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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[September, uji2 



MANCHESTER ORCHID SOCIETY. 



Jul)' iith, 1912. 

 Members of the Committee present : Rev. 

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

 Ashworth, H. Thorp, J. C. Cowan, D. McLeod, 

 J. Bamber, C. Parker, Z. A. Ward, A. J. 

 Keeling, W. Holmes, A. Warburton, and H. 

 Arthur (Secretary). 



R. Ashworth, Esq., Newchurch, was 

 awarded a Large Silver Medal ; Col. J. 

 Rutherford, Blackburn, received a .Silver 

 Medal ; J. McCartney, Esq., Bolton, was 

 awarded a Silver Medal ; Rev. J. Cromble- 

 holme, Clayton-le-Moors, received a Bronze 

 Medal ; R. le Doux, Esq., West Derby, 

 Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., and Messrs. 

 Stuart Low and Co., staged interesting groups. 



AWARDS. 



First-class Certificate. 



Laelio-Cattleya callistoglossa Marlficld 

 variety, from R. le Doux, Esq. 



Awards of Merit. 



Odontoglossum Miss Arline King 

 (parentage unrecorded), and Laelio-Cattleya 

 Purple Queen (L.-C. lona x C. granulosa), 

 both from R. le Doux, Esq. 



Cattleya Gaskelliana delicata, from J. 

 McCartney, Esq. 



Sophro-Laelia Leda, from Messrs Stuart 

 Low and Co. 



Competitions for 1912-13. 



The President's Cup (S. Gratrix, Esq.), and 

 a Prize to the gardener, for groups and 

 individual plants. 



O. O. Wrigley's Gold Medal and a Silver- 

 gilt Medal to the gardener, for Cypripediums. 



Z. A. Ward's Gold Medal and a Prize to the 

 gardener, for Laelias, Cattleyas, and their 

 hybrids. 



Cypher's Gold Medal, for general excel- 

 lence, and Sander Prizes, for groups. 



INDEX. 



.-\dindci St. Fuscien, 13. 

 .Mbino hybrids, 122. 

 .\mat<'urs, hints for, 3. 



.\nj^ra?cum Ander.sonii, 174; citratum, 170; 



rhodesiainim, 27; siiperbum, 98. 

 .\ncectochih and liicir culture, 269. 

 AnselHa huniili,s, 27. 

 Arachnanthe annamensis, 267. 

 Aristocracy of plants, 123. 

 Atmosphere of the Orchid house, 5, 3<S, 65. 

 .\utumn Notes, iS. 

 Birmini^ham Botanical .SIkiw, 2_|o. 

 Hook Reviews: Orchids for .\mateurs, 41; 



Orchids of .South .Kfrica, 54; Orchid 



( lathcrinj;- in the East, 40. 

 Hrachycoiylhis acutiloba, 27. 



BrassavoLi I)ij.(byana in conjunction wilii a Lttiia 



nn<] a Cattleya, 15. 

 Brasso-Cattleya Faith, 245; l.eonardi, 2i<S; .Scliilii, 



2 iX ; Thetis, 268. 

 Brassocattlselia Aureole, 193 ; Baucis, 63 ; Joan, 



177; Truffautiana, 63; W'otan, 99. 



Brasso-Laelia iMad. G. Putzys, 268. 

 British Orchids, 265. 



Brui^'Cs 1 ntcrnation.'il E.xhibition, 281, 282. 

 Bulboph\ Hum cimj^cstum, 173 ; Leopardinum, 26. 

 Calendar of Operations, 91, ill, 132, 159, 185, 



213, 231, 260, 278. 

 Catasetum Garnettianum, 101. 



Cattle} a Acis, 86 ; Bowringiana, 52 ; Felicity, 245 ; 

 l^'abia alba, 50; (jertrude Pitt, 86; guttata, 

 121; llardyana Countess of Derby, i; 

 labiata, 99; Magnet, 159; Mossiae albinos, 

 242; Olaf, (14; Nestor, 14; Percivaliana 

 Charlesworthii, 145; Remula, 13; Schrbderse, 

 128; Source d'Or, 26S ; Sylvia, 86; versi- 

 color, 14; W'arscewiczii, 281; W. .Mantiai.'uia, 

 -'4'- 



Chondrorhyncha LipscombifE, 174. 

 Ciixsis and their culture, no. 

 Cirrhopetalum Micholitzii, 173. 



Cttlogyne barbata, loo; cristata, 27; Focrster- 



mannii, 172; pandurata, 251. 

 Coryanthes Balfouriana, 28. 



