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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[November, 1913. 



and Laelio-Cattleya Hon. Mrs. Astor (xanthina 

 X Gaskelliana alba) with cream)'-white 

 sepals and petals, the lip flushed with purple. 



Richd. G. Thwaites, Esq., Streatham Hill, 

 staged Odontoglossum Mereditha? (Rossii 

 rubescens x venustulum), with brown spotting 

 on the sepals and petals, the lip violet-rose 

 with a crimson blotch beneath the gold crest. 

 Various Odontiodas were also shown. 



Messrs. Flory and Black, Slough, exhibited 

 Cattleya Lord Rothschild, a distinct variety, 

 with bright yellow in the throat and upper 

 part of the lip ; Cypripedium Thalia, a very 

 good variety, and C. Idina, a large flower. 



Awards of Merit. 



Cypripedunn Queen Alexandra (Latham- 

 ianum x Charlesworthii), from W. R. Lee, 

 Esq., Plumpton Hall, Heywood. — A large 

 flower with the broad dorsal flushed with 

 purple-brown. 



Oncidium varicosum " Westonbirt var.," 

 from Lieut.-Col. Sir George Holford, 

 K.C.V.O. — An immense flower of bright 

 golden-yellow colour, the plant bemg 

 well-flowered and shown in fine form. 



Odontoglossum Vivien, from Lieut.-Col. 

 Sir George Holford, K.C.V.O.— A beautiful 

 hybrid, with broad, white segments, blotched 

 with crimson-purple. 



Sophrocattlaelia Laconia (L.-C. callisto- 

 glossa X S.-L. heatonensis), from Messrs. 

 Charlesworth and Co. — A neat flower of 

 rose-crimson colour, the lip dark crimson, 

 the throat yellow, with the same colour on 

 the outside of the tube. 



Cattleya Graniris (granulosa x Iris), from 

 Chas. J. Phillips, Esq., Sevenoaks. — A large 

 flower of reddish-bronze colour, the broad 

 open lip crimson, the column straw colour. 

 A very distinct result. 



Cattleya Empress Frederick " Avia 

 Clifton," from Pantia Ralli, Esq., Ashtead 

 Park, Surrey.— A very broad, flat flower with 

 white sepals and petals, the large golden lip 

 flushed with rose on the margin. 



Cultural Commendation 

 To Mr. W. H. White, Orchid grower to 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., for Cypripedium 

 picturatum, a noble specimen with 25 flowers. 



MANCHESTER ORCHID SOCIETY. 



September 25th, 191 3. 

 Members of the Committee present : Rev. J. 

 Crombleholme (in the chair), Messrs. J. 

 Bamber, J. Cypher, A. G. Ellwood, J. Evans, 

 D. McLeod, W. Shackleton, H. Thorp, Z. A. 

 Ward, G. Weatherby, and H. Arthur 

 (Secretary). 



A Large Silver Medal was awarded to 

 R. Ashworth, Esq., Newchurch, for a good 

 group of various Orchids ; and a similar 

 award to A. Warburton, Esq., Haslingden, 

 for an exhibit of Cattleyas, etc. 



A Silver Medal was granted to W. 

 Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange, for 

 excellent Cypripediums ; and a Special Vote 

 of Thanks was accorded to O. O. Wrigley, 

 Esq., Bury, for an exhibit of Cypripedium 

 Maudiae (20 plants), and Epidendrum 

 vitellinum autumnale (i 3 plants). The good 

 cultivation of the latter won for Mr. Rogers, 

 the gardener, a Cultural Certificate and 

 Bronze Medal. 



Large Silver Medals were also awarded to 

 Messrs. Cypher and Sons, Cheltenham, and 

 to Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 

 Heath, for excellent exhibits. 



Silver Medals were granted to Messrs. 

 Sander and Sons, St. Albans, and to Messrs. 

 Hassall and Co., Southgate, for meritorious 

 exhibits. 



First-class Certificates. 

 Cattleya Rhoda " Queen Alexandra," one 

 of the best of the type, from R. Ashworth, 

 Esq. 



Ccelogyne Mooreana, a large white 

 flowering species from Annam, closely 

 allied to C. cristata, from Messrs. Sander and 

 Sons. 



Awards of Merit. 



Sophro-Cattleya Blackii, Odontoglossum 

 xanthotes " Ashlands var.," O. eximium 

 " Ashlands var.," and O. crispum Tetrarch, all 

 from R. Ashworth, Esq. 



