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MacCarthiae, Laelio-Cattleya Henry Green- 

 wood, a \'ery nice variety of Cattleya 

 Pittiana, and the bright-yellow Oncidium 

 varicosum. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Bush Hill 

 Park, received a Silver Banksian Medal for a 

 well-arranged group containing many fine 

 specimens of Oncidium varicosum. In the 

 centre was a well-flowered plant of Houlletia 

 Brocklehurstiana. Other good Orchids in- 

 cluded Miltonia Roezlii alba, Cycnoches 

 maculatum, Vanda coerulea, Dendrobium san- 

 gujnolentum and its rare album variety, and 

 many hybrid Cattleyas. 



Messrs. Hassall and Co., Southgate, 

 received ;i .Silver Banksian Medal for a very 

 good group containing many e.xcellent 

 varieties of Cattleya iridescens (bicolor x 

 Eldorado), one being of a beautiful copper 

 colour, others ranged in colour from yellow 

 to ro.sy-purple, but all had purple labellums. A 

 good plant of INIiltonia Roezlii was also shown. 



Mr. E. V. Low, Vale Bridge, Haywards 

 Heath, was awarded a .Silver Banksian 

 Medal for a very attractive group. Included 

 in it were several good forms of Cattleya 

 Adula, C. Gaskelliana alba, C. Thurgoodiana 

 Vale Bridge variety, the remarkable Bulbo- 

 phyllum grandiflorum, B. guitulatum, anfl 

 Cattleya Ena var. E. V. Low, a fine flower 

 with yellowish sepals and petals of 

 particularly good shape. 



R. G. Thvvaites, Esq., Chessington, 

 Christchurch Road, .Streatham (gr. Mr. J. M. 

 Black), exhibited man\' excellent varieties of 

 Cattleya Adula (bicolor x Hardyana) having 

 varying tints of colour on the sepals and 

 petals. The pure-white Cattleya Dussel- 

 dorfei Undine, several distinct forms of 

 Cattleya Euphrasia and Laelio-Cattleva 

 bletchleyensis were also shown. 



W. P. Burkinshaw, Esq., Hessle, sent 

 Cypripedium Venus Hessle variety, a fine 

 wax-like flower. 



Lady Audley Neeld, Grittleton, Chippen- 

 ham (gr. Mr. Pitts), exhibited Cypripedium 

 Fascination (Fascinator x insigne Harefield 

 Hall), a large flower with a well formed dorsal 

 sepal and broad petals ; also Cyripedium 

 Dallas (Curtisii exquisitum x Fairrieanum). 



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

 Mr. G. E. Day), sent Laelio-Cattleya Colmanii 

 Goodson's variety, a grand flower with a rich 

 purple lip and throat veined with gold ; also 

 a good form of Cypripedium Lord Derby. 



Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., V.M.H., ex- 

 hibited a remarkable Bulbophyllum of the 

 B. mandibulare section, with reddish-brown 

 flowers, and somewhat resembling B. ortho- 

 glossum. It has been provisionally named 

 B. nigrum. 



Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, King's 

 Road, Chelsea, sent Cattleya Carmen (Lud- 

 demanniana x Warsrewiczii), a large flower 

 of good substance, with a rosy-purple fron*: 

 lobe to the lip. 



AWARDS. 



FiRST-CT.ASS Certificate. 



.Sophro - Laelio - Cattleya Jeanette (L.-C. 

 Martinetti x C. grandiflora), from Messrs. 

 Charlesworth and Co., Haywards Heath. — 

 See " New Plants." 



Cultural Commendation. 



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

 .Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O., for a 

 large specimen of Dendrobium glomeratum 

 with over rose-coloured flowers with 



orange-coloured labellums. 



MANCHESTER ORCHID 

 SOCIETY. 



•September 14th, iqil 



Members of the Committee present: Z. A. 

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

 Ashworth, W. R. Lee, C. Parker, H. Thorp, 

 J. C. Cowan, J. Cypher, W. Holmes, A. J. 

 Keeling, F. K. .Sander, and H. Arthur 

 (.Secretary). 



Z. A. Ward, Esq., Northenden (gr. Mr. 

 Weatherby), was awarded a Silver-gilt Medal 



