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nature of the criticism to which the above is a reply, but as a protest 

 against the modern go-as-you-please nomenclature— I will not dignify 

 it with the name of system, for system is what it is chiefly devoid of— 

 it will serve its purpose. 



Sometime ago I alluded to the rapid progress being made in raising 

 hybrid Orchids, and the flowering of a hybrid from Dendrobium Brymer- 

 ianum, as recorded at page 153, must be regarded as a distinct achievement, 

 seeing that so many previous attempts have resulted in failure. I hope the 

 subject will now be followed up, so that we may find out where the 

 difficulty lies, and Mr. Hunter himself might tell us a little more of his 

 experience with the species. It may have been just one of those happy 

 hits which are as difficult to explain as to repeat, but this can only be proved 

 by experiment. If the cross were repeated under similar conditions, and 

 attempted in other collections, we might gain further light on what is a very 



Argus. 



THE GHENT INTERNATIONAL SHOW. 



We have received the Catalogue of the 15th International Horticultural 

 Exhibition to be held at Ghent, from April 18th to 26th, 1903. The 

 second group is devoted to Orchids, and contains no less than 76 Classes, 

 the prizes consisting of Gold, Silver-gilt, and Silver Medals. For the best 

 general collection of Orchids a Gold Medal is offered by the King of the 

 Belgians, the second and third prizes also being gold medals of the value o 

 200 and 150 francs. For the best 100, 75, 50, and 30 Orchids, Gold Medals 

 are also offered, both to amateurs and nurserymen. A Williams' Memorial 

 Medal is offered for the best 15 specimen Orchids, limited to amateurs. 

 Other classes include the most varied collection, single examples of each 

 species only, the best 30, 20, and 10 Cool Orchids, the best six, three, and 

 single novelties of recent introduction. We note also collections and single 

 hybrids, collections of Guatemalan and Colombian, Brazilian, Mexican, and 

 Indian Orchids, Anoectochili, Cypripedes (including the best hybrid not yet 

 in commerce), Cattleyas and Lselias (ditto), Dendrobes, Masdevallias, 

 Odontoglossums, Phalaenopsis, Vandas, terrestrial Orchids, and the best 

 examples of nearly all the popular genera. In other groups we note prizes 

 for the best Orchid house, and the best arranged basket of cut blooms. 

 With such a large and varied prize list there should be a fine display, and 

 we hope to see some of our English collections represented. Particulars may 

 be obtained from the Secretary, M. Fierens, Ghent. 



