THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[May, 19 1 5. 



Silver-gilt Medals were awarded to R. 

 Ashworth, Esq., Newchurch ; Wm. Thomp- 

 son, Esq., Walton Grange ; and W. R. Lee, 

 Esq., Heywood. 



Silver Medals were granted to Col. J. 

 Rutherford, M.P., Blackburn ; and Messrs. A. 

 1. Keelmg and Sons, Bradford. A .Special 

 V^ote of Thanks was accorded O. O. Wrigley, 

 Esq., Bur}-, for a group of Dendrobiums. 



First-class Certificates. 



Odontoglossum lUustrissimum " Canopus," 

 Odontioda luminosa (Rossii rubescens x 

 Charlesworthii), and S.-C.-L. Marathon 

 " Ashlands var.," all from R. Ashworth, Esq. 



Odontioda Zenobia " Thompson's var.," 

 from Wm. Thompson, Esq. 



Dendrobiuin Thwaitesias " Veitch's var.," 

 from .S. Gratrix, Esq., and Messrs. A. J. 

 Keeling and Sons. 



Odontoglossum crispum xanthotes Oak- 

 shottia?, from A. J. Oakshott, Esq. 



Awards of Merit. 



Odontoglossum Titan and L.-C. Britannia 

 " Melaine," from Wm. Thompson, Esq. 



Cymbidium insigne album and Oncidium 

 King Albert, from P. Smith, Esq. 



Odontoglossum percultum " Othello," and 

 Ernesti " memoria R. le Doux," from A. J. 

 Oakshott, Esq. 



Cypripedium Rossettii " Mary Gratrix," 

 from Mrs. S. Gratrix. 



Odontoglossum illustrissimum " Palatine," 

 from Col. J. Rutherford. 



Odontoglossum Jasper " Masereelianum," 

 from R. Ashworth, Esq. 



Odontoglossum Laurence Bresson (Meteor 

 X illustrissimum), from J. Butterworth, Esq. 



Cultural Commendation. 



Mr. J. Howes, for Masdevallia triangularis. 



April 15th, 191 5. 

 Me.MBERS of the Committee present : Rev. 

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

 Ashworth, J. J. Bolton, J. C. Cowan, A. G. 

 Ellwood, J. Evans, Dr. Hartley, J. Howes, 

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

 Parker, W. Shackleton, P. Smith, H. Thorp, 

 G. Weatherby and H. Arthur (Secretary). 



A Silver-gilt Medal was awarded to R. 

 Ashworth, Esq., Newchurch ; a Large Silver 

 Medal to Wm. Thompson, Esq., Walton 

 Grange ; and Silver Medals to Mrs. R. le 

 Doux, West Derby ; Col. J. Rutherford, M.P., 

 Blackburn ; and Messrs. Hassall and Co., 

 .Southgate. 



Other exhibitors included W. R. Lee, Esq., 

 Heywood ; O. O. Wrigley, Esq., Bury ; W. P. 

 Birkenshaw, Esq., Hessle ; A. J. Oakshott, 

 Esq., Bidston ; and Messrs. A. J. Keeling and 

 Sons, Bradford. 



First-class Certificates. 



Odontoglossum Rayonatum (venustulum x 

 Lambeauianum), O. waltonense var. Rex, 

 and O. crispum hololeucum var. Regina, from 

 W. Thompson, Esq. 



Odontoglossum crispum xanthotes var. 

 Mount Etna, O. Leviathan, and Odontioda 

 Zenobia var. Leeana, from W^ R. Lee, Esq. 



Miltonia Bleuana Hessle var., from W. P. 

 Birkenshaw, Esq. 



Awards of Merit. 



Odontoglossum Nerissa var. Brunette, O. 

 illustrissimum var. Babette, O. crispum Prince 

 of Wales, Cattleya Schroderas var. Queen 

 Elizabeth, Miltonia Hyeana var. Walton 

 Grange, Odontioda Joan, Masdevallia Cham- 

 berlainiana, and Zygopetalum Brewii var. 

 Walton Grange, all from W. Thompson, Esq. 



Zygocolax Charlesworthii var. Ashworthiae, 

 Odontioda Queen Mary Ashlands var., and 

 Oncidium Marshallianum \'ar. Rossendale, 

 from R. Ashworth, Esq. 



Cypripedium waltonense rubrum and 

 Miltonia Sanderiana var. Mrs. Geoff Taite, 

 from Mrs. R. le Doux. 



Odontioda Brewii var. Leeana and Cattle\'a 

 Brenda, from W. R. Lee, Esq. 



Odontoglossum Pescatorei Monica (P. 

 Charlesworthii x P. Lindenii), from Col. J. 

 Rutherford. 



Cultural Certificate 



To Mr. E. Rogers (gr. to O. O. Wrigley, 

 Esq.), for Miltonia Phalasnopsis and 

 Eulophiella Elizabethas. 



