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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[August, 1914. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, were 

 awarded a Silver Banksian Medal for an 

 interestnig e.xhibit containing the pure white 

 Coelogyne Mooreana, Vanda Parishii, the 

 curious Masdevallia Gargantua, Bulbophyllum 

 densiflorum and a well-flowered Stanhopea 

 tigrina. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Jarvisbrook, 

 received a Silver Banksian Medal for a well- 

 arranged group, in which were the pretty 

 Cirrhopetalum pulchrum, Odontoglossum 

 Williamsianum, with a many flowered spike, 

 Vanda teres, of rich colour, and Oncidium 

 macranthum, a specimen plant with numerous 

 flowers. 



Messrs. J. and A. McBean, Cooksbridge, 

 showed Cattleya Lord Rothschild albens, 

 several of the large-flowenng type of 

 Dendrobium Dearei, Odontioda Thwaitesii 

 and O. Vuylstekei. 



Messrs. Flory and Black, Slough, exhibited 

 5 plants of Cattleya Gaskelliana, the attrac- 

 tive Dendrobium acuminatum, and three good 

 forms of Disa grandiflora. 



F. Menteith Ogilvie, Esq., Oxford, showed 

 Laelio-Cattleya Rubens The Shrubbery var. 

 and Odontoglossum Uroanthum, a new 

 hybrid between Uro-Skinneri and Kegeljani 

 (polyxanthum), with a spike of seven tawny- 

 yellow flowers marked with brown. 



H. S. Goodson, Esq., Fairlawn, Putney, 

 showed Odontoglossum Snowflake, of 

 unknown parentage, a pretty flower with rose 

 tint, slightly spotted. 



E. R. Ashton, Esq., Broadlands, Tunbridge 

 Wells, exhibited Sophrocattlaelia Sibyl (S.-L. 

 heatonensis x L.-C. Haroldiana), of reddish- 

 orange colour, the lip reddish-crimson. Also 

 Odontioda Hemptinneana (C.-N. x O. 

 eximium), a pleasing flower with scarlet 

 markings, the border of bright rose. 



The next meetings of the Society will be 

 held on August nth and 25th, September 8th 

 and 22nd, October 6th and 20th, November 

 3rd and 17th, and December ist and 15th. 



MANCHESTER ORCHID SOCIETY. 



June 1 8th, 191 4. 

 Members of the Committee present : Z. 

 A. Ward, Esq. (in the chair), Messrs. R. 

 Ashworth, J. J. Bolton, J. C. Cowan, J. Cypher, 

 J. Evans, J. Howes, A. J. Keeling, J. Lupton, 

 D. McLeod, W. J. Morgan, W. Shackleton, 

 H. Thorp, G. Weatherby, and H. Arthur 

 (Secretary). 



A Large Silver-gilt Medal was granted to 

 Col. J. Rutherford, M.P., Blackburn ; Silver- 

 gilt Medals to R. Ashworth, Esq., Newchurch, 

 and Wm. Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange ; 

 and a Large Silver Medal to Messrs. Hassall 

 and Co., Southgate, for groups of Orchids. 

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

 also exhibited. 



First-class Certificates. 



L^lio-Cattleya Cicely (L. Latona x C. 

 Mossiae) and Odontioda Brewii " Rann Lea," 

 both from H. J. Bromilow, Esq. 



Odontoglossum eximium Excelsior and Od. 

 Dorothy Arkle, both from Wm. Thompson, 

 Esq. 



Odontoglossum Jane Leggatt, from A. J. 

 Oakshott, Esq. 



Miltonia Charlesworthii " Bearwood var.," 

 from Col. Rutherford. 



Awards of Merit. 



Laelio-Cattleya Fascinator var. Samson, 

 L.-C. Martinettii var. Ruby, Odontoglossum 

 Waterloo, and Cypripedium Greyii (niveum x 

 Godefroyas), all from R. Ashworth, Esq. 



Odontoglossum Peacock and O. Christopher 

 Guest, from Wm. Thompson, Esq. 



Brasso-Cattleya Endymion and Cattleya 

 Mossiae splendens, from Col. J. Rutherford. 



Odontoglossum crispum Catherine Oak- 

 shott, from A. J. Oakshott, Esq. 



Laelio-Cattleya Canhamiana " Hassall's 

 var.," from Messrs. Hassall and Co. 



The next meetings of the Society will 

 be held on August 13th, September 24th, 

 October 15th, November 5th and 19th, and 

 December 3rd and 17th. 



