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Cooksbridge. — A magnificent flower with 

 very broad petals having undulated margins 

 and almost covering the dorsal sepal. The 

 lip is well developed, deeply crimped, and of 

 rich rose-purple. One of the finest hybrids. 



Awards of Merit, 



Odontioda Doris (CooksonijE x amabile), 

 from Mrs. Norman Cookson, Oakwood, 

 Wylam. — A very pretty hybrid with broad 

 petals having a wide rose-blue band of colour 

 round the edge. The centre marked with 

 red-brown. 



Odontioda Sibyl, from Mrs. Norman 

 Cookson. — A pleasing hybrid of Odontioda 

 Bradshawia?, and havmg flowers of solid rich 

 rose-purple. The labellum is similarly 

 coloured. 



Cypripedium Desdemona (Alcibiades x 

 Mrs. Gary Batten), from Messrs. Charlesworth 

 and Co., Haywards Heath. — A very beautiful 

 and well-developed flower. The broad dorsal 

 marked with purple-black, the petals 

 exceedingly broad and prominently veined. 



Cultural Commendations 



To Mr. T- E. Shill, Orchid grower to Baron 

 Bruno Schroder, for three large specimen 

 plants of Cymbidium Pauw'elsii carrying seven 

 many-flowered spikes. No less than 35 large 

 yellowish coloured flowers were carried on a 

 single spike. This gives some idea of how 

 singularly beautiful Cymbidium hybrids are 

 when fully developed and well cultivated. 



Odontoglossum amabile, from Messrs. 

 Charlesworth and Co., Haywards Heath. — A 

 strong plant with a tall spike carrying 

 many immense flowers having thick, broad 

 segments. 



Royal Horticultural Society. — Meet- 

 ings will be held on February lOth and 24th, 

 March lOth and 24th, April 7th, 15th and 

 2 1 St. The great Chelsea Show will take place 

 May igth, 2nth, and 21st. The Holland 

 House Show June 30th, July ist and 2nd. 

 Fellows' Transferable Tickets commence with 

 the present month and conclude with the 

 meetings of January, 1915. 



MANCHESTER ORCHID SOCIETY 



December i8th, 191 3. 

 Members of the Committee present: — Rev. 

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

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

 A. Hanmer, J. Howes, J. Lupton, D. McLeod, 

 W. J. Morgan, C. Parker, W. Shackleton, 

 W. Thompson, H. Thorp, Z. A. Ward, G. 

 Weatherby, and H. Arthur (Secretary). 



Gold Medals were awarded to R. Ashworth, 

 Esq., Newchurch, and to O. O. Wrigley, Esq., 

 Bury, for magnificent groups of well-grown 

 Orchids. A Silver-gilt Medal was granted to 

 A "Warburton, Esq., Haslingden. 



Large Silver Medals were awarded to Wm. 

 Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange ; H. J. 

 Bromilow, Esq., Rann Lea ; Z. A. Ward, Esq., 

 Northcnden ; Col. J. Rutherford, M.P., Black- 

 burn ; Messrs. Sander and Sons, and Messrs. 

 ]. Cypher and Sons. 



Silver Medals were granted to the Hon. 

 Robert James, St. Nicholas, Yorks. ; y\. E. 

 Penny, Esq., Preston ; and J. Butterworth, 

 Esq., Burnley. A Bronze Medal was awarded 

 to H. Arthur, Esq., Blackburn. 



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

 Messrs. .Stuart Low and Co., Enfield ; Messrs. 

 Charlesworth and Co., Haywards Heath ; and 

 Mr. W. .Shackleton, Bradford, also exhibited. 



First-class Certificates. 



Odontoglossum fulgiduni, parentage 

 unknown, a large round flower of dark bronze 

 colour, showing traces of liarryanum in the 

 lip ; Od. The Egyptian, fine shape, sepals and 

 petals dark chocolate, having a shining 

 velvety surface ; Od. purpuratum, a massive 

 flower, heavily blotched with purple ; Od. 

 Rubens, a grand flower of perfect shape, 

 sepals and petals of dull reddish colour; 

 Od. promerens var. Our Queen (crispum x 

 eximium), a large heavily blotched flower ; 

 Od. amabile var. Illuminator, marked with 

 bright purple; Od. crispuiii xanthotes, Walton 

 Grange var., with yellow spotting ; Odontioda 

 Bradshawia?, .Sander's var., one of the finest 

 forms ; and Cypripedium insigne Snow 

 Queen, the nearest approach to a white 



