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Beige EVENTS OF 1913. ears) 
HE march of time brings us to the eve of another year, and the period 
of our annual survey. The past year has witnessed a number of 
interesting events, and among them another great Quinquennial Show at 
Ghent, in April, which occupied a new site, in connection with the 
International Exhibition, and was followed by two later Shows, at all of 
which Orchids were exhibited in splendid condition, affording evidence of 
the growing popularity of these beautiful plants on the Continent as well 
asin England. The great Spring Show of the R.H.S., so long associated 
with the Temple, and suspended last year on account of the Royal 
International Horticultural Exhibition, was held at the Royal Hospital, 
Chelsea, at the end of May, and so far as Orchids were concerned almost 
rivalled its predecessor in brilliance, while the Summer Show, held six 
weeks later at Holland House, also produced a good display. The 
fortnightly meetings of the R.H.S. and of the Manchester Orchid Society 
have also been very successful. 
CERTIFICATED ORCHIDS. 
The number of Certificates given by the R.H.S. Orchid Committee is 
about the same as last year, though varying in detail, chiefly owing to the 
higher standard now exacted for the First-class Certificate. These 
numbered thirty-six last year against fifty-four in 1912, while the Awards 
of Merit were 105, showing a scarcely appreciable increase. The Cultural 
Commendations, always a test of excellence, were nearly twice as. 
numerous, or thirty-three instead of eighteen. An analysis of the plants: 
to which First-class Certificates were awarded shows eight Odonto- 
glossums, six Cattleyas, Brassocattleya and Lzeeliocattleya five each, 
Cymbidium three, Miltonia and Odontioda two, while Brassocatlzlia, 
Dendrobium, Cypripedium, Miltonioda, and Odontonia each claimed a 
single one. Of these twenty-seven were hybrids and only nine species. 
In the case of Awards of Merit Odontoglossum again heads the list, with 
twenty, followed by Cattleya with seventeen, Leliocattleya fifteen, 
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