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breeding, to class it amongst the Hybrid Teas, 

 but it would not be policy to do so, because so 

 far it does not partake of the same characteristics 

 as the Hybrid Teas, with the exception of the 

 glossy bright appearance of the leaves. If it takes 

 kindly to this climate, and there is no reason to 

 believe it will not, every professional or amateur 

 with enough ground must have one of his own. 



.\mongst the most pleasant things to be remem- 

 bered in connection with the convention held in 

 Cincinnati, the one that will live longest in mem- 

 ory, will be the testimonial present made to Presi- 

 dent John Thorpe by his many friends. It is to 

 him that the society owes its existence, and the 

 small token is to make some recompense to show 

 their gratitude for his efforts. 



THE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION AT 

 ANTWERP, BELGIUM. 



BY M. H. LESTER. 



One franc is the price of admission to the Ex- 

 position. Today, another franc is charged — in- 

 side — for admission to the Horticultural Depart- 

 ment. It is arranged about as any other first- 

 class Exposition. Specimen Palms at the back 

 around the hall, on stilts, to accommodate the 

 height of the building, and groups on the floor. 

 Palms are as seen in all first-class collections. 

 Astrocaryum,Areca,Chamarops, Livistonia, Pritch- 

 ardia, Kentia, Phcenix, Luculla, Thrynax, and 

 several others are represented in good size speci- 

 mens. I think there are larger specimens in the 

 United States of Pritchardia grandis, that any I 

 have seen here. 



The first prize for twelve Crotons was awarded 

 to large and well colored specimens of the follow- 

 ing: Johannis, Magnifolia, Andreanum, B. Roth- 

 schild, Mortii, Rosea picta, Messangeana, Fascin- 

 ation, Baron F. Seilleur, Ovaefolium, Tortilis, with 

 Philodendron crassifolium on it for a label. The 

 second prize was awarded to a collection of smaller 

 plants, also well grown and colored, in which not 

 one of the above names occurred. 



The first prize for a collection of Orchids, 12 

 in number, was awarded to the following: ^-Erides 

 Dayana, Cattleya Mendelii, Cypripedium bar- 

 batum superbum, — a large piece with about 30 

 blooms, Vanda suavis Veitchii, Vanda suavis 

 Lindenii, Odontoglossum Alexandra, Oncidium su- 

 perbiens, Cattleya Gaskelliana, Epidendrum vitel- 

 linum, Vanda tricolor insignis, Calanthe vera- 

 trifolia and Miriaspidium sanguineum. The first 

 prize for a specimen Orchid went to a ragged 



looking piece of Dendrobium thrysiflorum with 5 

 spikes, a good deal past its best. 



First prize for twelve Nepenthes went to the fol- 

 lowing: Ampulacea, Hookeriana, Morgans, Stew- 

 artii, Laevis, Veitchii, intermedia, Masterii, some of 

 the pitchers of which would hold a quart, San- 

 guinea, Maculata, Chelsoni, and Dominiana, all 

 well grown and pitchered. 



I think there are two first-prize collections of 

 Gloxinias and well they deserved it. You see one 

 can not find out anything, no one here speaking 

 English. Carnations, etc., in pots, were well done, 

 as were cut blooms, nicely exhibited with their 

 own grass ; and otherwise were very creditable, 

 until one came to a collection of, I think, 36 varie- 

 ties of Flakes and Bizarres from Chas. Turner, 

 the Royal Nurseries, Slough, England, which 

 knocked everything of that description in the Ex- 

 position higher than the old fashioned " cocked 

 hat" used to be. 



I noticed some large pieces of flowering An- 

 thuriums, somewith looflowers 1 think, but I didnot 

 see A. feriense.or A. Rothschildianum among them. 

 A large piece of A. crystallinium, and another of 

 A. Warocquianum were grown one-sided, but there 

 was a famous piece of A. Veitchii with over 30 

 leaves, some more than 3 feet Ion;:;. 



Among other Orchids in bloom, I noticed 

 Acineta Humboltii, Dendrobium formosum gigan- 

 teum, Phalsenopsis amabilis, LaeUa majalis, Cat- 

 tleya Loddigesii, Cattleya Gigas, Phajus Hum- 

 boltii, Vanda suavis RoUinsii, Anguloa Ruckerii, 

 Saccolabium Blumei, Batemania meleagris, Disa 

 grandiflora, Cattleya Sanderiana, Cattleya Leo- 

 poldii, Anguloa Clowesii, Vanda Walltichii and 

 several others. 



It would make this too long to mention all the 

 plants worthy of notice, but I will mention a few. 

 Cochliostema Jacobiana, a large piece, was well 

 bloomed, also Medinilla magnifica, and a good 

 balloon shaped piece of Lapageria alba in a 16- 

 inch pot. Caladiums are dull in color to me, as I 

 have grown some of the same varieties for the 

 past two years at New Orleans {received from 

 here). Rex Begonias also. I have seen better 

 plants of Louis Cretein than were in any collection 

 here. Double Petunias in pots are fine, also Ge- 

 raniums ; but large specimens are in tubs, enough 

 for four men to carry. 



Tree and other ferns are well represented, and 

 some splendid collections and specimens are on 

 exhibition, and a nice little case of Aneoctochilis 

 and another of Bertolonias from Louis Van 

 Houtte. Antwerp, Belgium, August 2, 1885. 



