The Manchester Whitsuntide Exhibition of 1883 was a great success. Over £2,000 was taken at the gates. We generally make a point of jotting down a few notes concerning this show, as its chief attraction consists of the Orchids, in which of course our readers are most interested. Although the show had lost several of its largest supporters, such as Mr. Percival, Mr. Hardy, and the late R. B. Dodgson, Esq., of Blackburn, there were others who exhibited in strong force. We will mention a few of the most noteworthy of the plants. O. Schneider, Esq., showed a very fine collection, including _Cattleya Mendelii_, a grand variety with sixteen flowers; also a splendid plant of _C. Mossiæ_, with over twenty beautiful flowers; and _Dendrobium Devonianum_, a splendid plant with its long stems bearing over two hundred flowers; in front of this was _Odontoglossum Pescatorei_, with fourteen spikes of its lovely white and spotted flowers; and a fine _Lælia purpurata_, with its rosy sepals and petals, and bright crimson-purple lip. Dr. Ainsworth exhibited some very fine specimens of _Dendrobium thyrsiflorum_, with fifteen of its beautiful spikes; the pure white _Phalænopsis amabilis_, a splendid mass with twelve spikes and a hundred flowers; a wonderful specimen of _Vanda suavis_, with twelve spikes; _Phalænopsis grandiflora_, with more than fifty flowers; and _Aërides Fieldingii_, a fine specimen with five spikes and six branches. Mrs. Leach, of Gorse Hall, Stalybridge, exhibited six good plants, among them was a fine _Cattleya Mossiæ_, with a splendid dark lip; also _Dendrobium nobile_, fine, and the beautiful _Odontoglossum Hallii_. There were some fine specimens exhibited from the collection of W. Leach, Esq., Fallowfield, among which was a wonderful plant of _Dendrobium Falconeri_, with two hundred flowers; next to this was the curious _Cypripedium caudatum_, with six spikes, also _Aërides crasssifolium_, and other good Orchids. Mr. Upjohn exhibited a wonderful _Vanda tricolor_, the finest-grown plant we have seen, with five spikes. Mr. Hodgkinson exhibited a very fine variety of _Vanda suavis_ with three spikes. Mr. James, of Norwood, Surrey, exhibited two fine collections, including a wonderful plant of _Dendrobium Paxtoni_; _Cattleya Mendelii_, with ten flowers; _Masdevallia Harryana_, a fine variety; a good plant of _Dendrobium Jamesianum_, with thirty-six flowers, and many other fine specimens. Mr. Cypher, of Cheltenham, also showed some good plants, among which we remarked a fine _Dendrobium Freemanii_, with one hundred flowers of a beautiful colour; _D. Devonianum_, with two hundred of its lovely blossoms; also some other good plants. Messrs. Ireland & Thomson, of Edinburgh, also exhibited a very fine collection of cut Orchids that was much admired.—B. S. W. [Illustration: PL. 98. CORYANTHES MACULATA PUNCTATA.]