lawn Road, 

 Beckenham, sent a Cattleya flower with 

 bright purple veining on the lip, .somewhat 

 resembling that seen in C. maxima, but the 

 Committee were unable to determine its 

 correct name. 



MANCHESTER ORCHID SOCIETY. 



October i 5th, 1914. 



Me.MBERS of the Committee present : Rev. 

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

 Ashworth, J. Bamber, H. Bell, J. J. Bolton, 

 J. C. Cowan, J Cypher, J. Evans, J. Howes, 

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

 Parker, W. Shackleton, Z. A. Ward, G. 

 Weatherby and H. Arthur (Secretary). 



A Silver-gilt Medal was awarded to R. 

 Ashworth, Esq., Newchurch, for an excellent 

 group of various Orchids. 



Large Silver Medals were granted to Z. A. 

 Ward, Esq., Northenden ; and W. R. Lee, 

 Esq., Heywood, for good groups. 



.Silver Medals were granted to William 

 Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange ; and Messrs. 

 (Cypher and Sons, Cheltenham. 



A Large Silver-gilt Medal was awarded to 

 Col. J. Rutherford, M.P., Blackburn ; and a 

 .Special Vote of Thanks to J. J. Bolton, Esq., 

 M anchester. 



Other exhibitors included A. J. Oakshott, 

 Esq., Bidston; J. Stott, Esq., Radcliff ; 

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

 Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans ; Mr. J. 

 Evans and Mr. J. Birchenall. 



FiRST-CLASs Certificate. 



Odontoma Cholletii (Miltonia vexillaria x 

 Odontoglossum Harryanum), a flower with 

 segments of suffused pink, the labellum 

 resembling that of Harryanum. From W. R 

 Lee, F^sq. 



