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condition, a Cultural Certificate being awarded to each. The interesting 
and beautiful Chondrorhyncha Chestertoni was shown by M. de Lansberge, 
and the curious and rare Lelia Lindleyana by M. A. Wincqz. Various 
other showy Cattleyas, Cypripediums, &c., were also sent from different 
collections. : 
The striking Cattleya labiata Peetersii, described in the last volume of 
the ORcHID REVIEW, is again flowering in the establishment of M. Peeters, of 
Brussels, and this year its beautiful striped flowers are, if anything, better 
than before. 
A very remarkable Catasetum has just flowered in the houses of 
L’Horticulture Internationale, for which the name of C. imperiale has 
been proposed. It bears a raceme of about a dozen flowers and buds, the 
ground colour being white, with the greater part of the expanded lip rich 
purple-crimson, and the petals barred with the same colour. 
The Société Royale d’Agriculture et de Botanique de Gand has published 
the programme of its 161st exhibition, which will be held in April next. 
Twenty-five classes are set apart for Orchids, which are open to all 
amateurs and nurserymen. 
Among the decorations in the Horticultural section of the Exposition 
Universelle d’Anvers may be mentioned the Ordre de Léopold conferred on 
the M. Florent Pauwels, of Antwerp, a nurseryman who cultivates Orchids 
with success, M. Jules Closon, proprietor of the firm Jacob Makoy et Cie., 
and your Belgian correspondent. 
ORCHIDS AT THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 
SOCIETY. 
AT the meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society held at the Drill Hall, 
James Street, Westminster, on November 27th, there was a good display of 
Orchids, and many interesting things were shown. 
Baron Sir H. Schéder, The Dell, Egham (gr. Mr. Ballantine), sent 
Phaio-calanthe x Sedeniana, a fine hybrid, raised by Messrs. Veitch from 
Phaius grandifolius 2 and Calanthe x Veitchii g, to which a First-class 
Certificate was given; and Cypripedium insigne Sanderianum with nine 
flowers and buds, which received an Award of Merit. ‘The latter is a fine 
yellow form which was figured at page 145 of our first volume. 
Norman C. Cookson, Esq., Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne (gr. Mr. Murray), 
sent a fine group of hybrid Calanthes, one called C. x Harold receiving an 
Award of Merit. It has bright rose-carmine flowers. The others were C. 
x Sibyl, blush white, C. x Bryan, white with rich purple eye, C. x 
Kenneth, white with rose centre, and C. x Wm. Murray, white with rosy 
tip and a purple centre. 
