SEPTEMBER, 1922.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 265; 
GHENT QUINQUENNIAL EXHIBITION. 
HE chief floral event of next year will be the great exhibition at Ghent 
organised by the Société Royale d’Agriculture et de Botanique du 
Gand. This Society was founded as long agoas 1808, and the important event 
arranged for April 14th to April 22nd will constitute its eighteenth Inter- 
national Exhibition. On past occasions these shows have been regarded as- 
the largest and most important events of their kind in Europe, and it is 
especially gratifying to learn that Belgium has recovered herself sufficiently 
to resume her former horticultural position. 
The exhibition will be held under the high patronage of His Majesty 
King Albert of Belgium, who has offered a Large Gold Medal for the most 
varied and most meritorious collection of exotic Orchids grown by amateurs. 
For the best group staged by the trade growers an (Euvre d’Art is offered 
by M. Firmin Lambeau, Président du Cercle des Orchidophiles Belges. In 
both of these classes there is asecond prize of 50o0fr. and a third of 2oofr. For 
the best collection of 100 exotic Orchids there is an CEuvre d’Art valued at 
500fr. in the amateur’s section, while for a similar number staged by a 
trade grower, M. Ch. Dietrich, Vice-Président du Cercle des Orchidophiles. 
Belges, is offering a valuable Giuvre d’Art. 
No matter what description of Orchid an Amateur may be interested in,. 
there is at least one class to suit his ambitions. Special prizes are offered 
for collections of 50 Cypripediums and Selenipediums, also for 25, or 50, or 
even a single plant of this popular section. The amateur who grows only 
Masdevallias will find special prizes to the value of 6ofr., while for the more 
popular Odontoglossum crispum a prize of 300fr. is offered for the best lot of 
50 plants. Odontoglossum hybrids, Odontiodas, Phalzenopses, and Cym- 
bidiums are all well provided for, and the valuable prizes offered will no 
doubt induce many amateurs and trade growers to compete in their 
respective classes. ms : 
Anyone specially interested in Orchids from certain localities will find 
special classes for the best collection of Orchids from Central America, from 
India, and from the Congo. Even the now rarely seen varieties of 
Ancectochilus are provided for, and no doubt some interesting examples of 
these beautiful foliaged plants will be staged. There are also special classes 
for Lycastes and Oncidiums, and, as may well be expected, several for the 
ever popular Cattleyas and Leeliocattleyas. The florist has not been 
forgotten, for there is a class for the most varied lot of 50 Orchids yielding 
flowers most useful to him, and two classes for smaller lots of Orchids 
remarkable for the abundance of their flowers. 
Classes 77 to 105 are devoted to Special Awards for Orchids remarkable 
for their culture and their flowers. In each class the first prize 1s 50fr. and 
