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THE FORTY-NINTH MEETING OF THE “ ORCHIDEENNE. ” 
The 49% Meeting, held on February 11, surpassed in richness the preceding one, 
which was so much admired. The amateurs contributed in brillant fashion and sent the 
principal pearls of their collections. Nearly all of the 140 Orchids exhibited deserve special 
mention, and nearly all would have obtained awards if the Jury had not decided to raise 
them to the same level as the quality of the exhibits, and thus render them less readily 
attainable. ‘The fashionable visitors who thronged to the exhibition which followed the 
Meeting greatly admired the plants, forming superb groups in the middle of the large 
central gallery of the HorricULTURE INTERNATIONALE, transformed in very picturesque 
fashion, and which was also a great success. 
We must be content with citing very briefly, among the plants exhibited : 
Odontoglossum Rosit maximum, with gigantic flowers, beautifully coloured and blotched 
with bright brown; O. Cervantesit decorum, also very large and tinted in charming fashion ; 
O. X Coradinei, Laelia anceps Dawsoni, bearing numerous flowers almost entirely white, 
Cypripedium Salliert Hyeanwm and C. Boxallii atratum, two strong clumps well flowered, 
and Maxillaria sp., from M. G. WarocQue; 
The magnificent Odontoglossum x Harvengtense (crispum x sceptrum) resembling much 
O. x excellens var. Dellense, but the colour more clear and, according to many, more 
beautiful than this gem of Baron SCHRODER’S collection ; the charming Cypripedium x Niobe, 
C. Argus Moensii, well flowered ; Cattleya Trianae, in very dark varieties and of superior 
culture ; Dendrobium x Leechianum, with very large flowers; Pleurothallis Roezlit, a little 
known species covered with flowers of dark garnet-colour, and which was certificated as 
much for its merit as for its beautiful flowering, and the beautiful Odontoglossum x Riickert, 
from M. comte DE BousIEsS; 
The superb series of fourteen varieties of Cattleya Trianae, the colours varied and also 
remarkable, from M. D. TREYERAN; 
Dendrochilum glumaceum, an enormous tuft richly flowered and deliciously perfumed, 
from M. Canuzac, who was present at the meeting, and was called by the members of the 
Jury to preside over their deliberations ; 
The beautiful flowers of Odontoglossum hybrids and O. baphicanthum, sent by M. Finer, 
but unfortunately rather injured by the journey and the bad weather ; 
The superb Odontoglossum x Impératrice de Russie (Halli x polyxanthum), well. inter- 
mediate between the two parents, and Odontoglosswm crispum Dallemagneae, an excellent 
variety, from M. DALLEMAGNE ; 
The beautiful Dendrobium nobile nobilius, the charming Odontoglosswm Hunnewellianum, 
and Cattleya guttata Prinzii, well flowered, from M. A. Van ImscHoort ; 
The superb Cattleya Trianae, with flowers very large and richly coloured, the remar- 
kable collection of Odontoglossum crispum, Riickerianum, Andersonianum, Rossit and Pesca- 
toret, O. Edwardi, Lycaste Skinneri, well coloured; Cypripedium x Harvisianum superbum, 
a very large and very dark form; C. Lawrenceanum nigrum, C: x Ashburtoniae I mschootia- 
num, the dorsal sepal large and bearing a broad white border at the apex; C. Boxalli 
atratun, remarkably dark; C. x Leeanum, and many interesting hybrids; Laelia anceps 
Ballantineana, with white sepals and petals, from M. Mapovx; 
The very interesting exhibit of M. A. BLevu, comprising Vanda Cathcarti, with 
large and beautiful flowers, and two excellent hybrid Cypripedium, C. x Ivis and 
C. x amethystinum ; 
(To be continued on p. 50.) 
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